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netstat
31 Aug 2007
WORD - Netstat is a common command line TCP/IP networking utility available in most versions of Windows, Linux, UNIX and other operating systems. Netstat provides information and statistics about protocols in use and current TCP/IP ...

baseboard management controller
29 Apr 2007
WORD - A baseboard management controller (BMC) is a specialized service processor that monitors the physical state of a computer, network server or other hardware device using sensors and communicating with the system administrator ...

maximum segment size
05 Jun 2002
WORD - The maximum segment size (MSS) is the largest amount of data, specified in bytes, that a computer or communications device can handle in a single, unfragmented piece. For optimum communications, the number of bytes in the ...

maximum transmission unit
05 Jun 2002
WORD - A maximum transmission unit (MTU) is the largest size packet or frame, specified in octets (eight-bit bytes), that can be sent in a packet- or frame-based network such as the Internet. The Internet's Transmission Control ...

ACK
29 Aug 2002
WORD - In some digital communication protocols, ACK is the name of a signal that data has been received successfully (for example, with an acceptable number of errors). The ACK signal is sent by the receiving station (destination) ...

call failure rate
24 Jul 2001
WORD - The call failure rate (CFR) is the percentage of calls to an ISP or any network provider that fail to get through. The CFR is commonly used as a statistical measure in assessing Internet service providers. Companies can ...

10-high-day busy period
24 Jul 2001
WORD - In designing and assessing networks, the peak load is sometimes measured using the 10HD (10-high-day) busy period method. The 10HD busy period is the average of the amount of traffic during the busiest hour of the 10 days ...

Jini
10 Apr 2003
WORD - Jini (pronounced DJEE-nee like the Arabic word for "magician") is a network architecture concept that Sun Microsystems calls "spontaneous networking." Using Jini, users will be able to plug printers, storage devices, ...

jam
06 Feb 2004
WORD - In an Ethernet network, a jam is a signal from one device to all other devices that a collision has occurred. Specifically, the device was trying to send a frame while another device was also trying to put a frame on the ...

network tracking tool
13 Jun 2005
WORD - A network tracking tool, also called a network device management program, is a program that helps a network administrator keep track of moves, additions, and changes (known as MACs) to the hardware infrastructure of a ...

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