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AMTOR
09 Sep 2004
WORD - AMTOR (amateur teleprinting over radio) is a digital communications method used by radio amateurs, in which the frequency of errors is reduced by handshaking or character repetition. There are two modes in AMTOR, known as ...
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WAN interface card
21 Jul 2004
WORD - A WAN interface card, or WIC, is a specialized network interface card (NIC) that allows devices to connect to a wide area network. (A NIC provides the interface between a device and a local area network.) A WIC has a ...
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IT Survival Kit: Networking refreshers
11 May 2004
WORD - Quick Network Security & Hardware Refreshers School is out for college students across the US, but the learning never stops for IT professionals. Why not brush up on networking fundamentals with the ...
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file server
23 Feb 2003
WORD - In the client/server model, a file server is a computer responsible for the central storage and management of data files so that other computers on the same network can access the files. A file server allows users to share ...
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mesh network
19 Sep 2003
WORD - A mesh network is a local area network (LAN) that employs
one of two connection arrangements, full mesh
topology or partial mesh topology. In the full mesh topology,
each node (workstation or other device) is connected ...
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dumb network
13 Feb 2004
WORD - A dumb network is one that provides the physical interconnection between nodes but not much processing to support signaling. The Internet is often cited as a dumb network relative to the public switched telephone network. ...
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catchment area
30 Nov 2002
WORD - In the context of communication networks, a catchment area describes the geographical boundries of a network's components, including its connecting lines. For instance, the geographical area serviced by a wiring closet is the ...
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connectionless
15 Oct 2002
WORD - In telecommunication, connectionless describes communication between two network end points in which a message can be sent from one end point to another without prior arrangement. The device at one end of the communication ...
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NAK
29 Aug 2002
WORD - NAK is an abbreviation for negative acknowledgment or not acknowledged. It is a signal used in digital communications to ensure that data is received with a minimum of errors. Sometimes the NAK signal is called REJ (for ...
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NSFNET
10 Aug 2002
WORD - NSFNET was a network for research computing deployed in the mid-1980s that in time also became the first backbone infrastructure for the commercial public Internet. Created as a result of a 1985 National Science Foundation ...
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