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common questions on a particular subject.
FCC
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is in charge of allocating the
electromagnetic spectrum and thus the bandwidth of various communication systems.
Flash memory
A nonvolatile storage device that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed so that
data can be stored, booted and rewritten as necessary.
FTP File Transfer Protocol is an Internet file transfer service that operates on the Internet
and over TCP/IP networks. FTP is basically a client/server protocol in which a system
running the FTP server accepts commands from a system running an FTP client. The
service allows users to send commands to the server for uploading and downloading
files. FTP is popular on the Internet because it allows for speedy transfer of large files
between two systems.
Gateway
A gateway is a computer system or other device that acts as a translator between two
systems that do not use the same communication protocols, data formatting structures,
languages, and/or architecture.
Host
Any computer on a network that is a repository for services available to other
computers on the network. It is quite common to have one host machine provide
several services, such as WWW and USENET.
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. The most common protocol used on the Internet. HTTP
is the primary protocol used for web sites and web browsers. It is also prone to certain
kinds of attacks.
IANA
Internet Assigned Number Authority acts as the clearing house to assign and coordinate
the use of numerous Internet protocol parameters such as Internet addresses, domain
names, protocol numbers, and more. Use a search engine to find the current IANA web
site.
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol is a message control and error-reporting protocol
between a host server and a gateway to the Internet ICMP uses Internet Protocol (IP)
datagrams, but the messages are processed by the TCP/IP software and are not directly
apparent to the application user.
Internet
(Upper case "I"). The vast collection of inter-connected networks that use TCP/IP
protocols evolved from the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
of the late 1960's and early 1970's.
internet
(Lower case "i"). Any time you connect two or more networks together, you have an
internet.
Intranet
A private network inside a company or organization that uses the same kinds of
Glossary
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