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One of the most common local area network (LAN) wiring schemes, Ethernet has a
transmission rate of 10 Mbps.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol. The Internet protocol (and program) transfer files between hosts.
Hop count
A measure of distance between two points on the Internet. It is equivalent to the number
of gateways that separate the source and destination.
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language - The page-coding language for the World Wide Web.
HTML browser
A browser used to traverse the Internet, such as Netscape or Microsoft Internet
Explorer.
http
Hypertext Transfer Protocol - The protocol carry world-wide-web (www) traffic
between a www browser computer and the www server being accessed.
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol - The protocol handle errors and control messages at
the IP layer. ICMP is actually part of the IP protocol.
Internet address
An IP address is assigned in blocks of numbers to user organizations accessing the
Internet. These addresses are established by the United States Department
of Defense's Network Information Center. Duplicate addresses can cause major
problems on the network, but the NIC trusts organizations to use individual
addresses responsibly. Each address is a 32-bit address in the form of x.x.x.x where x is
an eight- bit number from 0 to 255. There are three classes: A, B and C, depending on
how many computers on the site are likely to be connected.
Internet Protocol (IP)
The network layer protocol for the Internet protocol suite
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