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User Manual of VC-230/230N
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
IP address
The 32-bit address assigned to hosts that want to participate in a TCP/IP Internet.
ISP
Internet service provider - A company allows home and corporate users to connect to the Internet.
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