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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol: Used to automatically assign IP
addresses from a predefined pool of addresses to computers or devices
that request them
Digital certificate:
An electronic method of providing credentials to a server in order to have
access to it or a network
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSSS: Modulation technique used by 802.11b wireless devices
DMZ
"Demilitarized Zone". A computer that logically sits in a "no-mans land"
between the LAN and the WAN. The DMZ computer trades some of the
protection of the router's security mechanisms for the convenience of being
directly addressable from the Internet.
DNS
Domain Name System: Translates Domain Names to IP addresses
Domain name
A name that is associated with an IP address
Download
To send a request from one computer to another and have the file
transmitted back to the requesting computer
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line. High bandwidth Internet connection over telephone
lines
Duplex
Sending and Receiving data transmissions at the sane time
Dynamic DNS service
Dynamic DNS is provided by companies to allow users with Dynamic IP
addresses to obtain a Domain Name that will always by linked to their
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