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HTTP proxy
An HTTP proxy is a Server
requests are sent via the proxy.
Hub
A hub connects several network components in a star-topology network by sending all
the data it receives from one network component to all the other network components.
See also: Switch, Bridge, Router,
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
The IEEE is an international body for defining network standards, especially for stand-
ardising LAN technologies, transfer protocols, data transfer speeds and wiring.
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11 is a standard for wireless LANs operating in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band. In
so-called Infrastructure
point) or they can connect with each other spontaneously
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
IGMP is an Internet
routers that it is a member of a multicast group. With multicasting, a computer can send
content on the Internet to several other computers that have registered an interest in
the first computer's content. Multicasting can, for example, be used for multimedia pro-
grams for media streaming to recipients that have set up multicast group membership.
Infrastructure mode
Infrastructure mode is a way of operating wireless local networks (WLANs) in which an
Access point handles the data traffic. Network components cannot establish a direct
connection with each other as is the case in
Internet
The Internet is a wide-area network (WAN) linking several million users around the
world. A number of
known collectively as
tified by an IP address. Servers are addressed by
Domain names are assigned to IP addresses by the Domain Name Service (DNS).
These are some of the main Internet services:
Electronic mail (e-mail)
u
The World Wide Web (WWW)
u
File transfer (FTP)
u
Discussion forums (Usenet / Newsgroups)
u
that network components use for their
Gateway
mode, terminals can be connected to a base station
Protocol that enables an Internet computer to inform neighbouring
Protocols have been created for exchanging data, and these are
TCP/IP protocol stack. All participants on the Internet can be iden-
(Ad-hoc
Ad-hoc mode.
Domain names
Glossary
Internet traffic. All
(Access
mode).
(e.g. gigaset.com).
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