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IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
It is a way for multiple users on a system to "chat" over the network.
ISP (Internet Service Providers)
Provide connections into the Internet for home users and businesses. There are local,
regional, national, and global ISPs. You can think of local ISPs as the gatekeepers into
the Internet.
LAN (Local Area Network)
A shared communication system to which many computers are attached. A LAN, as its
name implies, is limited to a local area. LANs have different topologies, the most
common being the linear bus and the star configuration.
Logs
Logs are device information that a device is scheduled to send out.
NAT (Network Address Translation)
The translation of an Internet Protocol address used within one network to a different
IP address known within another network.
Network
Any time you connect two or more computers together, allowing them to share
resources, you have a computer network. Connect two or more networks together and
you have an internet.
NIC (Network Interface Card)
A board that provides network communication capabilities to and from a computer
system. Also called an adapter.
P2P (Peer-To-Peer)
Peer-to-peer (P2P) is where computing devices link directly to each other and can
directly initiate communication with each other; they do not need an intermediary. A
device can be both the client and the server.
Packet Filter
A filter that scans packets and decides whether to let them through or not.
Port
An Internet port refers to a number that is part of a URL, appearing after a colon (:),
directly following the domain name. Every service on an Internet server listens on a
particular port number on that server. Most services have standard port numbers, for
example, Web servers normally listen on port 80.
Protocol
A "language" for communicating on a network. Protocols are sets of standards or rules
used to define, format and transmit data across a network. There are many different
protocols used on networks. For example, most web pages are transmitted using the
HTTP protocol.
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