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the mail is read using POP or IMAP. IMAP4 and POP3 are the two most prevalent Internet standard
protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern e-mail clients and servers support both.
PPPoE
PPPoE is an acronym for Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet.
It is a network protocol for encapsulating Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) frames inside Ethernet frames. It is
used mainly with ADSL services where individual users connect to the ADSL transceiver (modem) over
Ethernet and in plain Metro Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
POST
POST is an acronym for Post On Self Telf.
It is run automatically on various components at power on. The power on self test (POST) is used to test the
basic hardware. It includes ready-made tests (e.g. BIST) embedded in hardware or ASICs such as memory
tests, serdes tests, internal loopback test etc.
Private VLAN
In a private VLAN, PVLANs provide layer 2 isolation between ports within the same broadcast domain.
Isolated ports configured as part of PVLAN cannot communicate with each other. Member ports of a PVLAN
can communicate with each other.
PTP
PTP is an acronym for Precision Time Protocol, a network protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer
systems.
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