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TCP/IP
Acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The protocol used to
connect to the Internet and to wide-area networks.
Token Ring
A local area network system developed by IBM, in which conflict during message
transmission is avoided by granting "tokens" that allow computers to send messages. The
system can transmit data at 4 or 16 Mbps.
UAA
Universally Administered Address.
See also LAA.
URL
Uniform Resource Locator. A standard way of specifying the location of an object, usually
a web page, on the Internet. The URL for a web page would look something like this:
"http://www.w3.org/default.html". Here, "http:" indicates that a web page is being
accessed, "http://www.w3.org" is the address of the server containing the web page, and
"default.html" is the file name under which the web page is stored on the server.
Vector Graphics
See Raster.
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WAN
Wide Area Network.
WINS
Windows Internet Name Service. A service for associating a NetBIOS name, which is a
computer name or printer name on a NetBIOS network, with an IP address. To use WINS,
a WINS server is required.
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