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Gateway
Hub
ICMP
IEEE
In-band
IP Address
Jabber
LAN
Glossary
A router on a network which is serves as a
gateway to outside non-local networks such as
the Internet.
The central device in a star-topology LAN
used to connect each station to the network.
Internet Control Message Protocol; part of the
TCP/IP suite of protocols, used "behind the
scenes" by the TCP/IP network subsystem for
controlling and monitoring transmissions.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, an accredited professional group of
scientists and engineers who help set standards
for LAN communications technology.
Communications with a network device using
the network medium itself. Contrast with out-
of-band.
A network address used on TCP/IP networks
such as the Internet to uniquely identify the
host or device. IP addresses are usually
written in the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where
each xxx is a number between 0 and 255 (for a
total of 32 bits).
A malfunction on a network where random
data is continuously transmitted.
Local Area Network, an interconnected set of
computers and other devices.
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