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Transceiver
U
UDP
User Name
Utility
UTP
W
WAN
WEP
Windows
WPA
various transmission methods. It was developed y the
Department of Defense to connect different computer types
and led to the development of the Internet.
A transceiver joins two network segments together.
Transceivers can also be used to join a segment that uses
one medium to a segment that uses a different medium. On
a 10BASE-5 network, the transceiver connects the network
adapter or other network device to the medium.
Transceivers also can be used on 10BASE-2 or 10BASE-T
networks to attach devices with AUI ports.
The User Datagram Protocol is a connectionless protocol
that resides above IP in the TCP/IP suite
The USERNAME is the unique name assigned to each person
who has access to the LAN.
It is a program that performs a specific task.
Unshielded twisted-pair. UTP is a form of cable used by all
access methods. It consists of several pairs of wires enclosed
in an unshielded sheath.
Wide-Area Network. A wide-area network consists of groups
of interconnected computers that are separated by a wide
distance and communicate with each other via common
carrier telecommunication techniques.
WEP is widely used as the basic security protocol in Wi-Fi
networks, which secures data transmissions using 64-bit or
128-bit encryption.
Windows is a graphical user interface for workstations that
use DOS.
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access ) is used to improve the security
of Wi-Fi networks, replacing the current WEP standard. It
uses its own encryption, Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
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