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HTML
Hypertext Markup Language - The page-coding language for the World Wide Web.
HTML brow
ser
A
browser used to traverse the Internet, such as Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
http
Hypertext Transfer Protocol - The protoco
w
ww browser computer and the www server being accessed.
ICMP
Intern
et Control Message Protocol - The protocol handle errors and control messages at
the IP layer. ICMP is actually part o
Interne
t address
An IP address is assigned in blocks of numbers to user organizations accessing th
Internet. These addresses are established by the Unite
o
f Defense's Network Information Center. Duplicate addresses can cause major problems
on the n
etwork, but the NIC trusts organizations to use individual
addresses responsibly. Each address is a 32-bit address in the form of x.x.x.x whe
e
ight- bit number from 0 to 255. There are three classes: A, B and C, depending on how
many
computers on the site are likely to be connected.
Internet Protocol (IP)
T
he network layer protocol for the Internet protocol suite
IP address
The 32-bit address assigned to hosts that want to participa
ISP
Internet service provider - A company allows home and corporate users to connect t
In
ternet.
MAC
Media Access Control Layer - A sub-layer of the Data Link Layer (Layer 2) of the ISO OS
Model responsible for m
l carry world-wide-web (www) traffic between a
f the IP protocol.
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