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Network Interface Card
NIC. A card installed in a computer or built onto the
motherboard that allows the computer to connect to a
network.
Network Layer
The third layer of the OSI model which handles the
routing of traffic on a network.
Network Time Protocol
Used to synchronize the time of all the computers in a
network.
NIC
Network Interface Card.
NTP
Network Time Protocol.
OFDM
Orthogonal Frequency-Division
modulation technique for both 802.11a and 802.11g.
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection is the reference model for
how data should travel between two devices on a
network.
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First is a routing protocol that is used
more than RIP in larger scale networks because only
changes to the routing table are sent to all the other
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routers in the network as opposed to sending the entire
routing table at a regular interval, which is how RIP
functions.
Password
A sequence of characters that is used to authenticate
requests to resources on a network.
Personal Area Network
The interconnection of networking devices within a range
of 10 meters.
Physical layer
The first layer of the OSI model. Provides the hardware
means of transmitting electrical signals on a data carrier.
Ping
A utility program that verifies that a given Internet
address exists and can receive messages. The utility
sends a control packet to the given address and waits for
a response.
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PoE
Power over Ethernet is the means of transmitting
electricity over the unused pairs in a category 5 Ethernet
cable.
POP3
Post Office Protocol 3 is used for receiving email.
Port
A logical channel endpoint in a network. A computer
might have only one physical channel (its Ethernet
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