Network definitions

10 Gigabit Ethernet
1000BASE-CX
1000BASE-LX
1000BASE-SX
1000BASE-T
100BASE-T
100BASE-T4
100BASE-TX
100BASE-FX
100BASE-X
100VG-AnyLAN
10BASE-2
10BASE-5
10BASE-T
1U
2U
3U
4U
586A
586B
5U
6U
7U
802 standards
802.3
802.3ab
802.3ae
802.3u
802.3z
802.11
802.11a
802.11b
802.11c
802.11d
802.11e
802.11f
802.11g
802.11i
802.11j
802.11n
802.12
802.16

A record
Access log
Access point
Access rights
Access server
Account
Ack
ACL
ACR
Active directory
Ad
Ad hoc
Address resolution protocol
ADSL
Agent
APIPA
Aloha
Anonymous
Apache server
Apple Airport
AppleTalk
ARCnet
ARP
ARPANET
AS
ASN.1
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM
Attachment Unit Interface
AUI
Autonomous system

Backbone
Bandwidth
Base station
Baseband
BDC
Beowulf
BGMP
BGP
Bind
Bisync
Bitnet
Bittorrent
Blade
Blade server
BNC
BNC Connector
BOOTP
Bootstrap protocol
Border Gateway Protocol
Bottleneck
BPDU
BPL
BPSK
Bridge
Broadband
Broadcast
Broadcast address
BSS
BSSID
Brouter
Burst
Bus topology

Cable
CAP
Cascading hubs
CAT3
CAT4
CAT5
CAT5e
CAT6
CAT7
CCIE
CCNA
CCNP
CCS
CHAP
CIDR
CIFS
CIR
Citrix
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class D
Class E
Clear text
CLI
Client
Cloud computing
Clustering
CNAME
CNE
CNST
CO
Coaxial cable
Co-location
Coaxial cable
Collision
Command Line Interface
Communications
Communications controller
Computer name
Connectionless
Contention
Core router
CREN
Crimp
Crimping tool
Crossover cable
Cross-platform network
Crosstalk
CSMA/CD
CSNET
CSU/DSU
CTCP
cURL

Data center
Data transfer
Data transfer rate
Datagram Delivery Protocol
DB-9
DB-15
DDP
DDR
Dedicated server
Decentralized process
Deep Space Network
Denial Of Service
DHCP
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Disk duplexing
Disk quota management
Disk server
Diskless workstation
Distributed systems
DIX
DNS
DNS hijacking
Domain
Domain forwarding
Domain join
Domain local group
Domain name
Domain namespace
Domain Name System
Domain tree
DOS
Download
DSAP
DSL
Dumb terminal
Dynamic allocation
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

E-mail
E-1
Echo
Edge router
EDIINT
EIGRP
Encapsulation
Enterprise-Wide Network
Error rate
Ethernet
Ethernet adapter
Ethernet controller
Ethernet SNAP
Ethertalk
Evil twin
Exchange
Expect
External IP address
External LAN adapter
Extrenet port
Extranet

F connector
Fast Ethernet
Fault tolerance
FCIP
FDDI
FDDI-2
FEC
FEP
FFDT
Fiber-optic
File server
File sharing
File transfer
File Transfer Protocol
Firewall
Flood
FOIRL
Forests and trees
Forward error correction
FQDN
FR
Frame relay
Free Space Optics
Front End Processor
FSO
FSP
FTAM
FTP

G.SHDSL
Gateway
GBIC
Glass house
Ground loops
GroupWare
Guest

Handshake
HDSL
Heterogeneous network
Hidden share
Home network
Homogeneous Network
Hop
Hops
Host
Host computer
Host priority
Hosts file
Hostid
Hostname
HSS
Hub
Hubbed mode
Hybrid topology

ICA
ICANN
ICMP
IDSL
IEEE 802 standards
IGMP
IGRP
IIS
IMAP
Infrared broadband
Internal IP address
Internet
Internet Information Server
Internet Packet eXchange \ Sequential Packet eXchange
Internet Protocol
Intranet
InterNIC
IP
IP cloaking
IP spoofing
IPP
IPsec
IPTV
IPX/SPX
IPv4
IPv6
IS
ISDN
ISP
IT

Kerberos

L2TP
LAN
LAN segment
Latency
LAWN
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Layer 5
Layer 6
Layer 7
Layer 8
Leased line
Leech
LFAP
Link aggregation
Link state packet
LLC
Lmhost
Load balancing
Local
Local Area Network
Local IP address
Localhost
Locking
Lockout
Log on
Log off
Logical unit
LOF
LOS
LSP
LU

MAC
Mail server
Mainframe
MAN
Map
MAPI
MAU
MCSA
MCSE
Mesh topology
Metcalfe's Law
MIB
Miroring
MMS
Modbus
MPP
MRU
MSAU
MSCS
MTU
Multi-mode fiber
Multi-user system
Multicast
MX record
My Network Places

N+
NAK
Nameserver
Name server protocol
NAPT
Narrowband transmission
NAS
NAT
NBT
NCP
NDIS
NDR
NDRO
'Net
NetBEUI
NetBIOS
NetBIOS over TCP/IP
Netmask
Netstat
Netting
NetWare
Network
Network+
Network adapter
Network address
Network administrator
Network architecture
Network Control Panel
Network database
Network directory
Network Management System
Network operating system
Network printer
Network segment
Network server
Network structure
NFS
NIC
NIT
NMS
NNTP
Node
Node address
NOS
Notwork
NSAP
NSFNET
Nslookup
NSP
NSPA
NTP

Octet
ODI
Open
Optical wireless
OSPF
Overlay network

Packet
Packet aggregation
Packet switching
PAD
PAT
PDC
PDU
Peer
Peer-to-peer communications
Peer-to-peer network
Permission
Physical layer
Physical unit
PIM
Ping
Ping of death
Ping pong
POP
POP3
Port
Port forwarding
Port scanner
PPP
PPPoE
PPTP
Print server
Promiscuous mode
Protocol
Proxy
Proxy server

QMAC
QoS
QPSK

Rackmount
RADSL
RAP
RAS
rDNS
RDP
Remote access
Remote Access Server
Remote user
Repeater
Reserved address space
Reverse DNS lookup
Reverse resolving
RF
Ring sequence
Ring status
Ring topology
RJ-45
RLP
Roam
Rollover cable
Round robin
Route
Route aggregation
Router
Routing
RPC

SaaS
Samba
SAP
SDLC
SDSL
SDU
Server Farm
Service Advertising Protocol
Sequenced Packet eXchange
Server
SFTP
Shared directory
Share
Shared folder
Shielded Twisted-Pair cable
Short-haul
Sign off
Sign on
Single-mode fiber
Sitename
SLIP
Smart terminal
SMS
SMTP
SNA
Sneakernet
Sniffing
SNMP
Socks
SPI
Spoof
Spoofing
SPX
SSAP
SSH
SSID
Stack
Star topology
Stateful firewall
Static
Static allocation
STM
STM-1
STM-4
STM-8
STM-16
STM-64
Store-and-forward
STP
STP Cable
Straight through
Streaming content
STS
STS-1
STS-3
STS-12
STS-24
STS-48
STS-192
Subdomain
Subnet
Subnet mask
Subnetwork
Supercomputer
Switch
SYN
SYN attack
Syslog
SYSOP
System administrator
System operator

T1
T2
T3
TA
Tag
TCP/IP
TeamViewer
Telecommunications
Teleprocessing
Telnet
Terminal
Terminal emulation
Thick Ethernet
Thin client
Thin Ethernet
Throttle
Throughput
TLD
Token
Top-level domain
Topology
TOPS
TOS
Trace
Traceroute
Traffic
Transit network
Transmit
Trunk
TTL
Tunnel
Turnpike effect
Twisted-pair cable

UDSL
Unicast
Uniformity
UNC
Unshielded Twisted Pair cable
Uplink
Upload
UPnP
Upstream
User account
User group
User name
User profile

VAN
VADSL
VBR
VC
VCI
VDD
VDSL
Vhost
Virtual host
Virtual router
VLAN
VNC
VOIP
VPN
VRRP
VSAT

Wake On LAN
WAN
WAP
WBEM
Web farm
Web forwarding
Web host
Web server
Webcast
WEP
WFW
WHOIS
Wide Area Network
Wideband transmission
Wi-Fi
WiMAX
Winpopup
Winsock
Wire stripper
WISP
WLAN
WOL
Workgroup
Workstation

X.400
Xerox network services
XMT

ZAK
Zero configuration network
Zeroconf
ZIP
Zombie
Zone