Computer Hope newsletter #177
January 30, 2005 ISSUE 177
C O M P U T E R H O P E . C O M N E W S L E T T E R
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl177.htm -
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IN THIS ISSUE:
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1. Weekly Computer Term
2. What's new in the news last week
3. Computer viruses, worms, security, and/or privacy threats
4. What's new at Computer Hope this week
5. Hot computer issues
6. All Talk
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1. Weekly Computer Term.
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BPDU ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/bpdu.htm ) -
Short for Bridge Protocol Data Unit, BPDUs are part of the spanning tree protocol that help describe and identify attributes of a switch port. BPDUs allow for switches to obtain information about each other.
See our complete dictionary listing and a daily computer term at:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon.htm
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2. What's new in the news last week?
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Top News Story: Man Sentenced for Releasing Computer Worm