User guide

Glossary
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default gateway
The IP address of the network or host to which all packets addressed to an
unknown network or host are sent. The default
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a router or other
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DNS
Domain Name S
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stem. A protocol within TCP/IP used to find IP addresses based
on host names.
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A lo
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ical
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of conti
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uous bits that conve
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one kind of information, such as
the start or end of a messa
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e, an address, data or an error check.
frame
A
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roup of bits which form a discrete block of information. Frames contain network
control information or data. The size and composition of a frame is determined b
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the network technolo
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framing types
Two common framin
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pes are Ethernet II and IEEE 802.3.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol. A networkin
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protocol used to exchan
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e files between
stations on a network or over the Internet.
gateway
A device which connects networks with dissimilar network architectures and which
operates at the Application La
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er. This term ma
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refer to a router.
host
A node on a network.
hostname
A domain name
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iven to a specific computer on a network and used to address that
computer.
HTTP
H
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perText Transport Protocol. A protocol used to deliver h
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pertext documents.
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