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URL

Glossary of Terms 243

UDP is often used for

applications such as streaming

data.

URL

A URL (Uniform Resource

Locator) is the address of a file

(resource) accessible on the

Internet. The type of resource

depends on the Internet

application protocol. On the Web

(which uses the Hypertext

Transfer Protocol), an example

of a URL is

'http://www.sofaware.com'.

V

VPN

A virtual private network (VPN)

is a private data network that

makes use of the public

telecommunication

infrastructure, maintaining

privacy through the use of a

tunneling protocol and security

procedures.

VPN tunnel

A secure connection between a

VPN client and a VPN server.