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physical layer, followed by a header from the network layer (IP), followed by a
header from the transport layer (TCP), followed by the application protocol
data.
One of the most common local area network (LAN) wiring schemes, Ethernet
has a transmission rate of 10 Mbps.
File Transfer Protocol. The Internet protocol (and program) used to transfer
files between hosts.
A measure of distance between two points on the Internet. It is equivalent to
the number of gateways that separate the source and destination.
Hypertext Markup Language - The page-coding language for the World Wide
Web.
A browser used to traverse the Internet, such as Netscape or Microsoft
Internet Explorer.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol - The protocol used to carry world-wide-web
(www) traffic between a www browser computer and the www server being
accessed.
Internet Control Message Protocol - The protocol used to handle errors and
control messages at the IP layer. ICMP is actually part of the IP protocol.
An IP address is assigned in blocks of numbers to user organizations
accessing the Internet. These addresses are established by the United States
Department of Defense's Network Information Center. Duplicate addresses
can cause major problems on the network, but the NIC trusts organizations to