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Dynamic Routing – The ability for a router to forward data via a different
route based on the current conditions of the communications circuit.
For example, it can adjust for overloaded traffic or failing lines and is much
more flexible than static routing, which uses a fixed forwarding path.
Ethernet – IEEE standard network protocol that specifies how data is
placed on and retrieved from a common transmission medium. Has a transfer
rate of 10 Mbps. Forms the underlying transport vehicle used by several
upper-level protocols, including TCP/IP and XNS.
Fast Ethernet – A 100 Mbps technology based on the 10Base-T Ethernet
CSMA/CD network access method.
Firewall – A firewall is a set of related programs, located at a network
gateway server, which protects the resources of a network from users from
other networks. (The term also implies the security policy that is used with
the programs.) An enterprise with an intranet that allows its workers access
to the wider Internet installs a firewall to prevent outsiders from accessing its
own private data resources and for controlling what outside resources to which
its own users have access. A firewall, working closely with a router, examines
each network packet to determine whether to forward it toward its destination.
Firmware – Programming that is inserted into programmable read-only
memory, thus becoming a permanent part of a computing device.
Fragmentation – Breaking a packet into smaller units when transmitting
over a network medium that cannot support the original size of the packet.
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Hardware – Hardware is the physical aspect of computers,
telecommunications, and other information technology devices. The term
arose as a way to distinguish the “box” and the electronic circuitry and
components of a computer from the program you put in it to make it do things.
The program came to be known as the software.
Hub – The device that serves as the central location for attaching wires from
workstations. Can be passive, where there is no amplification of the signals;
or active, where the hubs are used like repeaters to provide an extension of
the cable that connects to a workstation.
IEEE – The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The IEEE
fosters the development of standards that often become national and
international standards. The organization publishes a number of journals, has
many local chapters, and has several large societies in special areas, such as
the IEEE Computer Society.
IEEE 802.11 – Industry standard that enables wireless LAN hardware from
different manufacturers to communicate.
Infrastructure Mode – Allows all computers on a wired and wireless
network to share a peripheral, such as a printer or high speed Internet Access.