IP Solutions - Glossary of Terms File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
A TCP/IP protocol, FTP enables the exchange of bulk information over an intranet or the Internet.
Firewall
Firewalls can be either hardware or software. Hardware firewalls monitor bandwidth usage and network or connection activity. They also protect the LAN from security breaches, perhaps authenticate users, and monitor incoming and outgoing e-mail messages. Software, or application, firewalls control access to the LAN from Internet, users, control LAN users' access to Internet, and issue alerts for security breaches. A good firewall also logs all events and notifies the administrator of any problems.
FireWire
A newer bus developed to make more effective use of audio and video applications. FireWire is extremely fast; the data transfer rates are more than three times that of PCI. FireWire is ideal if you want to use your PC mainly for games; its power would be wasted on general or common use, such as word processing. You can connect up to 63 devices in a chain to a FireWire bus.
Fractional T1
A part of a T1 line, fractional T1's speed is less than T1 but better than ISDN and frame relay. Also, as your network grows, you can add fractional T1 lines to increase speeds.
Frame Relay
Frame relay supports speeds of 56 Kbps, transmits voice and data, and has no distance limits. Frame relay's equipment, however, is expensive, and the voice transmission quality isn't the best.
FTP
See File Transfer Protocol. Gateway
Hardware or software that acts as a translator between two different protocols; any device that provides access to another system.
Gateway Remote Access
A method of connecting to one computer to get to another. You might connect to the server at work, for example, in order to get to your workstation there.
See gigabyte. See gigabit.
GB Gbit Gbps
Gigabits per second. Measures how much data transfers per second. A gigabit represents 1 billion bits.
Gigabit (Gbit) Gigabyte (GB)
A gigabyte contains 1,073,741,824 bytes. Giga-is the prefix for one billion in the metric system. You generally see gigabytes when talking about hard-disc capacity.
Gopher
A part of the TCP/IP protocol that provides a menu-based interface to files on an intranet or the Internet; Gopher is an older service but is still used in many places.
HAN (Home Area Network)
A new acronym for a network set up in the home.
Hex (Hexadecimal)
Hex stands for hexadecimal, which is the base 16 numbering system. Hex numbering uses the digits 0 to 9, followed by the letters A to F, and is a convenient method of representing binary numbers.
HomePNA (Home Phoneline Networking Alliance)
An incorporated, nonprofit association of industry leading companies working together to ensure the adoption of a single, unified phone line networking indusrty standard for vendors and manufacturers.
Host
Any computer on a network that offers services to other computers.
Host Computers
Same as host; a networked computer that enables other computer connected to it to use programs, access data, and so on.
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
A set of codes that creates the page formatting you see in a Web page; HTML is the standard for creating Web pages.
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
The protocol that transfers documents from a Web server to your own computer. http, in lowercase form, is often the first thing you type in before an Internet address. HTTP indicates to the Web browser the protocol needed to locate the Web address.
Hub
A networking device that enables attached devices to receive data transmitted over the network. Most networks need a hub to help modify transmission signals and to extend the network past two workstations.
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
One of the TCP/IP protocols. It helps IP communicate error information about the IP transmissions.
IDE (Integrated Device Electronics)
A popular hard disk interface standard that provides only medium-to-fast data transfer rates.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
Networking cabling and other equipment have standards that are set by the IEEE to ensure interoperability of products and services from vendor to vendor.
IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol)
One of the TCP/IP protocols. It enables IP datagrams to be broadcast to computers that belong to groups.
IANA
The internet Assigned Numbers Authority, an organization that oversees IP address, Top- level domain and Internet protocol code point allocations.
Input/Output See I/O port.
See IEEE. See IDE. See ISDN.
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Intelligent Home (also SmartHome or Smart Home)
Intelligent homes vary from those having simple motion detectors outside to those that are fully connected and fully wired with automatic heating and cooling, security cameras, whole-house video and audio, and more.
Int e rna t iona l Organi z a t ion for St anda rdi z a t ion/Open Sy s t ems Interconnect See ISO/OSI.
International Telecommunications Union- Telecommunications Standards Section See ITU-TSS.
Internet
An internetwork of smaller networks that spans the entire world. Each smaller network contains servers that displays information of various types on the Web (WWW, World Wide Web). The internet is a public network, available to all who have a computer with the appropriate software and a connection to the Internet.
See ICMP. See IGMP. See IP. See IRC. See ISP.
Internet Control Message Protocol Internet Group Management Protocol Internet Protocol Internet Relay Chat Internet Service Provider
Internetwork Packet Exchange / Sequenced Packet Exchange See IPX/SPX.
InterNIC (Internet Network Information Center)
To ensure that the IP addresses used on the Internet are unique, the InterNIC must assign any address used on the Internet. InterNIC is the controlling agency for IP addresses and domain names.
See IRQ.
Interrupt Request Intranet
A private Internet-that is, a network within your home network on which you publish documents to view your Web browser. You use these Internet tools - HTTP, HTML, TCP/IP, Web browsers, and more- to create and use the intranet . An intranet may or may not be connected to the Internet.
I/O (Input/Output) Port
A port on the computer to which you can attach hardware, such as a joystick. The I/O is the means by which data is transferred between the computer and its peripheral devices.
IP (Internet Protocol)
One of the TCP/IP protocols that provides routing services over multiple networks. IP enables network packets to move data between network segments and to travel across routers. IP is a routing protocol, meaning that it directs datagrams from the source to the destination.
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