AirPort is a brand under the computer company Apple Inc for wireless local area networks WLAN introduced commercially on July 21 1999 It is based in the 802 11b or Wi Fi" standard developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE and it has been certified as compatible with other IEEE 802 11b devices In common...
An aggregator also known as a feed reader RSS reader or feed aggregator is an online program or client software that collates syndicated web content referred to as feed" like blogs podcasts and vlogs from various sources into a single location for convenience in effect creating a unique information...
An access point AP; or also WAP" for wireless access point" is a node responsible for the formation of a wireless network through connection between wireless communication devices It acts as a central transmitter and receiver of wireless radio signals and is configured through an internet protocol IP address Older models...
AppleTalk was developed by Apple Inc for computer networking AppleTalk is a set of protocols included in the original version of Macintosh in 1984 Unlike other early LAN systems AppleTalk was based on the OSI model of protocol layering and was not built on the archetypal Xerox XNS system although several portions of the AppleTalk system have direct...
DSL or xDSL an umbrella term for the several types of DSL technology available stands for Digital Subscriber Line originally Digital Subscriber Loop The term refers to a set of networking technologies that provide digital data transmission over local network telephone wires It comes in several variants such as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber...
Ethernet standardized as IEEE 802 3 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE refers to a group or family of frame based computer networking technologies developed specifically for local area networks LAN It was conceptualized in 1974 by Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs at Xerox PARC It has defined a common addressing format...
Fast Ethernet refers to a set of Ethernet standards that are able to transmit data at a minimum of 100Mbps over the original 10 Mbps Ethernet speed Introduced in 1995 Fast Ethernet was the fastest version of Ethernet for three years It was later superseded by Gigabit Ethernet which could transmit data at a rate of at least 1 Gbps The adapter...
Gigabit Ethernet as defined by the IEEE 802 3 2005 standard is a term referring to the different types of technologies developed with the ability to transmit Ethernet frames at a minimum of 1 Gbps Gigabit Ethernet is available over four different physical layers which are the following coaxial cable twisted pair cable balanced copper cable and...
Twisted pair cabling is a type of networking hardware formed by twisting two copper wires together in order to minimize electromagnetic interference EMI from outside sources as well as crosstalk between the two wires Twisted pair cables are commonly used among small and medium sized data networks because they are cheaper in comparison to other network...
WAN which stands for Wireless Area Network is a computer network that spans a wide geographical range crossing metropolitan regional or national boundaries using routers and public communications links A WAN is used to connect local area networks LAN as well as other types of networks such as campus area networks CAN personal area networks...
10BASE2 or IEEE 802 3 is an early Ethernet Standard that makes use of industry standard RG 58 coaxial communications cables connected to BNC T connectors 10BASE2 gets its identifier assigned by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics engineers IEEE from the following characteristics 10" means it has a maximum transmission speed...
10BASE5 is an Ethernet standard that requires a specialized coaxial cable to transmit Ethernet frames at a rate of 10Mbps It is also known as Thick Ethernet" or Thicknet" because of the thick coaxial cable it uses which is 0 375 inches in diameter Its designation provides a quick summary of the characteristics of its physical...
10BASE T is an Ethernet standard for local area networks LAN that requires only one copper twisted pair cable of Category 3 CAT 3 or higher either unshielded twisted pair UTP or shielded twisted pair STP for a maximum network segment length of 100 meters for UTP or 200 meters for STP Its designation provides a quick summary of the characteristics...
1000BASE T or IEEE 802 3ab is a Gigabit Ethernet wiring standard for Local Area Networks LAN that uses copper based networking hardware as its medium It is one of the most widely used standards of Ethernet over twisted pair The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association IEEE SA Standards Board approved it as a standard...
100BASE T is a subset of Fast Ethernet that refers collectively to a number of Ethernet wiring standards that carry signals at 100Mbps over twisted pair cables Its IEEE designated identifier is derived from its characteristics 100" refers to its rate of transmission of Ethernet signals at 100Mbps BASE" is shorthand for baseband...
A Handshake is a term in information technology and telecommunications that refers to the automated process of negotiation that dynamically sets the parameters such as information transfer rate coding alphabet parity and interrupt procedure of a communications channel that has been established between two devices The process of handshaking...
Advanced Encryption Standard AES also known as US FIPS PUB 197 is a block cipher which has been adopted as an encryption standard by the U S government superseding the Data Encryption Standard DES It is also known as Rijndael which is a portmanteau of the surnames of the two Belgian cryptographers Vincent Rijmen and Joan Daemen who developed...
The OSI model which is shorthand for Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model is an abstract computer network protocol design divided into seven layers developed in 1977 by the American National Standards Institute ANSI working group on Distributed Systems DISY as part of the OSI initiative Each layer is a collection of related functions...
ISDN which stands for Integrated Services Digital Network originally Integriertes Sprach und Datennetz which is German for Integrated Speech and Data Net" is a set of telecommunications protocols developed by Professor Jaxin Hall of Sussex UK in the late 1980 s used for establishing and disconnecting circuit switched...
LAN which stands for Local Area Network is a medium sized computer network featuring data transmission rates that are faster in comparison to Wide Area Networks WAN and unlike WANs leased telecommunication lines are unnecessary in LANs Introduced in the late 1970 s LANs are generally used for the home or office or a group of buildings Of...