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  • Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)

    Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)

    Common Object Request Broker Architecture, also known as CORBA, is a component architecture developed by the Object Management Group and its member companies that specify technologies for creating, distributing, and managing component programming objects over a network.

  • Time to Live (TTL)

    Time to Live (TTL)

    Time to live, best known as TTL or Hop Limit, is a mechanism that limits the lifespan or lifetime of data in a computer or network. TTL may be implemented as a counter or timestamp attached to or embedded in the data.

  • Caching Array Routing Protocol (CARP)

    Caching Array Routing Protocol (CARP)

    Caching Array Routing Protocol, also known as CARP, is a protocol developed by Microsoft and implemented in Microsoft Proxy Server that allows multiple proxy servers to be arrayed as a single logical cache for distributed content caching.

  • NetWare Protocols

    NetWare Protocols

    NetWare protocols are the group of protocols developed for and specific to the Novell NetWare network operating system (NOS); popularized in NetWare versions 2 and 3. Some of the networking architecture of NetWare protocols evolved from the Xerox Network Systems (XNS) created in the late 1970s.

  • Novell NetWare: The Pioneering Network Operating System of the 1980s

    Novell NetWare: The Pioneering Network Operating System of the 1980s

    NetWare was a network operating system from Novell that wass widely used in local area networks (LANs). NetWare was created by Novell in the early 1980s.

  • Windows 98

    Windows 98

    Windows 98 was Microsoft’s upgrade for users of Windows 95 and earlier versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. With the code name Memphis, Windows 98 was released on June 25, 1998. Like its predecessor W95, Windows 98 was a hybrid 16-bit and 32-bit product with the boot stage based on MS-DOS. Windows 98 new features…

  • Navigating Switched Virtual Circuits: The SVC Guide

    Navigating Switched Virtual Circuits: The SVC Guide

    Switched Virtual Circuit, also known as SVC, is a form of telecommunications service that provides a path between two nodes in a packet-switched network.

  • Latency

    Latency

    In this article we delve deeper into what latency is, its implications, its primary causes, and potential solutions.

  • Packet Switching Explained: How the Internet Moves Data (And Why It Works So Well)

    Packet Switching Explained: How the Internet Moves Data (And Why It Works So Well)

    What makes the Internet scalable, resilient, and efficient? Packet switching is the answer. In this deep technical guide, we break down how packets move, how networks share bandwidth, and why this model replaced circuit switching in data networks.

  • TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

    TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

    Explore TFTP: A concise guide to Trivial File Transfer Protocol, its functions, implementations, and modern network applications.

  • SQL Server Tools

    SQL Server Tools

    SQL developer tools Azure Data Studio Azure Data Studio is a cross-platform database tool for data professionals using the Microsoft family of on-premises and cloud data platforms on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Previously released under the preview name SQL Operations Studio, Azure Data Studio offers a modern editor experience with IntelliSense, code snippets, source control…

  • Hub

    Hub

    Hub also called a repeater hub, is the basic networking component used in traditional 10-Mbps Ethernet networks to connect network stations to form a local area network (LAN).