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Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS)
POTS stands for Plain Old Telephone Service and it is the basic analog telecommunications service provided by a local telco.
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Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) is a telecommunications technology for providing high-speed transmission to subscribers over the existing copper wire twisted-pair local loop between the customer premises and the telco’s central office (CO).
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SDSL: Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) is a type of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology in which upstream and downstream speeds are equal.
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Subnet Mask
Subnet Mask is a 32-bit number that is used to partition IP addresses into a network ID and a host ID.
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Storage Area Network (SAN)
Storage Area Network (SAN) is a general term for an architecture that uses external storage devices to provide network storage for applications running on an enterprise-level network.
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IP Address
IP Address (Internet Protocol address) is a 32-bit logical address for a host on a TCP/IP network (IPv4) or 128-bit (IPv6). Each host on a TCP/IP network needs a unique IP address for communication to take place reliably on the network.
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ipconfig
Ipconfig is a TCP/IP utility that displays the current TCP/IP configuration settings for each network interface card (NIC).
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Interprocess Communication (IPC)
Interprocess Communication (IPC) is a mechanism for establishing a connection between processes, running on two computers or on a single multitasking computer, to allow data to flow between those processes.
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Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC)
Delve into the history and role of the Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC) and understand its transition to ICANN. Explore how domain registration has evolved over the years.
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Network Interface Card (NIC)
NIC stands for Network Interface Card is an adapter card that plugs into the system bus of a computer and allows the computer to send and receive signals on a network.
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RPCPing: Remote Procedure Call Ping
RPC Ping is a client/server utility included with Microsoft Exchange Server for testing for remote procedure call (RPC) connectivity between two locations on a network.
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Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is a message-passing programming technology developed by Sun Microsystems and extended by the Open Software Foundation (OSF) that allows an application to execute procedures and interact with services on a remote computer on the network.