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  • X.400

    X.400

    X.400 is a set of standards defined in 1984 and 1988 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for computer-based handling of e-mail.

  • Wiring Closet

    Wiring Closet

    Wiring closet is also called an equipment room or server room (and various other names). It is a room on the floor of a building that contains hubs, switches, and other network components.

  • Windows NT

    Windows NT

    Windows NT was Microsoft’s most popular operating system for all types of networks ranging from workgroups to enterprise-level installations.

  • Windows for Workgroups 3.11

    Windows for Workgroups 3.11

    Windows for Workgroups 3.11 was a version of Microsoft Windows 3.1 released in 1994 that includes integrated networking components.

  • Windows 3.1

    Windows 3.1

    Windows 3.1 is the GUI-based operating system from Microsoft that made personal computers easier and more fun to use.

  • Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

    Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

    Wireless Application Protocol, or WAP, is a set of technologies developed by a consortium of mobile telephony equipment vendors that is designed to bring Web content to wireless handheld communication devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and mobile phones.

  • Well-Known Port Numbers

    Well-Known Port Numbers

    Well-known port numbers are port numbers for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) or User Datagram Protocol (UDP) that have been assigned to specific TCP/IP applications or services by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

  • Decoding Update Sequence Numbers (USN): The Backbone of Data Integrity

    Decoding Update Sequence Numbers (USN): The Backbone of Data Integrity

    An Update Sequence Number (USN) is a system used primarily within computer storage and database management to track changes or updates made to a file system or database records.

  • Trust Relationship

    Trust Relationship

    Definition of TRUST RELATIONSHIP in Network Encyclopedia. What is Trust Relationship (in computer networking)? Trust relationship is a secure communication channel between two domains in Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems. Trust relationships allow users in one domain to access resources in another domain. Trusts work by having one domain trust the authority of the other…

  • Token Ring

    Token Ring

    Token Ring is a popular local area network (LAN) technology developed by IBM that still has a large installed base in many shops but has been greatly outpaced in recent years by different forms of Ethernet.

  • TCP/IP

    TCP/IP

    TCP/IP is an abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, an industry-standard protocol suite for wide area networks (WANs) developed in the 1970s and 1980s by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

  • SOCKS v5

    SOCKS v5

    SOCKS v5 is a circuit-layer proxy protocol used in client/server networking environments.