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Understanding Authentication in Networking
Delve into the essentials of authentication in networking, ensuring secure access and protecting digital identities in the connected world.
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Logon
Definition of logon in The Network Encyclopedia. What is Logon (computer networks)? Logon is the process by which a user’s credentials are verified by a network security authority so that the user can be granted access to the machine. Logons can be one of two types: When a user attempts an interactive logon to a…
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Password in Networking
Definition of password in The Network Encyclopedia. What is Password (in networking)? Password is a secure identifier that enables a user to access a secured resource. For example, a password can be used to log on to a network and access personal files. Passwords are a part of a user’s credentials, which include, at a…
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Username in networking
Dive into the fascinating world of usernames—a cornerstone of your digital identity. Explore its importance, types, security implications, and more in this comprehensive guide.
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Intelligent Hub in Networking
Intelligent Hub is a hub that is enabled for remote monitoring and management through Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
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Host Routing
Host Routing is the routing process that occurs when a host (computer) on a network forwards a packet to a destination host on the network.
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Horizontal Cabling
Horizontal Cabling, in premise cabling, is any cabling that is used to connect a floor’s wiring closet to wall plates in the work areas to provide local area network (LAN) drops for connecting users computers to the network.
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High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL)
HDSL, or High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line, is a modulation technology similar to Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) that uses a group of existing copper twisted-pair subscriber telephone lines to transmit data at T1 or E1 speeds.
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Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
FDMA (stands for Frequency Division Multiple Access) is the signal multiplexing technology used in the Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) analog version of cellular phone technology. Learn all about this topic reading the full article.
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Route Flapping Demystified: Causes, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies in Dynamic Networks
Flapping, in computer networking, is a problem condition that can occur with dynamic routers on large internetworks. Learn all about flapping-routers reading this article.
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File-Transfer Access and Management (FTAM)
File-Transfer Access and Management (FTAM) is an ISO standard, part of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) suite of protocols, designed to enable file transfer and management operations between different systems.
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Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
Fiber Distributed Data Interface, or FDDI, is a high-speed network technology which runs at 100 Mbps over fiber-optic cabling, often used for network backbones in a local area network (LAN) or metropolitan area network (MAN).