Category: Letter S
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Subnetting Simplified: Mastering Network Division in TCP/IP
Subnetting is the process of partitioning a single TCP/IP network into a number of separate networks called subnets.
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Static Routing: A Comprehensive Guide
Static Routing is a routing mechanism that is handled by the Internet Protocol (IP) and that depends on manually configured routing tables.
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Start of Authority (SOA) Record
SOA Record stands for Start of Authority Record, is the first record in a zone file which defines the general properties of the zone for a name server.
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Switched Multimegabit Data Services (SMDS)
SMDS stands for Switched Multimegabit Data Services is a connectionless, packet-switched telecommunications service with speeds ranging from 56 Kbps to 34 Mbps.
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Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
SONET stands for Synchronous Optical Network is a physical layer specification for broadband synchronous transmission of voice, video, and data over long distances of fiber-optic cabling at speeds of more than 1 Gbps.
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Switch
Switch is any device that can control the flow of electrical signals. A number of special-purpose switches are used in networking.
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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a standard application-layer protocol for delivery of e-mail over a TCP/IP internetwork such as the Internet.
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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.


