Packet Switching is the process by which a networking or telecommunications device accepts a packet and switches it to a telecommunications device that will take it closer to its destination. (Learn...

NAT stands for Network Address Translation is a form of packet filtering used in firewall products that protect a network from outside intrusion by hackers.

A Routing Table is an internal table that a computer or router uses to determine which router interface to send packets to, based on their destination network addresses.

Customer Premises is a general term referring to your local company's networking environment.

Sometimes simply called a switch (when referring to Ethernet networking hardware), a networking component used to connect workgroup hubs to form a larger network or to connect stations that have high...

Internet Protocol, or just IP, is a TCP/IP network layer protocol for addressing and routing packets of data between hosts on a TCP/IP network.