Category: Letter P

  • Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cabling

    Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cabling

    Polyvinyl Chloride cabling, or simply PVC, is a grade of network cabling that uses polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic for its outer protective insulating jacket. Polyvinyl chloride cabling is cheap and flexible but gives off dangerous gases during combustion. Building codes usually require that plenum cabling be used instead of polyvinyl chloride cabling for horizontal runs…

  • Plenum Cabling

    Plenum Cabling

    Explore the essentials of plenum cable, its safety-centric design, historical context, and ongoing relevance in modern networking.

  • Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)

    Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)

    Explore the essentials of Pulse Code Modulation (PCM), the cornerstone of digital audio and communication systems.

  • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

    Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

    Public Key Infrastructure, also known as PKI, is a set of services that support the use of public-key cryptography in a corporate or public setting. A public key infrastructure (PKI) enables key pairs to be generated, securely stored, and securely transmitted to users so that users can send encrypted transmissions and digital signatures over distrusted…

  • Proxy Cache Server

    Proxy Cache Server

    Explore the world of Proxy Cache Servers: Unraveling their roles, benefits, comparison with CDNs, and the evolution of Microsoft’s Proxy Server.

  • Public Key Cryptography

    Public Key Cryptography

    Public Key Cryptography, also known as asymmetric cryptography, is a popular encryption method developed by Martin Hellman and Whitfield Diffie in 1976 that is used for securing the transmission of data over distrusted networks such as the Internet.

  • Packet Switching

    Packet Switching

    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 More)

  • Presentation Layer

    Presentation Layer

    Presentation Layer is the Layer 6 of the seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model.

  • Personal Communications Services (PCS)

    Personal Communications Services is a general term for digital cellular phone technologies that are used for personal wireless mobile communication.

  • Physical Layer

    Physical Layer

    Physical Layer is the first Layer (or the PHY layer) of the Open Systems Interconnection reference model, also known as the OSI Model or the Seven Layer Model.

  • Packet Filtering

    Packet Filtering

    Packet Filtering is the process of controlling the flow of packets based on packet attributes such as source address, destination address, type, length, and port number.

  • Primary Domain Controller (PDC)

    Primary Domain Controller (PDC)

    Primary Domain Controller is a Microsoft Windows NT domain controller that contains the master copy of the Security Account Manager (SAM) database.