Category: Letter S

  • Software-Defined Networking (SDN): The Future of Networking?

    Software-Defined Networking (SDN): The Future of Networking?

    Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a network architecture approach that decouples the control plane from the data plane, enabling centralized control of the entire network through software.

  • What is the Slow Convergence Problem in routing protocols?

    What is the Slow Convergence Problem in routing protocols?

    The slow convergence problem refers to the time it takes for a routing protocol to converge, or to reach a stable state in which all routers in the network have the same view of the network topology and can accurately route packets to their destinations.

  • Symmetric Encryption

    Symmetric Encryption

    Symmetric encryption, or single-key encryption, is the most well-understood cryptography primitive.

  • Understanding %systemroot% in Windows: A Comprehensive Guide

    Understanding %systemroot% in Windows: A Comprehensive Guide

    SystemRoot is the directory where the core of Microsoft Windows operating systems files are stored.

  • What is an IP Spoofing Attack?

    What is an IP Spoofing Attack?

    IP spoofing is a technique used to gain unauthorized access to computer systems or networks by disguising the source IP address of a packet. This goal is accomplished by altering the source addresses of packets, making them appear as though they came from a trusted user within the network, rather than from a distrusted outside…

  • Server Management Tools

    Server Management Tools

    Server Management Tools are a set of tools hosted in Azure and available for free with a new web-based graphic user interface. Learn how to easily use those tools. As infrastructure and deployments become more hybrid in nature, where we have workloads spread across clouds, the management effort to control all these different areas increases…

  • Structured Query Language (SQL)

    Structured Query Language (SQL)

    Definition of Structured Query Language in the Network Encyclopedia. What is Structured Query Language (SQL)? SQL stands for Structured Query Language, a standards-based language used by relational database management programs primarily for constructing queries. Structured Query Language was originally developed by IBM for mainframe computing environments and is widely used in relational database management systems.…

  • Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cabling

    Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cabling

    Definition of Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cabling in the Network Encyclopedia. What is Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cabling? Single-Mode is a type of fiber-optic cabling that can carry only one signal at a time. Single-mode fiber-optic cabling uses light generated by a laser-emitting diode to carry signals. Laser light is extremely stable and uniform and can be accurately focused,…

  • Secure Attention Sequence (SAS)

    Secure Attention Sequence (SAS)

    At its core, SAS is a keystroke combination – Ctrl+Alt+Delete. When you press these keys simultaneously, you initiate a sequence that demands the highest level of attention from the operating system.

  • Safe Mode

    Safe Mode

    Safe Mode in Microsoft ecosystem is a mode of starting Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and above that bypasses startup files and runs a basic set of files and drivers including mouse, keyboard, video, mass storage, and basic system services.

  • Serial Transmission

    Serial Transmission

    Serial Transmission is a form of signal transmission that sends information one bit at a time over a single data channel.