Friday, February 24, 2012

Computer Network Protocol

Internet Protocol – A protocol that governs the way computers on the Internet communicate and exchange data with each other.

IP address – A unique set of numbers assigned to every site on the Internet for the purpose of routing information to that site. An IP address corresponds to a site’s domain name. An IP address may change – for example, if a site moves to another area of the internet, domain names can stay the same: the DNS server will reconcile them with IP addresses.

Internet Relay Chat – A series of networks on the Internet on which you can hold “live” conversations with people across the world. You access IRC with a client program, and use your keyboard to type in your part of the conversations.

Integrated Services Digital Network – A high-speed communications standard that enables a telephone line to carry voice and digital data at speeds higher than can be achieved with a modem.

Dial-up Networking Software - Windows 95 software that enables you to connect  to your service provider and the internet.

Dial-up Scripting Software – windows 95 software that enables you to automate your dial-up networking connection to the Internet.

File Transfer Protocol – A protocol for transferring files on the Internet between all types of computes. Information is usually downloaded from an FTP server using on FTP client program or a web browser.

Home Page – The introductory page on a Website. It usually contains a table of contents for the site and provides hot links to other pages.

Hotlink – A shortcut that links to other webpages or internet sites

Hyper Text Markup Language – The formatting languages use to create web pages. HTML is used for specifying how a page should look on screen. It can also embed hypertext links, images, sound and applers into a page.

Hypertext Transport Protocol – The protocol used to retrieve documents that are pointed to be hypertext links on web pages. These documents could be located anywhere on the internet.

Computer Network Protocol Internet – The linkage of large number of computers around the world – ranging from personal computers to super computers – into one huge computers network. Every computer on the Internet users the TCP/IP protocol to communicate, providing a vast database of information for anyone that can connect to it.

Internet Service Provider – A commercial company that provides to the internet for a fee. Many ISPs also offer their own web pages, news groups, and FTP sites for their customers to use.

Point to Point protocol – The must reliable and commonly used protocol that allows direct Internet connection. It uses TCP/IP to connect computers to the internet via modem.

Computer network protocol – A set rules that two computers must follow when they communicate. Software on networked computers must be designed to implement these rules.

Router – A device use to move data around the internet. Routers are part of the packet.

TCP/IP – The two core internet protocols that define how data must be transferred between computers. To have a direct Internet connection your computer must have TCP/IP software.

Telnet – A protocol that lets you log on to a remote computer and use it is a s if you ware at that terminal.

Uart Chip – This chip controls the flow of data through a computer’s serial port, east modems require fast UART chips, or their performance will be impaired.

URL – An internet address. URLs  provide a standard syntax for referring to various internet resource, including websites, ftp sites, gopher sites and so on.

Usenet – The main network of news groups available via the internet. Usenet access is also possible without a direct internet connection.

Uuencode – A popoular program for encoding binary files so that they can be transmited by e-mail.

V standards – World wide telecommunications standards, that govern factors such as programming commands and data compression standards used by modems and other devices.

VRML – A programming language that allows 3-D images to be displayed and manipulated on web pages.

Wais – A commercial software program that indexes can be searched across networks such as the world wide web.

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