CTER

Glossary references

Net Handbooks
Definitions for teachers by teachers

10BASE-T
10 MBPS / 100 MBPS Connection
ADSL
AirPort
AppleTalk
ASP
ATM
Bandwidth
Cable Modem
Category 5 Cable
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
DHCP
DHTML
DNS
Domain Name
DSL
Ethernet
Fiber Optics
Firewall
FTP
Gateway
Gopher
Host Name
.HQX
html
http
https
hub
Internet
Intranet
IP Address
IPX/SPX
IRD Network
ISDN
ISP
Java
JavaScript
LAN
LocalTalk
Mail Server
MIME Type
MX Server
Name Server
Network closet
OC3
PERL
POP/ POP3
Port
PPP Connection
PPTP Connection
Protocol
Proxy
RJ-45
Router
SLIP
SSL
SMTP
Subnetmask
Switch
Tape Backup
T1
T3
TCP/IP
Telnet
UDP
UPS
Upstream
URL
VBScript
VPN Connection
WAN
Web Server
Wireless Network
.ZIP Compression


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Last updated: 2 August 2000
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