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| TCP(Transmission Control protocol) |
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Definition
| Part of the Tcp/Ip protocol suite,operates at Layer 4(Transport)of the OSI seven-layer model. Tcp is connection- oriented protocol. |
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Term
| FTP(File Transfer Protocol) |
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Definition
| A set of rules that allows two computers to talk to one another as a file transfer is carried out. This is the protcol used when you transfer a file from one computers to another across the internet. |
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| UDP(User datagram Protocol) |
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Definition
| A protocol used by some older applications,most prominentyl TFTP(Trivial Ftp), to transfer files. UDP datagram are both simpler and smaller than TCP segments, and they do most of the behind-the-scenes work in a Tcp/Ip network. |
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| A set of communication protocols developed by the U.S. Department that enables dissimilar computers to share infomation over a network. |
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| DHCP(Dynamic Host Configuration protocol) |
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Definition
| A protocol that enables a dhcp server to set TCP/Ip settings automatically for a DHCP client. |
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| TFTP(Trivial File transfer protocol) |
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Definition
| A protocol taht transfer files between servers and clients. Unlike ftp,TFTP requires no user login. |
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| A tcp/ip name resolves host names to ip addresses |
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| Http(s)(Hypertext transfer protocol secure) |
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Definition
| A secure form of http,used commonly for internet business transaction or anytime where a secure connection is required. |
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| ARP(Address resoultion Protocol) |
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Definition
| A protocol in the tcp/ip suite used with the command-line utility of the same name to determine the mac addesss that corresponds to a particular ip address. |
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| SIP(Session Initiation Protocol) |
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Definition
| a signaling protocol for controlling voice and video calls over ip. SIP competes with H.323 for VOIP dominance. |
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| RTP(Real-time Transport Protocol) |
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Definition
| Protocol that defines the type of packetsused on the internet to move voice or data from a server to clients. The vast majority of VOIP soultions available today use RTP |
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Definition
| A terminal emulation program that look exactly like telnet but encrypts the data. SSH has replace telnet on the internet. |
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Term
| POP3(Post Office Protocol Version 3) |
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Definition
| One of the two protocols that receive e-mail from SMTP servers. Pop3 uses TCP port 110. Most e-mail clients uses this protocol, although some use IMAP4 |
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| NTP(Network time protocol) |
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Definition
| Protocol that gives the current time. |
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| IMAP 4(Internet message access protocol verison 4) |
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Definition
| An alternative to POP3 for receiving email from an email server supports searching through messages stored on a server and supports using folders to organize e-mail |
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| A program that enables uses on the interent to log onto remote systems from their own hosts systems |
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| SNMP(Simple network Management Protocol) |
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Definition
| A set of standards for communication with devices connected to a TCP/IP network. Examples of these devices include routers, hubs, and switches. |
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Term
| ICMP(Internet Control Message Protocol) |
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Definition
| Protocol in which messages consist of a single packet and are connectionless ICMP packets determine connectivity between hosts. |
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| IGMP(Internet group managment protocol) |
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Definition
| Protocol that routers use to communicate with hosts to determine a "group" membership in order to determine which computers want to recive a multicast. |
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Term
| TLS(Transport Layr Security) |
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Definition
| A robust update to SSL that works with almost any tcp application. |
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