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| Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) | A binding document signed by all users that explains the rules of Internet use at an institution. |
| Address | The identification of a physical or virtual distinct entity in a network. |
| Analaog | Representationof coding of information in a continuous signal that varies in proportion to what is being represented compared to digital, where information is coded into descrete numerical values. |
| (ASCII) | American Standard Code for Information Interchnage: A standard for digital representation of letters, numbers, and control codes; understood by most computers. |
| Asynchronous | It means ther is a lack of synchronization. A method of transmitting data over a network using a start bit at the beginning of a character and a stop bit at the end. |
| Bandwitdth | A term used to describe how much data you can send through a connection to the net. |
| Bit | An acronym for Binary digit, it is the basic unit of information in the machine world. |
| bps | bits per second- a measurement of data transmission speed. |
| broadband | a loose ter used to describe a high bandwith lines. |
| browser | a program which allows your computer to download and display documents from the world wide web. |
