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| NETBEUI | The non-routable protocol used by Windows for use within a LAN. NetBIOS Extended User Interface. |
| NETBIOS | The programming interface for local area networks for DOS and Windows. Network Basic Input Output System. |
| NSLOOKUP | Command that returns the IP address of a computer on the internet from a DNS server. Name Server Lookup. |
| NWLink | Comes with Windows products to provide access to NetWare servers. NetWare LINK. |
| Permissions | Rights of specific users or groups of users to view or make changes to files on a computer. |
| PING | A troubleshooting tool used to verify connectivity between network devices. Packet Internet Groper. |
| PPP | The obsolete communication standards used to establish a connection oriented link between computers associated with a serial interface such as a dial up connection; dial up ISP protocol. Point to Point Protocol. |
| Protocol | The rules for communication on a network. |
| Script | Computer language that can be typed directly from the keyboard and is interpreted each time they are run. |
| SLIP | The defacto communication standards used to establish a connection-orineted link between computers assocaited witha serial interface such as a dial up connection; dial up IsP protocol..... Serial Line Inerface Protocol. |
| SMTP | The protocol used for email transmissions of outgoing mail acrooss the Internet. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. |
| SSL | Popular security protocol on the Internet denoted by the closed lock on the bottom of your web browser. Secure Sockets Layer. |
| Static IP | A permanent IP address assigned to a host on a network by the network administrator. |
| Subnet Mask | A 32 bit number ANDed with the IP address to denote what network the IP address resides on. |
| TCP/IP | The default communication protocol developed by the Department of Defense for use in t5ransmitting data over the Internet. Transmission Control Protocol/INternet Protocol. |
| Telnet | Terminal emulation program that allows logon to a remote computer to run programs. |
| TRACERT | Command that returns the path taken from the requestiong machine to the remote host and showing all of the routers in between. |
| VoIP | Telephone service routing voice converstations over the Internet. Voice Over IP. |
| WAN | A network covering a large geographical area such as a country or the world; examle, the Internet. Wide Area Network. |
| WEP | Early security protocol for wireless networks that used a public encryption kely for authentication. Wired Equivalent Privacy. |
| Wi-Fi | Standard for products transmitting data over wireless networks. |
| WINS | Program that converts NetBIOS names to IP addresses. Windows Internet Naming Service. |
| Wireless | Referring to any form of radio transmission that does not travel through cables or fiber. |
| Workgroup | Local Area Network containng two or more hosts wanting to share files and other resources. |
| WPA | Security protocol developed to plrovide migration fromt eh less desirable WEP. Wi-Fi Protected Access. |
