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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Acronyms

Hypertext transfer Protocol: Http is the procedure of rules that regulate the exchanges of information between the servers and browsers; the base of the world wide web.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: SMTP is the internet standard for electronic mail communication all across IP networks.

Real-time Transport Protocol: defines a regulated system packet format which delivers audio and video through IP networks. RTP is mostly used in communication and entertainment systems.

Domain Name System: The system in which internet domain names are followed and standardized. 

Transmission Control Protocol: TCP is a procedure of rules made for the internet to get information from one device to another. It uses a re-transmission method to guarantee that information won't be lost in the transmission.

User Datagram Protocol: The UDP is one of the essential parts of the internet protocol suite. With the UDP, datagrams can be sent to other hosts on other IP networks without previous previous communications to set up special transmission channels or data paths.

Internet protocol: A system of rules, regulating the format of information sent to the internet or other networks.

Internet Control Message Protocol: Is one of the essential systems of the IP suite. Its used by network devices to send error messages, for example a request service being informed that the host or router couldn't be reached. It ca only be used to deliver query messages.

Digital Subscriber Line: Its a method of transferring information through regular phone lines and can also access the internet. Although it also uses copper wires like typical phone wires, its much faster.

Synchronous Optical Networking: SONET is a regulated system which transfers multiple digit bit streams over optical fiber lasers or coherently light from light-emitting diodes.

IEEE 802.11 a.k.a WIFI:  It's an array of media access control (or MAC) and also a physical layer and is component that enables for a Wireless Local Network. This is what enables wifi networks to be ratified in numerous places such as home, school, and etc.

Ethernet: A system that brings together numerous computer systems to create a local area network, with procedures that control the distribution of information and to prevent simultaneous transmission by two or more systems.




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