Terms Letter: G Gateway A TCP/IP host(e.g computer or other hardware or software device) that has access to two or more different LAN networks. As such, it can forward messages across networks that other hosts would not be able to access. Gigabit Ethernet A term to describe Ethernet at 1000Mbit/sec as opposed to 10Mbit/sec (just
Terms Letter: H HEX – Hexadecimal color system The most commonly used way to define colors in the Web. It is a system that defines colors based on their RGB values and associates a two digit hexadecimal number with each base color (red, green and blue). For example #FFFFFF is representation of white in HEX
Terms Letter: I IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. A professional organisation whose activities include the development of communication and network standards IIS Microsoft Internet Information Server. It is a web server, product of the Microsoft corporation. All Windows web hosting plans are using IIS as a web server software. Image Map It is
Terms Letter: J JAR Short for Java Archive, a file format used to bundle multiple files into a single archive file. Java Java is a programming language invented by Sun Microsystems. It is expressly designed for use in the distributed environment of the Internet. It was designed to have the «look and feel» of the
Kbps Kilobits per second; a measure of data transfer speed. 1Kbps = 1024bps. Kilobyte (Kb) Approximately one thousand bytes, or exactly 1,024 bytes
Terms Letter: L LAN Local Area Network. A network connecting computers in a relatively small area such as a building. A LAN can be connected to the internet and can also be configured as an intranet. Leased line A dedicated connection line for the transfer of data. The highest speed data connections require a leased
Terms Letter: M MAC Media Access Control. A protocol operating at the data link layer used to manage a station’s access to the network. MAC Address Media Access Control address (also hardware or physical address). Unique hardware serial number that uniquely identifies a device on a local area network. Mailing List An e-mail based discussion
Terms Letter: N Nameserver and DNS(Domain name server) It is a server on the Internet that is responsible to tell your browser the IP address of your domain name. In other words the Nameserver tells a computer where to look for a given site. For example when you change hosting servers you need to change
Terms Letter: O OC-1, OC-3, OC-12, OC-24, OC-48 Optical Carrier transmission speeds, used in fiber optic networks conforming to SONET standard. OC-1 is 51.85 Mbps. Higher levels are multiples of that speed. ODBC Open DataBase Connectivity – A Microsoft standard for accessing different database systems from Windows, for instance Oracle or SQL Offline When you
Terms Letter: P Page In contexts of Internet it is a basic HTML document. Web sites usually have many web pages. PAP Password Authentication Protocol. Authentication protocol that allows PPP peers to authenticate one another. Peer-to-Peer network A network in which there are no dedicated servers or hierarchy among the computers. All computers are equal