Sunday, December 12, 2010

Vocab Words














Biometric Security Measures: measures how well a biometric resists aging and other variance over time.

Cable Modem: A cable modem is a type of network bridge and modem that provides bi-directional data communication via radio frequency channels on a HFC and RFoG infrastructure.

Client: A client: is an application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system, known as a server, by way of a network

Client/ Server Network: Often clients and servers communicate over a computer network on separate hardware, but both client and server may reside in the same system.

Communication Channels: A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.

Digital Subscriber Line: Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) is a family of technologies that provides digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network.

Extranet: An extranet is a computer network that allows controlled access from the outside, for specific business or educational purposes.

Firewall: A firewall is a part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications.

Hacker: a hacker is a person who breaks into computers and computer networks, either for profit or motivated by the challenge.

Hub: Originally, the term hub referred to the central part of a wheel.

Internet: The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide.

Intranet: An intranet is a private computer network that uses Internet Protocol technologies to securely share any part of an organization's information or network operating system

Local Area Conector: If your computer has a network adapter that is connected to a local area network, you do not need to manually create a LAN connection

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