Network terms Updated: 12/31/2020 by Computer Hope 0-9ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Database terms - Internet terms - Network protocols - Network ports - Security terms Top 10 network terms Class A Network E-mail Ring topology Mesh topology Network server Username Communication device Download Hub Number 1U 2U 3GPP 3U 4U 5G 5U 6to4 6U 7U 10BASE-2 10BASE-5 10BASE-T 10 Gigabit Ethernet 100BASE-FX 100BASE-T 100BASE-T4 100BASE-TX 100BASE-X 100VG-AnyLAN 568A 568B 802.3 802.3ab 802.3ae 802.3u 802.3z 802.11 802.11a 802.11b 802.11c 802.11d 802.11e 802.11f 802.11g 802.11i 802.11j 802.11n 802.12 802.16 802 standards 1000BASE-CX 1000BASE-LX 1000BASE-SX 1000BASE-T A Access log Access point Access rights Access server Account Ack ACL ACR Active directory Active topology Ad Address resolution protocol Ad hoc ADSI ADSL Agent Aloha Anonymous Antenna Anycast Apache server APIPA Apple Airport AppleTalk Application layer Application server ARCnet A record ARP ARPA ARPANET AS ASN.1 ASP Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM Attachment Unit Interface AUI Autonomous system AWS B Backbone Bandwidth Baseband Base station BDC Beowulf BER BERT BGMP BGP Bind Bisync Bitnet Bit stuffing Bittorrent BlackBerry Enterprise Server BlackBerry Messenger Blade Blade server BNC BNC Connector BOINC BOOTP Bootstrap protocol Border Gateway Protocol Bottleneck BPDU BPL BPSK BranchCache Bridge Broadband Broadcast Broadcast address Broadcast domain Brouter BSDI BSS BSSID Burst Bus topology C Cable Cable tester CAP Cascading hubs Cat 1 Cat 3 Cat 4 Cat 5 Cat 5e Cat 6 Cat 7 CCIE CCNA CCNP CCS CDDI CDN CHAP Chernobyl packet Chirp CIDR CIFS CIM CIR Citrix Class A Class B Class C Class D Class E Clear text CLI Client Cloud computing Clustering CNAME CNE CNST CO Coaxial cable Collision Colo Co-location Command Line Interface Communication device Communications Communications controller Communications protocol Computer name Connectionless Contention Convergence Core router CREN Crimp Crimping tool Crossover cable Cross-platform network Crosstalk CSMA/CD CSNET CSU/DSU CTCP cURL D DA-15 Data center Data communication Datagram Delivery Protocol Data line Data link layer Data transfer Data transfer rate DB-9 DCOM DDP DDR Decentralized process Dedicated server Deep Space Network Default user Denial Of Service DHCP Dial-on-demand routing Digital data transmission Directory harvest attack Diskless workstation Disk quota management Disk server Distributed systems DIX DNS DNS hijacking DNS record DNS resolver DoCoMo Domain Domain controller Domain forwarding Domain join Domain local group Domain name Domain name registrar Domain namespace Domain Name System Domain tree DOS Down Download Downtime DS3 DSAP DSL DSR DTX Dumb terminal Dynamic allocation Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Dynamic routing E E-1 Echo Edge device Edge router EDIINT Egress filtering EIGRP E-mail Encapsulation Enterprise-wide network Entry Error rate Ethereal Ethernet Ethernet adapter Ethernet controller Ethernet frame Ethernet SNAP EtherPEG Ethertalk Evil twin Exchange Expect External IP address External LAN adapter Extranet Extrenet port F Fast Ethernet Fault tolerance FCIP F connector FDDI FDDI-2 FEC FEP FFDT Fiber-optic Fibre channel FidoNet File server File sharing File transfer File Transfer Protocol FiOS Firewall Flood FOIRL FOMO Forests and trees Forward error correction FQDN FR Frame Frame relay FreeNAS Freenet Free Space Optics Front End Processor FSO FSP FTAM FTP G Gateway GBIC Geocast Glass house Ground loops Group policy GroupWare G.SHDSL Guest H H.323 Hamachi Handshake HDLC HDSL HELO Heterogeneous network Hidden share HomeGroup Home network Homogeneous Network Hop Hops Host Host computer Hostid Hostname Host priority Hosts file HSS Httperf HTTP server Hub Hubbed mode Hybrid cloud Hybrid topology HyperTerminal Hyper-V I IANA ICA Icacl ICANN ICMP ICT IDSL IEEE 802 standards IEN IGES IGMP IGRP IIS IMAP Infrared broadband Internal IP address Internet Internet Information Server Internet node Internet Packet eXchange \ Sequential Packet eXchange Internet Protocol Internet Protocol Television InterNIC Interoperability Intranet IP IP cloaking IPP IPsec IP spoofing Iptables IPTV IPv4 IPv6 IPX/SPX IS ISATAP ISDN ISIS ISP IT infrastructure J Jabber K Kerberos L L2TP LAN LAN segment Latency LAWN Layer 1 Layer 2 Layer 3 Layer 4 Layer 5 Layer 6 Layer 7 Layer 8 Leased line Leech LFAP Line-side T1 Link aggregation Link state packet LLC Lmhost Load balancing Local Local Area Network Localhost Local IP address Locking Lockout LOF Logical unit Log off Log on Loopback LOS LPWAN LSP LU M MAC Mail server Mainframe MAN Map MAPI Mastodon MAU MCSA MCSE MDaemon Mesh topology Metcalfe's Law MIB Miroring MMS Modbus MPLS MPP MRU MSAU MSCS MTU Multicast Multi-mode fiber Multiplex Multi-user system MX record My Network Places MySensors N N+ NAK Nameserver Name server protocol NAP NAPT Narrowband transmission NAS NAT NBT NCP NDIS NDR NDRO Negate 'Net Net architect NetBEUI NetBIOS NetBIOS over TCP/IP Netio Netmask Net neutrality Netstat Netting NetWare Network Network+ Network Access Protection Network adapter Network address Network administrator Network architecture Network Control Panel Network database Network directory Network drive Network engineer Network layer Network Management System Network media Network Neighborhood Network operating system Network printer Network segment Network server Network socket Network structure Network terminal number NFS NIC NIT NMS NNTP Node Node address NOS Notwork NSAP NSFNET Nslookup NSP NSPA NTN NTP O Octet ODI Offline mode OID Open OpenSSL OpenStack Optical fiber Optical wireless Oracle public cloud OSPF Overlay network P PaaS Packet Packet aggregation Packet switching PAD PAN PAT Patch cable Patch panel Payload PDC PDU Peer Peer-to-peer communications Peer-to-peer network Permission Physical layer Physical unit Piggyback PIM Ping Ping of death Ping pong POP POP3 Port Port forwarding Port scanner Port triggering Power user PPP PPPoE PPTP Presentation layer Print server Promiscuous mode Protocol Proxy Proxy server Pseudo terminal Ptm Pts Pty Push e-mail Putty PXE Q QMAC QoS QPSK R Rackmount RADIUS RADSL RAP RAS rDNS RDP Regenerative Repeater Remote access Remote Access Server Remote Desktop Remote Media Streaming Remote user Repeater RequestTTY Reserved address space Resource record REST Reverse DNS lookup Reverse resolving RF Ring sequence Ring status Ring topology RJ-45 RLP Roam Rollover cable Round robin Route Route aggregation Router Routing Routing algorithm Routing table RPC RRAS RTCP RTP RTSP RTTP S SaaS Samba SAN SAP SATAN Satellite S band S-band Multiple Access SDLC SDSL SDU Second-level domain Sequenced Packet eXchange Serial Server Server Farm Service Advertising Protocol Session layer SFTP Share Shared directory Shared folder Shielded Twisted-Pair cable Short-haul Sign off Sign on Single-mode fiber Sitename SLA SLD SLIP SMA Smart home Smart terminal SMS SMTP SNA Sneakernet Sniffing SNMP SOA Socks SONET Spanning tree Spanning tree protocol SPDY SPI Spoof Spoofing Spread spectrum SPX SSAP SSH SSHD SSID SSL SSTP Stack Star topology Stateful firewall Stateless Static Static allocation STM STM-1 STM-4 STM-8 STM-16 STM-64 Store-and-forward STP STP Cable Straight through Streaming content STS STS-1 STS-3 STS-12 STS-24 STS-48 STS-192 Subdomain Subnet Subnet mask Subnetwork Supercomputer Switch Symmetrical SYN SYN attack Syslog SYSOP System administrator System operator T T1 T2 T3 TA TACACS TCP TCP fingerprinting TCP/IP TeamViewer Telecommunications Telepresence Teleprocessing Telnet Teredo Terminal Terminal emulation TFTP Thick client Thick Ethernet Thin client Thin Ethernet Throttle Throughput Time-out Time server TLD Token Top-level domain Topology TOPS TOS TP-PMD Trace Tracepath Traceroute Traffic Traffic shaping Transfer rate Transit network Transmit Transport layer Trunk TTFB TTL Tunnel Turnpike effect Twisted-pair cable U UDSL UNC Unethical hack Unicast Uniformity Unshielded Twisted Pair cable Uplink Upload UPnP Upstream User User account User group Username uTorrent V VADSL VAN VBR VC VCI VDD VDSL Vhost Virtual computing Virtual host Virtualization Virtual router VLAN VMware vSphere VNC VOIP VPN VPS VRRP VSAT W Wake On LAN Walled garden WAN WAP WBEM Webcast Web farm Web forwarding Web host Web server WEP WFW WHOIS Wide Area Network Wideband transmission Wi-Fi Wi-Fi calling Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi extender WiMAX Winpopup WINS Winsock Wireless Wireless adapter Wirelessly WireShark Wire stripper WISP WLAN WOL Workgroup Workstation WPAN WPS X X.25 X.400 Xerox network services XMT Y Currently, no listings. Z ZAK Zarafa Zeroconf Zero configuration network ZIP Zombie Zone Back to the computer dictionary
