Chapter 8: Key Terms

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Backbone
Bandwidth
Broadband
Bus networks
Cable modems
Campus area network (CAN)
Chat
Coaxial cable
Connectivity
Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM)
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Domain name
Domain Name System (DNS)
E-mail
Fiber-optic cable
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Firewalls
Frame relay
Groupware
Hertz
Home page
Hubs
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Information appliance
Instant messaging
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
Internet Protocol (IP) address
Internet service provider (ISP)
Internet telephony
Internet2
Internetworking
LISTSERV
Local area network (LAN)
Metropolitan area network (MAN)
Modem
Multicasting
Multiplexing
Network interface card (NIC)
Network operating system (NOS)
Open Systems Interconnect (OSI)
Optical networks
Packet switching
Peer-to-peer
Protocol
Push technology
Ring networks
Router
Search engines
Search-based advertising
Semantic Web
Shopping bots
Star network
Switch
T lines
Teamware
Telnet
Topology
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Twisted wire
Unified messaging
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Usenet
Virtual private network (VPN)
Voice over IP (VoIP)
Webmaster
Wide area networks (WANs)