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phonetothenetwork.
●MSL—MasterSubsidyLock.Anumericcodeforaccessingcertainphonesettings.
●NAI—NetworkAccessIdentifier.Astandardwayofidentifyinguserswhorequestaccesstoanetwork.
●NetworkMask—AnumberthatallowsIPnetworkstobesubdividedfor
securityandperformance.
● NNTP — Network News Transfer Protocol. An Internet application protocol for reading and posting Usenet
(newsgroup)articles.
● POP — Post Office Protocol. An Internet protocol for retrieving email from a remote server over a TCP/IP
connection.
●Port—Avirtualdataconnectionusedbyprograms
toexchangedata.
●PortForwarding—AprocessthatallowsremotedevicestoconnecttoaspecificcomputerwithinaprivateLAN.
●PortNumber—AnumberassignedtoausersessionandserverapplicationinanIPnetwork.
● Protocol — A standard that enables connection, communication,
and data transfer between computing
endpoints.
●PPTP—Point‐to‐pointTunnelingProtocol.Amethodforimplementingvirtualprivatenetworksthatdoesnot
provideconfidentialityorencryption.
●PRL—Pref erre dRoamingList.A listthatyourwirelessphoneordeviceusestodeterminewhichnetworksto
connectwithwhen
youareroaming.
●RFB—RemoteFrameBuffer.Aprotocolforremoteaccesstographicaluserinterfaces.
●Router—Adevicethatconnectstwonetworks.
●RTP—Real‐timeTransportProtocol.ApacketformatforstreamingmultimediaovertheInternet.
●SMTP—SimpleMailTransferProtocol.
AnInternetstandardforemailtransmissionacrossIPnetworks.
●SSID—ServiceSetIdentifier.ThenameassignedtoaWLANnetwork.
● TCP — Transmission Control Protocol. A core protocol for transmitting and receiving information over the
Internet.
●TCP/IP—TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol.Acommunicationsprotocoldevelopedunder
contract
fromtheU.S.DepartmentofDefensetointernetworkdissimilarsystems.
●Telnet—TelecommunicationNetwork.AnetworkprotocolusedontheInternetoronlocalareanetworks.
●TFTP—TrivialFileTransferProtocol.AfiletransferprotocolwithasubsetofFTPfunctionality.
●UDP—UserDatagram
Protocol.AsimpletransportprotocolusedtotransferinformationontheInternet.
●VNC—VirtualNetworkComputing.AgraphicaldesktopsharingsystemthatusestheRFBprotocoltoremotely
controlanothercomputer.
●VPN—VirtualPrivateNetwork.AsecureprivatenetworkthatrunsoverthepublicInternet.
●VPN
Passthrough—AfeaturethatallowsaclienttoestablishatunnelonlywithaspecificVPNserver.
● WAN —WideArea Ne tw ork. Apublic network that extends beyondarchitectural, geographical, or political
boundaries(unlikeaLAN,whichisusuallyapriv atenetworklocatedwithinaroom,building,or
otherlimitedarea).
●WEP—WiredEquivalentPrivacy.AnIEEEstandardsecurityprotocolfor802.11networks.SupersededbyWPA
andWPA2.
●WLAN—WirelessFidelity.Anysystemthatusesthe802.11standarddevelopedandreleasedin1997bytheIEEE