A firewall is a type of computer network security system that puts a restriction on internet traffic entering, leaving, and wit...
Short for file transfer protocol, FTP, also known as RFC 959 is a communication protocol and internet standard that is used for...
Peer-to-peer communication, also known as P2P communication is the transmission of files over a network through the use of two....
Short for hypertext transfer protocol, HTTP is a protocol that is used for the transmission of information between web browsers...
Bandwidth is a term that refers to the measure of the maximum amount of data that can be transmitted from one position to anoth...
A wireless access point, also known as a WAP, or simply an access point is a device that allows devices with wireless capabilit...
Tethering, also known as phone-as-modem (PAM) is the sharing of the internet connection of a mobile phone to a connected comput...
Short for a campus area network or a corporate area network, a CAN is a computer network of multiple interconnected LANs that....
A proxy server, also known as a proxy, forwards traffic sent from a computer to the proxy server and may offer an anonymous net...
Short for a home area network, a HAN is a small type of network that is designed to cover a home, as suggested in the name. It....
Short for a metropolitan area network, a MAN is a much larger network than a LAN, but smaller than a WAN. It is used for provi...
A wireless application protocol, also known as a WAP is a technology that enables the retrieval of information over a mobile wi...
Short for a wide area network, a WAN is a term that describes a large computer network that is fixed to a single location and covers a wide geographical area, such as multiple cities. It is the opposite of a LAN (local...
Short for a local area network, a LAN is a term that describes a network that connects nearby devices within a limited area. Ex...
Short for a virtual private network, a VPN provides a secure and private connection over a public, business, or home network by...
Short for internet protocol address, an IP address is a string of four unique numbers, separated by full stops that are assigne...
IANA is short for Internet Assigned Numbers Authority and it is an organisation that is responsible for the assignment of internet numbers, as suggest...
A domain registrant is a user or company that owns and conducted the registration of a certain domain name. Domain registrants....
An expired domain refers to a domain name that has been registered by someone, but hasn't been renewed before its expiry date.....
Freenom (also known as dot.tk) is a free domain provider that offers five TLDs for free, which include .tk, .ml, .cf, .ga, and .gq. Freenom is known as 'th...
ICANN is short for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and it is a non-profit organisation that was founded on....
WHOIS is a protocol that first started in 1982, containing a public database of information about all registered domain names.....
A domain registrar is a company that allows users to register domain names, which are URLs that are made up of alphanumeric let...
A TLD is short for a top-level domain and it is the extension that appears at the end of the domain name after the dot, such as...
A subdomain, also known as a child domain refers to a domain that is part of another domain, such as the address of this websi...
A premium domain refers to a domain that is already owned by a registrant or an organisation, but is for sale and available for purchase, normally at a very high price, costing...
A parked domain refers to a registered, but unused domain name that doesn't show any actual content and only shows advertisemen...
Domain squatting, also known as cybersquatting is the act of registering a domain with the sole purpose of preventing another u...
Typosquatting is the act of registering misspellings or typos of common domain names in the hope that a user mistypes the URL and visits the typosquatted website. Such domains could 'phish' for other people's details and try to trick them into entering...
A domain name is an address that can be seen in the URL field of the web browser. Domain names have a custom name, usually the....
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