A Remote Procedure Call (RPC) is a software communication protocol that can be used by a program in order to request a service from...
Multiplexing, sometimes abbreviated to muxing, is a method of combining analogue and digital signals into one data stream...
Stands for Plain Old Telephone Service. POTS is the traditional analogue signal telecommunications service that is implemented over copper wires and telephone lines...
A repeater, also known as a signal booster, is a device that regenerates traffic signals in order for one network to cover a longer physical distance...
Stands for a virtual learning environment. A VLE is a web-based teaching platform that allows teachers to upload resources to the site...
A wireless adapter, also known as a Wi-Fi dongle, Wi-Fi stick, Wi-Fi adapter, internet stick, or USB network adapter, is a piece of networking equipment...
Also known as an aerial, an antenna is a part of wireless infrastructure that is capable of sending and receiving microwave, radio, and satellite signals...
Stands for Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call. ONC/RPC, also known as Sun RPC is a remote procedure call system that was originally developed by Sun Microsystems...
Social media is an internet-based technology that allows users to post and share content with their friends or the public and create a social network...
Stands for Amazon Web Services. AWS is a cloud computing platform that was developed by Amazon, Inc. It was officially launched in 2002 with a few services...
Short for a virtual local area network, a VLAN is a customisable network that is created from multiple LANs. It allows groups of devices...
Stands for Point-To-Point Protocol. PPP is a data link protocol used to directly transfer data between two nodes (points)...
A brouter, also known as a bridging router, is a piece of networking hardware that works as both a bridge and a router by routing data...
A brouter, also known as a bridging router, is a piece of networking hardware that works as both a bridge and a router by routing data...
An analogue signal consists of a continuous range of values representing one quantity that is analogous to another quantity...
QUIC stands for Quick UDP Internet Connections and it is a transport-layer protocol that was designed by Google on 12th October 2012...
PTP stands for Precision Time Protocol and it is an application-layer protocol used to synchronise clocks across computer networks...
Telecommunications, also known as telecom, is a wide term used to describe the electronic transmission of signals over long distances...
Stands for Media Gateway Control Protocol, MGCP is a protocol used for signalling and call control communications in VoIP telecommunication...
A fibre-optic cable, also known as an optical-fibre cable, is a network cable that is made up of one or more thin strands of glass fibres...
Anycasting is a network addressing and routing method where a group of nodes share the same IP addresses and messages can be sent to...
Broadcasting refers to the process of sending a message to all hosts on a network without knowing their unique IP addresses...
µTorrent, also spelt as uTorrent, is a free BitTorrent client that was developed by Rainberry, Inc with over 150 million users...
A podcast, also known as an audioblog, or a pod, is a series of prerecorded digital audio files that can be downloaded from the internet...
Also known as an absolute domain name, an FQDN stands for a Fully Qualified Domain Name and it describes a full alphanumeric domain...
PuTTY is a free terminal emulator software that can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, and rlogin protocols with an xterm terminal...
Traceroute, also known as tracert, is a command-line utility used to display the path the data packet took from its source to destination...
Synchronisation is the process of updating information between two or more devices so that it remains identical on every device...
Real-time transport protocol (RTP) is a protocol used for delivering live media over the internet, such as audio, video playing...
Short for Neighbour Discovery Protocol, NDP is a protocol used to map an IP address to a fixed 48-bit MAC address in a LAN. It...
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