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1

10 Gigabit Ethernet
Michel Luca Gilbert
10BASE-F
Michel Luca Gilbert
10BASE-T
Michel Luca Gilbert
110BASE-T Fast Ethernet
Michel Luca Gilbert
10 Gigabit Ethernet
Michel Luca Gilbert

800

800 (Toll Free) Service
Michel Luca Gilbert
802.11a
Mark Steinberg
802.11b
Mark Steinberg
802.11i
Michel Luca Gilbert
802.11n
Mark Steinberg

A

AAA
Peter Southwick
AAL - ATM Adaptation Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
Addressing
Dave Train
ADM - Add/Drop Multiplexers
Michel Luca Gilbert
Administrative Distance
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Mark Steinberg
ADSL2 - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 2
Michel Luca Gilbert
AFP - Amplitude, Frequency, Phase
Michel Luca Gilbert
AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
Michel Luca Gilbert
Amplitude Modulation
Michel Luca Gilbert
Analog
Paul Whalen, Michel Luca Gilbert
APIPA - Automatic Private IP Addressing
Dave Johnston
Application Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
Application Services Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
Dave Johnston
ASK and FSK
Michel Luca Gilbert
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Mark Steinberg
ATM Virtual Circuits
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
ATM Cell Size
Walter Goralski
Attenuation
Michel Luca Gilbert
Authentication
Michel Luca Gilbert

B

Bandwidth
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
BCP - Business Continuity Planning
Mark Steinberg, Michel Luca Gilbert
BDC - Backup Data Center
Michel Luca Gilbert
BGP - Border Gateway Protocol
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
BGP and YouTube
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Bit
Michel Luca Gilbert
Maximum Bit Rate
Michel Luca Gilbert
Blog
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
BMU - Broadcast, multicast, unicast
Michel Luca Gilbert
BOA - Back Office Application
Michel Luca Gilbert
BRI - ISDN Basic Rate Interface
Peter Southwick
Bridging vs. Switching
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Browser
Michel Luca Gilbert
Software Bug
Muchel Luca Gilbert
Byte
Michel Luca Gilbert

C

Cable Modem
Michel Luca Gilbert
CAR - Committed Access Rate
Peter Southwick
CAS - Content Addressable Storage
Michel Luca Gilbert
CATV - Community Antenna Television
Michel Luca Gilbert
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
Paul Whalen, Trevor Hindson
Chained Layers
Michel Luca Gilbert
CIDR - Classless Interdomain Routing
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
CIR - Committed Information Rate
Michel Luca Gilbert
Circuit Switching
Michel Luca Gilbert
CLEC - Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
Paul Whalen
CO - Central Office Switch
Michel Luca Gilbert
Codec
Paul Whalen
Compression
Paul Whalen
Congestion
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Connectionless vs. Connection-oriented communication
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Convergence
Mark Steinberg, Michel Luca Gilbert
Class of Service vs. Quality of Service
Mark Steinberg, Michel Luca Gilbert
CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check
Michel Luca Gilbert
CSMA-CD ; Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)
Michel Luca Gilbert
CSU and DSU
Paul Whalen

D

Data Link Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
Data Warehousing
Michel Luca Gilbert
Datagrams
Paul Whalen
Digital Cross-Connect System
Michel Luca Gilbert
Decibel
Michel Luca Gilbert
Default Route
Michel Luca Gilbert
Delay
Michel Luca Gilbert
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca GIlbert
DiffServ
Trevor Hindson
Digital
Michel Luca Gilbert
Disruptive Innovation
Michel Luca Gilbert
Distance Vector Routing Protocols
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Demilitarized Zone
Michel Luca Gilbert
DNS - Domain Name System
Michel Luca Gilbert
DOCSIS - Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
Michel Luca Gilbert
DoS - Denial of Service
Michel Luca Gilbert
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
Michel Luca Gilbert
DSLAM - Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
Michel Luca Gilbert
DTE and DCE
Michel Luca Gilbert
DWRR - Deficit Weighted Round Robin
Michel Luca Gilbert

E

EIGRP - Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert
EIR - Excess Information Rate
Michel Luca Gilbert
Email
Mark Steinberg, Michel Luca Gilbert
Email Addressing
Dave Train
Encryption
Michel Luca Gilbert
ENUM - Electronic Numbering
Peter Southwick
Enveloping
Michel Luca Gilbert
Ethernet
Michel Luca Gilbert
Ethernet Addressing
Dave Train
EVC - Ethernet Virtual Connection
Michel Luca Gilbert

F

Fast Ethernet
Michel Luca Gilbert
FCAPS
Dave Train
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
Michel Luca Gilbert
FCIP - Fibre Channel over IP
Mark Steinberg
FCoE - Fiber Channel over Ethernet
Mark Steinberg
FECN and BECN
Heather Spring
Fibre Channel
Mark Steinberg
FIFO - First In, First Out
Michel Luca Gilbert
Firewall
Mark Steinberg, Dave Johnston
Flow Control
Michel Luca Gilbert
FRAD - Frame Relay Access Device
Heather Spring, Michel Luca Gilbert
Frame
Michel Luca Gilbert
Frame Relay
Michel Luca Gilbert
Frame Relay Addressing
Dave Train
FM - Frequency Modulation
Michel Luca Gilbert
Frequency vs. Wavelength
Michel Luca Gilbert
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert
FTTN - Fiber to the Node
Dave Train, Trevor Hindson
FTTP - Fiber to the Premises
Dave Train, Trevor Hindson
FTTX - Fiber to the X
Dave Train, Trevor Hindson

G

GFP - Generic Framing Procedure
Michel Luca Gilbert
GigE - Gigabit Ethernet
Michel Luca Gilbert
Graded-index vs. Stepped-index Multimode Fiber
Michel Luca Gilbert

H

H.248 and Megaco
Paul Whalen
Hash Function
Mark Steinberg
HDLC - High-level Data Link Control
Michel Luca Gilbert
HDSL
Michel Luca Gilbert
HFC - Hybrid Fiber/Coax
Dave Train, Trevor Hindson
Host vs. Network Security
Trevor Hindson, Mark Steinberg
Hotspot
Michel Luca Gilbert, Trevor Hindson
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert
Hub
Michel Luca Gilbert

I

ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert
IDC - Internet Data Center
Michel Luca Gilbert
IDS - Intrusion Detection System
Mark Steinberg, Trevor Hindson
IEEE Project 802
Michel Luca Gilbert
ILEC - Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
Paul Whalen
IMA - Inverse Multiplexing for ATM
Michel Luca Gilbert
IMS - IP Multimedia Subsystem
Paul Whalen, Michel Luca Gilbert
IMUX - Inverse Multiplexing
Michel Luca Gilbert
In-band vs. Out-of-band Signaling
Dave Johnston, Michel Luca Gilbert
Interior vs. Exterior Gateway Protocols
Trevor Hindson, Mark Steinberg
Internet
Mark Steinberg
Intranets vs. Extranets
Mark Steinberg
Internet Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert
IP Address
Michel Luca Gilbert
IP Trunking
Michel Luca Gilbert
IPS - Intrusion Prevention System
Trevor Hindson, Mark Steinberg
IP Television
Peter Southwick
IPv6 - Internet Protocol version 6
Peter Southwick
IPvX - IP version X
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
iSCSI - Internet Small Computer System Interface
Michel Luca Gilbert
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
Michel Luca Gilbert
ISP - Internet Service Provider
Michel Luca Gilbert
ITU-T
Michel Luca Gilbert

J

Java
Michel Luca Gilbert
Joost
Peter Southwick

K

Key System
Dave Johnston

L

LATA - Local Access and Transport Area
Michel Luca Gilbert
Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
Layer 3 Switches vs. Routers
Michel Luca Gilbert
LCAS - Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme
Michel Luca Gilbert
LEC - Local Exchange Carrier
Paul Whalen
LER vs. LSR
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Line Code
Michel Luca Gilbert
Link Aggregation
Michel Luca Gilbert
Link State Routing Protocol
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
LNP - Local Number Portability
Ed Seager
Long Distance
Michel Luca Gilbert
LSDB - Link State Database
Michel Luca Gilbert

M

MAC - Media Access Control
Michel Luca Gilbert
Mashups
Michel Luca Gilbert
MD5 - Message Digest 5
Michel Luca Gilbert
Metro Ethernet Service Types
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
MFJ - Modified Final Judgment
Michel Luca Gilbert
MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Michel Luca Gilbert
MLPPP vs. Bonding
Craig Martin
MMF & SMF - Multimode vs. Single-mode Fiber
Walter Goralski
Modem
Paul Whalen
Modulation
Paul Whalen
MOS - Mean Opinion Score
Paul Whalen
MPLS - Multiprotocol Label Switching
Michel Luca Gilbert
MPLS QoS
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
MSO - Multiple System Operator
Michel Luca Gilbert
Multiplexing
Michel Luca Gilbert
Mux
Michel Luca Gilbert

N

NAC - Network Access Control
Peter Southwick
NAS vs. SAN
Mark Steinberg, Michel Luca Gilbert
NAT vs. NAPT
Michel Luca Gilbert
Network
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Network Interface Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
Network Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
NIU - Network Interface Unit
Michel Luca Gilbert
NMS - Network Management System
Michel Luca Gilbert
Noise
Paul Whalen
NTP - Network Time Protocol
Dave Johnston

O

OC vs. STS
Walter J. Goralski
OFDM - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
Paul Whalen, Michel Luca Gilbert
Ones Density
Dave Johnston, Michel Luca Gilbert
Optical Fiber
Michel Luca Gilbert
Optical Network
Michel Luca Gilbert
OSI Reference Model
Michel Luca Gilbert
OSPF - Open Shortest Path First
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert

P

P2P- Peer to Peer vs. Client/Server
Michel Luca Gilbert
Packet
Michel Luca Gilbert
Packet Discard
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
PAP vs. CHAP
Craig Martin
Passwords
Gary Kessler
PBX - Private Branch Exchange
Dave Johnston
PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
Michel Luca Gilbert
PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
Gary C. Kessler
Phishing
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Physical Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
Ping
Dave Johnston
PKC - Public Key Cryptography
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Podcast
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
PoE - Power Over Ethernet
Paul Whalen
PPP over Ethernet
Peter Southwick
Presentation Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
PRI - Primary Rate Interface
Peter Southwick
Private IP Addresses
Dave Johnston
Protocol
Paul Whalen
Proxy Server
Gary Kessler
PSK - Phase Shift Keying
Michel Luca Gilbert
PVC vs. SVC
Michel Luca Gilbert

Q

QAM - Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
Michel Luca Gilbert
Queuing Delay
Michel Luca Gilbert

R

RADIUS
Peter Southwick
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
Mark Steinberg
Rating Factor
Paul Whalen
Repeater
Michel Luca Gilbert
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
Mark Steinberg, Dave Johnston
RIP - Routing Information Protocol
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
RIR - Regional Internet Registries
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Robbed-bit Signaling
Dave Johnston, Michel Luca Gilbert
Root Name Server
Michel Luca Gilbert
Router
Mark Steinberg, Dave Johnston
Routing Hierarchy
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Routing Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert
Routing Table
Michel Luca Gilbert
RTO vs. RPO
Michel Luca Gilbert
RRQ - Round Robin Queuing
Michel Luca Gilbert
RSS - Really Simple Syndication
Rik Dayvie, Mark Steinberg
RTP - Real time Transport Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert

S

SCM - Supply Chain Management
Michel Luca Gilbert
SecureID
Gary Kessler
Information Security
Michel Luca Gilbert
Service Multiplexing
Michel Luca Gilbert
Session Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
Store and Forward Switching
Michel Luca Gilbert
Signaling
Paul Whalen, Michel Luca Gilbert
Signaling Rate
Michel Luca Gilbert
Sine Wave
Michel Luca Gilbert
SIP - Session Initiation Protocol
Paul Whalen
SIP Trunking
Michel Luca Gilbert
SKC - Secret Key Cryptography
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Skype
Peter Southwick
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert
SONET
Michel Luca Gilbert
SONET and Cows
John Weaver
Sound
Michel Luca Gilbert
SPQ - Strict Priority Queuing
Michel Luca Gilbert
SS7 - Signaling System 7
Paul Whalen, Michel Luca Gilbert
Static Vs. Dynamic IP Addressing
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Spanning Tree Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert
Subnet Mask
Michel Luca Gilbert
Switch
Michel Luca Gilbert, Isaiah Jonathan Luca Gilbert
Switched vs. Dedicated Access to LD
Michel Luca Gilbert

T

T-1
Michel Luca Gilbert
T-1 framing
Dave Johnston, Michel Luca Gilbert
T-1 vs. PRI
Michel Luca Gilbert, Trevor Hindson
T-3
Paul Whalen
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Paul Whalen
TACACS
Peter Southwick
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
Michel Luca Gilbert
TCPIP - Internet Protocol Suite
Mark Steinberg
Telephone
Michel Luca Gilbert
Telephone Numbers
Dave Train
TLD - Top Level Domain Names
Michel Luca Gilbert
Token Ring
Michel Luca Gilbert
Traceroute
Mark Steinberg
Traffic Shaping
Michel Luca Gilbert
Transparent Bridging
Michel Luca Gilbert
Simplex, Half Duplex, Full Duplex
Mark Steinberg
Transmuxing
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
Transport Layer
Michel Luca Gilbert
Trojan Horse
Michel Luca Gilbert
Trunk
Michel Luca Gilbert
Twisted Pair
Paul Whalen

U

UPSR - Unidirectional Path Switched Rings
Michel Luca Gilbert
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
Michel Luca Gilbert
USB - Universal Serial Bus
Trevor Hindson
UTP vs. STP
Paul Whalen

V

V.35
Michel Luca Gilbert
VCAT - Virtual Concatenation
Michel Luca Gilbert
Viral
Mark Steinberg, Michel Luca Gilbert
VC - Virtual Circuit
Mark Steinberg
Viruses vs. Worms
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
VLAN - Virtual LANs
Michel Luca GIlbert
VLSM - Variable Length Subnet Masking
Michel Luca Gilbert
VoIP vs. IPT
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
VPN - Virtual Private Network
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
VT - Virtual Tributaries
Walter J. Goralski

W

WDM - Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Mark Steinberg, Michel Luca Gilbert
WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
Michel Luca Gilbert
Wi-Fi
Mark Steinberg
Wiki
Michel Luca Gilbert, Michael Alexander Luca Gilbert
WiMax
Mark Steinberg
Wireless
Mark Steinberg, Michel Luca Gilbert
WRR - Weighted Round Robin
Michel Luca Gilbert
WWW - World Wide Web
Michel Luca Gilbert

X

X.25
Trevor Hindson, Michel Luca Gilbert
XML - Extensible Markup Language
Michel Luca Gilbert

Y

podsnacks

Z

ZCS vs. B8ZS
Dave Johnston, Michel Luca Gilbert

podsnacks here