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PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card

International Association) Card:Removable

modulethataddsfeaturestoaportable

computer.

Peer-to-peer:Thissimplenetworkisformedby

connectingcomputersdirectly,withoutuseof

routersorhubs.Acrossover cableisplugged

intoanEthernetportineachcomputer,

connectingthemdirectly.

Ping (Packet Internet Groper): An Internet

utilityusedtodeterminewhetheraparticular

IPaddressisaccessable.

Plug and Play:Hardwarethat,oncephysically

installed,nishesitsinstallationautomatically

andmayimmediatelybeused,asopposed

tohardwarethatrequiresfurthermanual

conguration.

PoE (Power over Ethernet): Amechanism

tosendDCpowertoadeviceusingaCAT5

Ethernetcable.

MHz (MegaHertz): Onemillioncyclesper

second.

NAT (Network Address Translation): An

internetstandardthatenablesaLANto

useonesetofIPaddressesforinternal

trafcandasecondsetforexternaltrafc.

NIC (Network Interface Card): An

expansioncardconnectedtoacomputer

sothecomputercanbeconnectedtoa

network.

Packet: Ablockofdatathatistransferred

asasingleunit,alsocalledaframeora

block.

Packet Filtering: Discardingunwanted

networktrafcbasedonitsoriginating

addressoritstype.

PCI (Peripheral Component

Interconnect):Abusthatisconnected

directlytotheCPU.

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