Glossary

Glossary:

ARPANET : Advanced Research Project Agency Network, predecessor to the modern Internet

WWW : World Wide Web, Definition comes from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): “The World Wide Web is the universe of network-accessible information, an embodiment of human knowledge.”

10BASE-T / : 10 Mbps / 100 Mbps

100BASE-TX / : Mbps stands for Mega bits per second

100BASE-FX/ : T stands for Twisted pair

100BASE-BX/ : X stands for number of paired copper wires

100BASE-SX : F, B, S – Fibre optic cables

WAN : Wide Area Network, WAN is the network that spans large geographical area

USB : Universal Serial Bus, connects all the peripheral devices with the computers

Null modem cables : A communication method directly connects two computers without modem or any equipment.

LAN : Local Area Network in which the devices used in home or office interconnected for sharing the resources.

TX/RX : Transmit / Receive signals used in connectors

Dongles : The dongle is a small peripheral device with a sim slot in it and connects the Internet and acts as an Ethernet port to the computer.