Definitions about networking including routing and switching vocabulary, telecom terminology, words about email and messaging, mobile and wireless.
Circuit switched services equipment and providers
Terms related to circuit switched services equipment and providers, including dedicated communications channel definitions and words and phrases about telecommunications.
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- carrier network - A carrier network is the proprietary network infrastructure belonging to a telecommunications ser...
- mean opinion score (MOS) - In voice communications, particularly Internet telephony, the mean opinion score (MOS) provides a...
- Sequential Couleur avec Memoire (SECAM) - SECAM (Sequential Couleur avec Memoire) is the television display technology that is standard in ...
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Data transmission
Terms related to data transmission, including definitions about communication channels and words and phrases about point-to-point and point-to-multipoint data transfers.
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- Layer 4-7 (network services) - Layer 4 through Layer 7 are services are delivered by the upper layers of the Open Systems Interc...
- FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) - FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) is a storage protocol that enable Fibre Channel communications...
- scalable video coding (SVC) - Scalable video coding (SVC) is an extension of the H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) video compression standard ...
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Email and messaging
Terms related to email and messaging, including definitions about instant messenger and words and phrases about email servers, storage, spam and mobile access.
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- Microsoft FIM (Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager) - Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) is a self-service identity management software suite.
- Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer (MCA) - The Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer (MCA) is a tool that lets admins and users alike run connecti...
- Microsoft Exchange 2013 Managed Store - The Microsoft Exchange 2013 Managed Store is a mechanism used in Exchange Server 2013 to isolate ...
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High-speed networks
Terms related to high-speed communication networks, including network and end-system architecture definitions and words and phrases about high-bandwidth and low-latency communication.
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- carrier network - A carrier network is the proprietary network infrastructure belonging to a telecommunications ser...
- Google Fiber - Google Fiber is a project whose goal is to build a fiber optic communications infrastructure.
- Tsunami UDP - Tsunami UDP is an open source file transfer protocol that enables high-speed data transfer over n...
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Local area networks (LANs)
Terms related to local area networks (LANs), including definitions about Ethernet and words and phrases about devices that share a common communications line or link.
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- network drive - A network drive is a storage device on a local access network (LAN) within a business or home. Wi...
- VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN) - Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) is a proposed Layer 3 encapsulation protocol that will make it eas...
- Apple Bonjour - Apple Bonjour is a group of networking technologies designed to help devices and applications dis...
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Network hardware
Terms related to network hardware, including definitions about cables or file servers and words and phrases about routers and switches.
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- server refresh cycle - The server refresh cycle is the length of time that normally passes between installations of new ...
- network-attached storage (NAS) - Network-attached storage (NAS) is a dedicated hard disk storage device that provides file-based d...
- hard reset (factory reset; master reset) - A hard reset, also known as a factory reset or master reset, is the restoration of a device, such...
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Network software
Terms related to network software, including definitions about network monitoring and words and phrases about network administration.
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- Cluster Labs Pacemaker - Pacemaker is an open source high-availability cluster software developed from a collaboration bet...
- RSAT (Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools) - RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) is a feature that began in Windows Server 2008 R2 to he...
- Microsoft Exchange System Attendant (SA) - Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service is software that proxies Active Directory requests an...
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Networking and communications
Terms related to networking and communications, including definitions about network protocols and words and phrases about data transmission.
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- network fabric - Network fabric is an industry term that describes a network topology in which devices pass data t...
- Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) - Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) is the part of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) that suppo...
- Mininet - Mininet is a software emulator for prototyping a large network on a single machine.
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Routing and switching
Terms related to routers and switches, including definitions about hubs and words and phrases about packet-switched networks.
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- NetFlow (Cisco) - NetFlow is a network protocol developed by Cisco for the collection and monitoring of network tra...
- IP SLA (Cisco) - IP SLA (Internet protocol service level agreement) is a feature of the Cisco IOS (Internetwork Op...
- plane (in networking) - A plane, in a networking context, is one of three integral components of a telecommunications arc...
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Smart grid
Terms related to smart grids, including definitions about utility electricity delivery systems and words and phrases about smart meters and distributing, monitoring and billing electrical power.
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- addressability - Addressability is the capacity for an entity to be targeted and found. To be addressable, an enti...
- Internet of Things - The Internet of Things is a scenario in which every thing has a unique identifier and the ability...
- resource-oriented architecture (ROA) - A resource-oriented architecture (ROA) is the structural design supporting the internetworking of...
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Telecom
Terms related to telecom, including definitions about telecommunication service providers and words and phrases about voice, video and Internet communication.
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- UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service) - Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is a delivery model in which a variety of communicati...
- voicemail preview - Voicemail preview is a feature of unified messaging, and in particular voice-to-text messaging pr...
- voicemail - Voicemail is a method of storing voice messages electronically for later retrieval by intended re...
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Voice over IP (VoIP)
Terms related to voice over IP (VoIP), including definitions about communication protocols and words and phrases about making phone calls over the Internet.
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- voicemail preview - Voicemail preview is a feature of unified messaging, and in particular voice-to-text messaging pr...
- voicemail - Voicemail is a method of storing voice messages electronically for later retrieval by intended re...
- auto attendant (automated attendant) - An automated attendant (AA) is a telephony system that transfers incoming calls to various extens...
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Wireless LANs
Terms related to wireless LANs, including definitions about Wi-Fi and words and phrases about wireless access points, wireless controllers, wireless LAN security and WLAN configuration.
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- mobile security (wireless security) - Mobile security is the protection of smartphones, tablets, laptops and other portable computing d...
- 802.11ac (Gigabit Wi-Fi) - 802.11ac, also known as Gigabit Wi-Fi, is a proposed specification in the 802.11 family applicabl...
- 802.11ad - 802.11ad, also called WiGig 1.0, is a proposed specification in the 802.11 family applicable to W...
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Wireless technologies
Terms related to wireless technologies, including definitions about wireless devices and words and phrases about radio, microwave and infrared communication.
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- HSPA (high speed packet access) - HSPA (high speed packet access) is a third-generation (3G) mobile broadband communications techno...
- VMware Horizon Mobile - VMware Horizon Mobile is mobile virtualization and application wrapping software that lets IT adm...
- Wireless Communications Service (WCS) - The Wireless Communications Service (WCS) is a set of wireless services that operate in the 2.3 G...
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