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TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
The TCP

Protocol

is part of the

TCP/IP

protocol family. TCP handles data transport

between communication partners (applications). TCP is a session-based transfer proto-
col, i.e. it sets up, monitors and terminates a connection for transferring data.
See also:

UDP

TCP/IP

Protocol

family on which the

Internet

is based.

IP

forms the basis for every computer-to-

computer connection.

TCP

provides applications with a reliable transmission link in the

form of a continuous data stream. TCP/IP is the basis on which services such as WWW,
Mail and News are built. There are other protocols as well.

UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UDP is a

Protocol

of the

TCP/IP

protocol family that handles data transport between two

communication partners (applications). Unlike

TCP

, UDP is a non-session based proto-

col. It does not establish a fixed connection. The data packets, so-called datagrams, are
sent as a

Broadcast

. The recipient is responsible for making sure the data is received. The

sender is not notified about whether it is received or not.

UPnP
Universal Plug and Play
UPnP technology is used for the spontaneous linking of home or small office networks.
Devices that support UPnP carry out their network configuration automatically once
they are connected to a network. They also provide their own services or use services of
other devices in the network automatically.

URL
Universal Resource Locator
Globally unique address of a domain on the

Internet

.

Vanity
The term vanity comes from the United States. Alphanumeric keypads on phones and
other phone terminals allow you to represent phone numbers as words so that they can
be remembered more easily. Instead of a combination of digits, you select a combina-
tion of letters.

VCI
Virtual Channel Identifier
Part of an address in an ATM network.