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Glossary
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http proxy
An HTTP proxy is a
that network components use for their
connections.
All requests are sent via the proxy.
Hub
A Hub connects several network components in a star-topology network by sending all
the data it receives from one network component to all the other network components.
See also
,
,
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE is an international body for defining network standards, especially for
standardizing
technologies, transmission protocols and speeds, and wiring.
IEEE 802.11
802.11 is a standard for wireless 2.4-GHz band LANs. In so-called
end devices can be connected to a base station (
) or connect with
each other spontaneously (
Infrastructure mode
Infrastructure mode is a way of operating wireless local networks (
), in which an
handles the data traffic. Network components cannot establish a direct
connection with each other as is the case in
.
Internet
The Internet is a wide-area network (
) linking several million users around the
world. A number of
have been defined for exchanging data known by the
name
. All participants in the Internet are identifiable by an
. Servers are
addressed by a
(e. g. siemens.com). Domain Name Service (
) is used
to assign Domain names to IP addresses.
Among the most important Internet services are:
◆
electronic mail (email)
◆
the World Wide Web (WWW)
◆
file transfer (FTP)
◆
discussion forums (Usenet / Newsgroups)
Internet Service Provider
An Internet Service Provider offers access to the
for a fee.
IP
Internet Protocol
The IP
is one of the
protocols. It is responsible for the addressing of
participants in a network using
and routes data from the sender to the
recipient. It decides the paths along which the data packets travel from the sender to
the recipient in a complex network (routing).
IP address
An IP address is a network-wide unique address of a network component in a network
based on the
protocol (e. g. in a local network (
). The IP
address has four parts (decimal numbers) separated by periods (e. g. 192.168.2.1). The
IP address comprises the network number and the computer number. Depending on the