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P

Prro

ox

xy

y

A firewall mechanism that replaces the
IP address of a host on the internal (protected)
network with its own IP address for all traffic
passing through it.

S

SM

MS

S

Short Messaging Service. Short text messages of
no more than 160 characters sent and received
by broadband devices.

T

TC

CP

P//IIP

P

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
A protocol for communicating over the
Internet.

V

VP

PN

N

Virtual Private Network. A way to communicate
through a dedicated server securely to a
corporate network over the Internet.

W

WA

AN

N

Wide Area Network. A network which uses
common carrier provided lines.

W

WW

WA

AN

N

Wireless Wide Area Network. A communications
technology that utilizes digital mobile phone
systems to access data from any location in the
range of a cell tower that is connected to a
data enabled network.