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Cabletron Systems HSIM-W6 User Manual

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Chapter E: Glossary

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HSIM-W6 User’s Guide

TFTP —

Trivial File Transfer Protocol. A simplified version of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

allowing for file transfer between computers over a network.

Transparent Bridging —

Bridging technique used in Ethernet networks that allows transfer of

frames across intermediate nodes using tables associating end nodes with bridging addresses.
Bridges are unknown to the end nodes.

UDP —

User Datagram Protocol. A connectionless protocol used to pass packets across an

internet network, requiring no handshaking between source and destination.

Watchdog Frames —

Frames sent out by servers to clients, under IPX, to verify that clients are

still logged on.

Wide Area Network —

A communications network that is geographically dispersed thus

requiring links provided by communications carriers.

Workstation —

Computer or terminal used by the systems administration or user.