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(known as a message digest) of an input data sequence (the message) of any length.

Shaper

A shaper can limit the bandwidth of transmitted frames. It is located after the ingress queues.

SMTP

SMTP is an acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It is a text-based protocol that uses the Transmission Control

Protocol (TCP) and provides a mail service modeled on the FTP file transfer service. SMTP transfers mail messages

between systems and notifications regarding incoming mail.

SNAP

The SubNetwork Access Protocol (SNAP) is a mechanism for multiplexing, on networks using IEEE 802.2 LLC, more

protocols than can be distinguished by the 8-bit 802.2 Service Access Point (SAP) fields. SNAP supports identifying

protocols by Ethernet type field values; it also supports vendor-private protocol identifier.

SNMP

SNMP is an acronym for Simple Network Management Protocol. It is part of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet

Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol for network management. SNMP allow diverse network objects to participate in a network

management architecture. It enables network management systems to learn network problems by receiving traps or

change notices from network devices implementing SNMP.

SNTP

SNTP is an acronym for Simple Network Time Protocol, a network protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer

systems. SNTP uses UDP (datagrams) as transport layer.

SPROUT

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tack Protocol using ROUting Technology. An advanced protocol for almost instantaneous discovery of topology changes

within a stack as well as election of a master switch. SPROUT also calculates parameters for setting up each switch to

perform shortest path forwarding within the stack.

SSID

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ervice Set Identifier is a name used to identify the particular 802.11 wireless LANs to which a user wants to attach. A client

device will receive broadcast messages from all access points within range advertising their SSIDs, and can choose one to

connect to based on pre-configuration, or by displaying a list of SSIDs in range and asking the user to select one

(wikipedia).

SSH

SSH is an acronym for Secure SHell. It is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel

between two networked devices. The encryption used by SSH provides confidentiality and integrity of data over an

insecure network. The goal of SSH was to replace the earlier rlogin, TELNET and rsh protocols, which did not provide