| 3G |
3G is third generation mobile phone technology. It provides far more bandwidth than previous mobile technologies. This enables the provision of new services such as "mobile broadband" and video messaging.
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| ADSL |
ADSL stands for "Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line". This is the technology that allows an ordinary phone line to provide a broadband service, while still providing an ordinary telephone service.
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| ADSL2 |
ADSL2 is a refinement of ADSL which can give higher bandwidth over a greater distance. For subscribers very close to their local exchange, ADSL2 can deliver up to 24Mbit/sec.
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| Anti-Spam |
Anti-Spam is used by network administrators to reduce the amount of spam sent via email.
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| BGP |
BGP stands for Border Gateway Protocol. This is the protocol used by ISPs when they communicate with one another. Each ISP uses BGP to "advertise" the IP address ranges that they host.
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| Broadband |
The term broadband usually refers to a high bandwidth internet connection. This can either be a DSL line (ADSL or SDSL), or a cable modem service.
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| CDR |
CDR stands for "Committed Data Rate" this service is provided to customers who use a large amount of bandwidth on a monthly basis, Instead of purchasing bandwidth buy volume it is purchased by data rate.
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| DDoS |
DDoS stands for "Distributed Denial of Service". A DDoS attack is where an attacker causes a large number of computers over a wide geographic area to attack their victim. Unlike attacks from a small number of computers, a DDoS attack is very hard to stop. The victim cannot simply filter out the IP addresses of the attacker, as the attacks seem to be coming from virtually everywhere.
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| DHCP |
DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, this protocol assigns IP addresses to hardware which is connected to the network
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| DNS |
DNS stands for Domain Name Service, it is a protocol that translates a domain name into an IP address in order to identify the domain on the internet
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| Firewall |
A Firewall is a device that internet traffic in order to maintain security. Typically is prevents attacks originating on the internet from reaching a target computer or network. Most consumer routers have a rudimentary firewall built-in.
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| HTTP |
HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the protocol used for sending data (web pages, images etc.) from a web server to a web browser.
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| HTTPS |
HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol - Secure) is the protocol used for sending data (web pages, images etc.) from a web server to a web browser in a secure manner. It is simply HTTP wrapped up in an encryption technology called SSL.
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| IMAP |
IMAP is a protocol that allows you to access email stored on a remote server. Unlike POP3, it is not expected that the email will be be downloaded and removed from the server. With IMAP, it's expected that primary email storage location is the server, and that an IMAP client (like Webmail, Outlook or Thunderbird) will be used to view this mail.
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| IP |
IP stands for "Internet Protocol". It is the protocol used to send data across the Internet from one IP address to another.
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