Networking faq

What is ARP?
An:- (Address Resolution Protocol) A TCP/IP protocol for determining the hardware address of a node on a local area network connect to the internet, when only the IP address is know an ARP requests send to the network.

What is BGP?
An: - Border gateway protocol. A protocol used by NSF net that is used on the external gateway protocol.

What is DLC?
An: - Data link control and a error correction protocol in the system network architecture responsible for transmission of data between two nodes are a physical link support windows NT 2000.

What is DBS?
An: - data base administrator the administrator determines the content internal structure and access strategy for a performance.

What is DHCP?
An: - Dynamic host configuration protocol. A TCP/IP protocol that enables a network connected to the internet to assign a Temporary IP address to a host automatically when the host connects to the network.

What is DFS?
An: - Distributed file system. A file management system in which in which file may be located on multiple computers connected over a local or wide area network.

What is DNS?
An: - Domain name system. The hierarchical system by which hosts on the internet have both domain name address (such as vikrantnetworkin.bolgspot.com) and IP address (192.168.1.1). The domain name address is used by human user and automatically translated in to the numerical IP add, which is used by the packet routing software. DNS names consist of a top level domain, a second level domain.

What is FAT?
An: - File allocation table. MS- dos the file allocation table is commonly know as the FAT.

What is HTTP?
An: - Hypertext transfer protocol. The protocol used to carry request from a browser to a web server and to transport pages from web server back to the requesting browser. It is not an especially secure protocol.

What is MS- Dos?
An: - Microsoft disk operating system. A single tasking, single user operating system with a command line interface, released in 1981, for IBM PC and compatibles.
What is NTFS?
An: - New technology file system. An advance file system designed for use specification with the window NT operating system. It supports longs filenames, full security access control, file system recovery, extremely large storage media, and various features for the Windows NT POSIX subsystem. It support always original application by treating all files as object with user defined and system defined attributes.

What is PPP?
An: - Point to point protocol. A widely used data link protocol for transmitting TCP/ IP packets over dialup telephone connection, such as between a computer and the internet. PPP dynamic support of IP add, provides greater protection for data integrity and security and is easier to use than SLIP, at a cost of greater overhead.

What is RAID?
An: - Redundant array or independent disks. A data storage method in which data is distributed across a group of computer disk drives that function as a single storage unit.

What is ICMP?
An: - Internet control message protocol. A network layer internet protocol that provide error correction and other information relevant to IP packet processing for ex. It can let the IP software on one machine inform anther machine about an unreachable destination.

What is IP Sec?
An: - Internet protocol security. A security mechanism under development by the IETF designed to ensure secure packet based on two levels of security.

What is ISP?
An: - Internet service provider. A business that supplies internet connectivity services to individuals, businesses, and other organization. Some ISP is large national or Multinational Corporation that offer access in many locations, while others are limited to single city or region.

What is LAN?
An: - Local area network. A group of computers and other devices dispersed over a relatively limited area and connected by a communication link that enables any device to interact with any other on the network.

What is MAU?
An: - Multi access unit. A hub device in a token ring network that connects computers in a physical hub and spokes arrangement but uses the logical ring required in token ring network.

What is RAM?
An: - Random access memory. A TCP/IP protocol for determining the IP add or a node on a local area network connected to the internet, when only the hardware address is known.

What is SMTP?
An: - Simple mail transfer protocol. A TCP/IP protocol for sending message from one computer to another on a network, this protocol is used on the internet to route e- mail.

What is TCP?
An: - Transmission control protocol. The protocol within TCP/IP that governs the breakup of data message in to packets received by IP a connection oriented reliable protocol.

What is WAN?
An: - Wide Area Network. A geographically widespread network, one that relies on communications capabilities to link the various network segments. A wan can be one large network or it can consist of a number or Linked LAN’s.