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Appendix I: Glossary

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Domain name

The location of an organization or other entity on the Internet. For example,

the address www.cobalt.com locates an Internet address for the domain

name “cobalt.com” at a particular IP address and a particular host server

named “www.”

Domain Name System (DNS)

The Internet service responsible for translating a human-readable host name

such as cobalt.com into a numeric IP address (111.123.45.67) for TCP/IP

communications.

DSL

See Digital Subscriber Line (DSL).

Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol (DHCP)

A protocol that provides a mechanism for allocating IP addresses

dynamically so that an address can be reused when a host no longer needs it.

Encryption

The transformation of data into a form unreadable by anyone without a

secret decryption key. Its purpose is to ensure privacy by keeping the

information hidden from anyone for whom it is not intended. In the area of

security, encryption is the ciphering of data by applying an algorithm to plain

text to convert it into cipher text.

See also Authentication and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

ESMTP

See Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (ESMTP).

Ethernet

The most widely used technology for local area networks (LANs). Standard

ethernet runs at 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s or 1000 Mb/s. It balances speed, price,

ease of installation and availability.

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