Title: Networking
Course: CIS 121: Linux/UNIX I: Fundamentals ~ For IGNITE Review > Section: Learning Modules

Networks

(Network_Overlay_Merged_svg, Leased_Line_Network.svg, Ludovic.ferre, 22 April 2010)

Common Network Terms

- DNS – Domain Name System – Translates host names to IP Addresses
- DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol – A way to get network configuration information
- Ethernet – The wired network hardware. Speeds usually from 10 Meg to 1 Gig
- Hostname – Name of a computer for the sake of humans
- Internet – Either a local network or more commonly called - the world wide network or the Internet
- IP Address – Internet Protocol Address that is assigned like a street address. 4 byte IPv4 is giving way to 16 byte IPv6.
- Network Mask – Used to separate the network and machine portions of an address.
- Router – connects two or more networks.
- TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol – Base communication standard
- Wi-Fi – A common form of wireless networking

(Hcberkowitz, 25 November 2007)