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- WAN
Wide area network: Is a designation used to connect LANs together across a DCE (data communications equipment) network. Typically, a WAN is a leased line or dial-up connection across a PSTN network. Examples of WAN protocols include frame relay, PPP, ISDN, and HDLC.
- wildcard
Used with access lists and OSPF configurations. Wildcards are designations used to identify a range of subnets.
- windowing
Flow-control method used with TCP at the Transport layer of the OSI model.
- WINS
Windows Internet Name Service: Name resolution database for NetBIOS names to TCP/IP address.
- WinSock
Windows Socket Interface: A software interface that makes it possible for an assortment of applications to use and share an Internet connection. The WinSock ...
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