Q
QoS

See quality of service.

quad decimal

Four sets of octets separated by a decimal point; an IP address.

quality of service (QoS)

Data prioritization at the Network layer of the OSI model. It results in guaranteed throughput rates. See also Open Systems Interconnect (OSI).

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