Key Terms
Review the following list of key terms:
protocol system— A system of standards and procedures that enables computers to communicate over a network.
TCP/IP— A network protocol suite used on the Internet and also on many other networks around the world.
ARPAnet— An experimental network that was the birthplace of TCP/IP.
router— A network device that forwards data by logical address and can also be used to segment large networks into smaller subnetworks.
physical address— A permanent address burned into a network adapter in the factory.
logical address— A network address configured through the protocol software.
gateway— A router that connects a LAN to a larger network. The term gateway sometimes applies specifically to a router that ...
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