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Note: Many topics at this site are reduced versions of the text in "The Encyclopedia of Networking and Telecommunications." Search results will not be as extensive as a search of the book's CD-ROM.

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Addresses (Network)

ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)

Bandwidth Management

Best-Effort Delivery

B-ISDN (Broadband ISDN)

Bridges and Bridging

Broadband Communications and Networking

Broadcast Networking

Cable and Wiring

Client/Server Computing

Concentrator Devices

Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services

CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection)

CSU/DSU (Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit)

Data Center Design

Data Link Protocols

Data Transmissions

Data Communication Concepts

Datagram and Datagram Services

DBMS (Database Management System)

Distributed Applications

Distributed Computer Networks

Distributed Object Computing

DPT (Dynamic Packet Transport)

DTM (Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode)

End Systems and End-to-End Connectivity

Enterprise Network

ES-IS (End System-to-Intermediate System) Routing

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Fault Tolerance and High Availability

FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface)

Fiber-Optic Cable

Flow-Control Mechanisms

Fragmentation and Reassembly

Framing in Data Transmissions

Gigabit Ethernet

HIPPI (High-Performance Parallel Interface)

HSSI (High-Speed Serial Interface)

IGP (Interior Gateway Protocol)

IGRP (Interior Gateway Routing Protocol)

Infrared Technologies

Internet Architecture and Backbone

Internet Protocol Suite

Internetworking

Intranets and Extranets

IP (Internet Protocol)

IPX/SPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange)

ISO/IEC-11801 Cabling Standards

Label Switching

Lambda Circuits

LAN (Local Area Network)

Link Aggregation

LLC (Logical Link Control)

LVDS (Low-Voltage Differential Signaling)

MAC (Media Access Control)

MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)

MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)

Microwave Communications

Middleware and Messaging

MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service)

Mobile Computing

MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching)

MSP (Management Service Provider)

Multilayer Switching

Multiplexing and Multiplexers

Multitiered Architectures

NADH (North American Digital Hierarchy)

NAP (Network Access Point)

NAS (Network Attached Storage)

Novell NetWare File System

Network Access Services

Network Appliances

Network Architecture

Network Concepts

Network Core Technologies

Network Design and Construction

NIC (Network Interface Card)

NLSP (NetWare Link Services Protocol)

NPN (New Public Network)

Object Technologies

OC (Optical Carrier)

ODI (Open Data-Link Interface)

Optical Networks

OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) Model

OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) Routing

OSRP (Optical Signaling & Routing Protocol)

Packets and Packet-Switching Networks

Packets and Packet-Switching Networks

Parallel Interface

Peer-to-Peer Communications

Point-to-Point Communications

PoP (Point of Presence)

PoS (Packet over SONET)

Power Line Access Services

Power and Grounding Problems and Solutions

PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)

Premises Distribution System

Protocols and Protocol Stacks

QoS (Quality of Service)

Requester Software

RIP (Routing Information Protocol)

Routing on the Internet

Satellite Communication Systems

SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)

Serial Communication and Interfaces

Service Providers and Carriers

SNA (Systems Network Architecture)

SONET (Synchronous Optical Network)

SSA (Serial Storage Architecture)

SSP (Storage Service Provider)

Structured Cabling Standards

Switch Fabrics and Bus Design

Switching and Switched Networks

Switching and Switched Networks

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

Telecommunications Regulation

Telecommunications and Telephone Systems

TIA/EIA Structured Cabling Standards

Token and Token-Passing Access Methods

Token Ring Network

Traffic Management, Shaping, and Engineering

UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

USB (Universal Serial Bus)

VI Architecture

Virtual Circuit

Voice/Data Networks

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

WAN (Wide Area Network)

Multiplexing)

WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing)

Web Technologies and Concepts

Wireless Communications

Wireless Broadband Access Technologies

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