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An electronic method of providing credentials to a server in order to have access to it or a network   

DSSS: Modulation technique used by 802.11b wireless devices   

"Demilitarized Zone". A computer that logically sits in a "no-mans land" between the LAN and the 
WAN. The DMZ computer trades some of the protection of the router's security mechanisms for the 
convenience of being directly addressable from the Internet.   

Domain Name System: Translates Domain Names to IP addresses   

A name that is associated with an IP address   

To send a request from one computer to another and have the file transmitted back to the requesting 
computer  

Digital Subscriber Line. High bandwidth Internet connection over telephone lines   

Sending and Receiving data transmissions at the sane time   

Dynamic DNS is provided by companies to allow users with Dynamic IP addresses to obtain a Domain 
Name that will always by linked to their changing IP address. The IP address is updated by either client 
software running on a computer or by a router that supports Dynamic DNS, whenever the IP address 
changes  

IP address that is assigned by a DHCP server and that may change. Cable Internet providers usually use 
this method to assign IP addresses to their customers.   

Extensible Authentication Protocol   

Electronic Mail is a computer-stored message that is transmitted over the Internet   

Converting data into cyphertext so that it cannot be easily read   

The most widely used technology for Local Area Networks.   

A way of sending data through light impulses over glass or plastic wire or fiber   

A computer on a network that stores data so that the other computers on the network can all access it