This page gathers the 151 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Networking”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 2 of 2: from “ping” to “zone”.
- ping noun A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
- pinhole noun A port left unprotected by a firewall to allow a particular application to gain access to a service.
- pong noun A packet sent in reply to a ping, thereby indicating the presence of a host.
- port noun A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.
- port knocking noun A means of securing ports on a firewall by requiring the host to attempt to connect to a prespecified sequence of closed ports before being…
- port triggering noun A configuration option on a NAT-enabled router that controls communication between internal and external host machines on an IP network.
- portscan verb To scan (a network host) in order to detect open ports.
- preamble noun A syncword.
- promiscuous adj The mode in which an NIC gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.
- protocol stack noun Synonym of stack (“an implementation of a protocol suite (a set of protocols forming a layered architecture)”).
- proxy verb To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.
- push time noun The time when a remote server sends an unsolicited update.
- redundant adj Containing duplicate pathways to send a message.
- request noun A message sent over a network to a server.
- resource noun Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.
- ring noun A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no…
- rollback netcode noun A type of netcode that prioritizes the inputs of a local player and predicts the inputs of a remote player, rolling back to a previous…
- routing noun A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.
- runt noun An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
- server farm noun A collection of computer servers that is usually maintained by an organization to supply server functionality far beyond the capability of…
- share verb To allow public or private sharing of resources in a network, or content on social media.
- slot time noun The amount of time required for an electronic pulse to travel the length of the maximum theoretical distance between two nodes.
- sniffer noun A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic.
- softmodem noun A modem with minimal hardware capabilities, designed to use a host computer's resources to perform most of the tasks performed by dedicated…
- softwire noun A type of tunnelling protocol that creates a virtual "wire" that transparently encapsulates another protocol as if were an anonymous…
- stack noun An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
- star noun A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of…
- STP noun Initialism of spanning tree protocol.
- streamer noun Any mechanism for streaming data.
- streaming encoder noun A tool that converts raw video and audio signals into a digital format suitable for transmission over the Internet.
- streaming media noun The continuous delivery and playback of audio and video content over a network without the need to first download the entire file.
- subinterface noun A division of one physical interface into multiple logical interfaces.
- subnet verb To break (a network) into subnets.
- supplicant noun A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.
- switch noun A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient…
- switching noun The process of transferring data packets from one device to another in a network, or from one network to another.
- throughput noun The rate at which data is transferred through a system.
- time of origin noun The point in time in which a message is released for transmission.
- trailer noun The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
- tunnel verb To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for an insecure or unsupported protocol).
- Turing switch noun A logical construction modelling the operation of the network switch, just as in theoretical computer science a Turing machine models the…
- unacked adj Not having been sent an ACK message (acknowledgement of a packet or a message received from a network).
- unicast adj Being the transmission of messages to a single destination host on a packet switching network.
- untunneled adj Not using a tunnel (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).
- upstream adj In the direction from the client to the server.
- VSS noun virtual switching system
- Wi-Fi noun Any of several standards for short-range wireless data transmission (IEEE 802.11).
- wireless noun A wireless connectivity to a computer network.
- zombie client noun Computer software that takes directions from a remote computer and uses the infected computer to perform malicious tasks as directed.
- zombie computer noun A computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker by means of a computer virus, computer worm, or Trojan horse…
- zone noun That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.