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Internet Users' Glossary
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group G. Malkin
Request for Comments: 1392 Xylogics, Inc.
FYI: 18 T. LaQuey Parker
UTexas
Editors
January 1993
Internet Users' Glossary
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is
unlimited.
Abstract
There are many networking glossaries in existence. This glossary
concentrates on terms which are specific to the Internet. Naturally,
there are entries for some basic terms and acronyms because other
entries refer to them.
Acknowledgements
This document is the work of the User Glossary Working Group of the
User Services Area of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Special thanks go to Jon Postel for his definitive definition of
"datagram".
Table of Contents
non-letter . . 2 I . . . . . . . 23 R . . . . . . . 40
A . . . . . . . 2 J . . . . . . . 29 S . . . . . . . 43
B . . . . . . . 6 K . . . . . . . 29 T . . . . . . . 45
C . . . . . . . 9 L . . . . . . . 29 U . . . . . . . 48
D . . . . . . . 12 M . . . . . . . 30 V . . . . . . . 49
E . . . . . . . 16 N . . . . . . . 33 W . . . . . . . 49
F . . . . . . . 18 O . . . . . . . 36 X . . . . . . . 50
G . . . . . . . 20 P . . . . . . . 37 Y . . . . . . . 51
H . . . . . . . 21 Q . . . . . . . 40 Z . . . . . . . 51
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
User Glossary Working Group
