network interface protocol
101Virtual private network — A virtual private network (VPN) is a computer network in which some of the links between nodes are carried by open connections or virtual circuits in some larger network (e.g., the Internet) instead of by physical wires. The link layer protocols… …
102NetBIOS Frames protocol — NetBIOS Frames or NBF protocol is a non routable network and transport level data protocol most commonly used as one of the layers of Microsoft Windows networking in the 1990s. NBF protocol or NetBIOS over IEEE 802.2 LLC is used by a number of… …
103Radio Network Controller — The Radio Network Controller (or RNC) is the governing element in the UMTS radio access network (UTRAN) responsible for control of the Node Bs, that is to say the base stations which are connected to the controller. The RNC carries out radio… …
104Spanning Tree Protocol — Internet protocol suite Application layer BGP DHCP DNS FTP HTTP …
105Optimized Link State Routing Protocol — The Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR)[1] is an IP routing protocol optimized for mobile ad hoc networks, which can also be used on other wireless ad hoc networks. OLSR is a proactive link state routing protocol, which uses hello and… …
106Passive optical network — A passive optical network (PON) is a point to multipoint, fiber to the premises network architecture in which unpowered optical splitters are used to enable a single optical fiber to serve multiple premises, typically 32 128. A PON consists of an …
107Packet switched network — A Packet Switched Network, or PSN, refers to the packet switched networks that existed before the Internet. The history of such networks can be divided into three eras:early networks before the introduction of X.25 and OSI,the X.25 era when many… …
108Distributed social network — A distributed social network is an Internet social network service that is decentralized and distributed across different providers. The emphasis of the distribution is on portabilitya[›], interoperability and federation capability. It contrasts… …
109BitTorrent (protocol) — BitTorrent is a peer to peer file sharing protocol used to distribute large amounts of data. The initial distributor of the complete file or collection acts as the first seed . Each peer who downloads the data also uploads them to other peers.… …
110Messaging Application Programming Interface — (MAPI) is a messaging architecture and a Component Object Model based API for Microsoft Windows. MAPI allows client programmes to become (e mail) messaging enabled, aware, or based by calling MAPI subsystem routines that interface with certain… …
