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List of Terms and Acronyms

RIP

Routing Information Protocol. IGP supplied with UNIX BSD systems. The most common IGP in
the Internet. RIP uses hop count as a routing metric.

route

Path through an internetwork.

routing

Process of finding a path to a destination host. Routing is very complex in large networks because
of the many potential intermediate destinations a packet might traverse before reaching its
destination host.

routing metric

Method by which a routing algorithm determines that one route is better than another. This
information is stored in routing tables. Metrics include bandwidth, communication cost, delay,
hop count, load, MTU, path cost, and reliability. Sometimes referred to simply as a metric.

routing protocol

Protocol that accomplishes routing through the implementation of a specific routing algorithm.
Examples of routing protocols include IGRP, OSPF, and RIP.

session

1. Related set of communications transactions between two or more network devices.

2. In SNA, a logical connection enabling two NAUs to communicate.

SOHO

small office, home office. Networking solutions and access technologies for offices that are not
directly connected to large corporate networks.

STP

shielded twisted-pair. Two-pair wiring medium used in a variety of network implementations.

STP cabling has a layer of shielded insulation to reduce EMI.

subnet address

Portion of an IP address that is specified as the subnetwork by the subnet mask.

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