Glossary
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. As of July 2011, Facebook h...
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A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, web cookie, or browser cookie, is used for an origin website to send state information to a user's browser and...
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P2P is the acronym for peer to peer.
It is a type of network communication that allows file and data sharing between hardware and software without passin...
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ISP is the acronym for Internet Service Provider--This is the company from whom you acquire your internet services, such as Suddenlink, HughesNet, CenturyLi...
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VTC is the Virtual Training Company, who hosts Arkansas Tech University's computer based training.
VTC's computer-based training gives the user ...
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P2P file sharing programs are designed to let people easily exchange music, movies, video and other files over the Internet.
Some common programs are K...
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ResNet is the physical cabling and services that make it possible for students residing in the Arkansas Tech residence halls to access network resources suc...
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Arkansas Tech University has been transitioning to a new information system called Banner. This new system will handle the work that the mainframe is curren...
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NIC is the acronym for network interface card. It is a piece of computer hardware that allows you to connect to a local area network (LAN). It is what you ...
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DHCP is an acronym for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is the tool we use to automate the setup and maintenance of our network. The DHCP server is r...
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