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CONEL SmartCluster [88/97] Glossary and acronyms
Glossary and Acronyms
Glossary and Acronyms
Most of the information in this glossary can be found at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/.
1:1 NAT
1:1 NAT is a special form of NAT. An in-
ternal IP address is mapped to an external IP
address.
Example: In your network there is an service
with the internal IP address 192.168.1.10. Via
1:1 NAT this IP address is mapped to the ex-
ternal IP address 203.0.113.10, provided by
your Internet Service Provider.
communications protocol
Within computer sci-
ence, a communications protocol is a system
of digital rules for message exchange within
or between computers.
Communicating systems use well-defined for-
mats for exchanging messages. Each mes-
sage has an exact meaning intended to pro-
voke a particular response of the receiver.
Thus, a protocol must define the syntax, se-
mantics, and synchronization of communica-
tion; the specified behaviour is typically in-
dependent of how it is to be implemented.
A protocol can therefore be implemented as
hardware, software, or both. Communications
protocols have to be agreed upon by the par-
ties involved. To reach agreement a protocol
may be developed into a technical standard.
A programming language describes the same
for computations, so there is a close anal-
ogy between protocols and programming lan-
guages: protocols are to communications as
programming languages are to computations.
DHCP
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) is a network protocol used to config-
ure devices that are connected to a network
so they can communicate on that network
using the Internet Protocol (IP). The proto-
col is implemented in a client-server model,
in which DHCP clients request configuration
data, such as an IP address, a default route,
and one or more DNS server addresses from
a DHCP server.
DHCP client
Requests network configuration from
DHCP server.
DHCP server
Answers configuration request by
DHCP clients and sends network configura-
tion details.
DNS
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hier-
archical distributed naming system for com-
puters, services, or any resource connected
to the Internet or a private network. It asso-
ciates various information with domain names
assigned to each of the participating entities.
Most prominently, it translates easily memo-
rized domain names to the numerical IP ad-
dresses needed for the purpose of locating
computer services and devices worldwide. By
providing a worldwide, distributed keyword-
based redirection service, the Domain Name
System is an essential component of the func-
tionality of the Internet.
Group
From the SmartCluster point of view a
Group is an access to a virtual private net-
work (VPN), used by network participants for
communication. Network participants may be
networks (routers) or Road warriors.
host name
A host name is a label that is assigned
to a device connected to a computer network
and that is used to identify the device in vari-
ous forms of electronic communication such
as the World Wide Web, e-mail or Usenet.
Host names may be simple names consisting
of a single word or phrase, or they may have
appended a domain name, which is a name
in a Domain Name System (DNS), separated
from the host specific label by a period (dot).
In the latter form, the hostname is also called
a domain name. If the domain name is com-
pletely specified including a top-level domain
of the Internet, then the hostname is said to
be a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
http
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an
application protocol for distributed, collabora-
tive, hypermedia information systems. HTTP
is the foundation of data communication for
the World Wide Web.
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Explore essential networking terms and protocols including NAT, DHCP, and DNS. Understand their functions and importance in digital communication.

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