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APPENDIX 4

OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS

The following terms are defined for better understanding of the project:

Data security is the means of ensuring that data is kept safe from corruption and

that access to it is suitably controlled

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Datagram refer to as used interchangeably with the words data packet and

network message to identify a unit of information that’s exchanged.

DNS Domain Name Service is the service provided by one or more computers

in a network to help locate a path to a desired node. This saves every system on

a network from having to keep a list of every system it wants to talk to.

Used by mail gateways.

GOSIP Government Open System Interconnection Profile is the collection of

OSI protocols used in U.S. government computer networks and projects.

Internet refer to a computer network based on TCP/IP and related protocols. A

public network of networks interconnecting businesses, universities, government

facilities, and research centers.

FTAM File Transfer, Access, and Management refers to a file transfer and

management protocol as specified by OSI.

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FTP File Transfer Protocol refers to which enables file transfer between

systems.

IP Internet Protocol is the protocol responsible for transporting datagrams

across the Internet.

NFS Network File System is the network virtual disk system that enables a

clientcomputer to mount remote file systems and directories. Originally

developed by Sun Microsystems.

NIC Network Information Center is the people who are responsible for

administering Internet and TCP/IP addresses, as well as network names.

Node refers to a computer on a network. OSI Open System Interconnection, the

ISO standard model for defining data communication.

RFC Request For Comments refers to the documentation maintained by NIC

relating to Internet protocols, addressing, routing, configuration, and other related

Internet topics.

RIP Routing Information Protocol refers to which is used to exchange

information between routers.

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RMON Remote monitor is the remote network monitor that enables the

collection of information about network traffic.

RPC Remote Procedure Call refers to which enables procedures to be

executed on a server.

SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol refers to which is used to transfer

electronic mail between systems.

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is the protocol used to manage

remote network devices and to collect information from remote devices related to

configuration, errors, and alarms.

TCP Transmission Control Protocol is the protocol between a pair of

applications responsible for reliable, connection-oriented data transmission.

Telnet is the protocol used to establish remote terminal connections.

UDP User Datagram Protocol refers to a connectionless protocol used to

transfer data between agents.

VT Virtual terminal is the method for using Telnet to log in to remote systems

through the network.

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APPENDIX 5

OPERATIONAL LIST OF ACRONYMS

CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface

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DNS stands for Domain Name Service

GOSIP means Government Open System Interconnection Profile

GUI stands for Graphical User Interface

FTAM means File Transfer, Access, and Management

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol

IP stands for Internet Protocol

LAN means Local Area Network

NFS stands for Network File System

NIC stands for Network Information Center

NT means New Technology

POP means Post Office Protocol

RFC stands for Request For Comments

RIP stands for Routing Information Protocol

RMON means Remote monitor

RPC means Remote Procedure Call

SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNMP means Simple Network Management Protocol

TCP stands for transmission Control Protocol

UDP means User Datagram Protocol

VT stands for Virtual terminal

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WAN means Wide Area Network

WWW means World Wide Web