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Chapter 4
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Computer Networking
Undergraduate 3
04/19/2012

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Address resources record
Definition
A type of DNS Data record that maps the IP address of an Internet connected device to its domain name
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Alias
Definition
A nickname for a nodes host name aliases can be specified in a local host file
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Anycast address
Definition
A type of address specified in IPv6 that represents a group of interfaces, any one which (and usually the first available of which) can accept a transmission. At this time, anycast address are not designed to be assigned to hosts, such as servers or workstations, but rather to routers
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APIPA (automatic private IP addressing)
Definition
A service available on computer running the windows 98, me, 2000, xp, vista, server 2003, or server 2008 operating system that automatically assigns the computer's network interface an IP address from the range of 169.254.0.0 to 169.254.255.255 if an IP address hasn't been assigned to that interface
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ARP (Address Resolution Protocal)
Definition
A core protocal in the TCP/IP suite that belongs in the network layer OSI model. ARP obtains the MAC (physical) address of a host or node, and then creates a local database that maps the mac address to the hosts IP logical address
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ARP table
Definition
A database of records that maps MAC addresses to IP addresses. The ARP table is stored on a computers hard disk where it is used by the ARP utility to supply the MAC address of network nodes given their IP address
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Bootstrap protocal
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An appl
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Country code TLD
Definition
A top level domain that corresponds to a country. For example the country code TLD for Canada is .ca and the country code TLD for Japan is .jp.
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DDNS (Dynamic DNS)
Definition
A method of dynamically updating DNS records for a host. DDNS client computers are configured to notify a service provider when their IP addresses change, then the service provider propagates the DNS record change across the Inernet automatically.
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DHCP (Dyanamic Host Configuration Protocol)
Definition
An application layer protocol in the TCP/IP suite that manages the dynamic distribution of IP addresses on a network. Using DHCP to assign IP addresses can nearly eliminate duplicate addressing problems
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Diskless Workstation
Definition
A workstation that doesn't contain a hard disk, but insted relies on a small amount of read only memory to connect to a network and to pick up its system files.
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DNS (Domain Name System or Domain Name Service)
Definition
A hierarchical way of tracking domain names and their addresses, devised in the mid–1980s. The DNS database does not rely on one file or even one server, but rather is distributed over several key computers across the internet to prevent catastrophic failure if one or a few computers go down. DNS is a TCP/IP service that belongs to the Application layer of the OSI model
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