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| The wide area network created by DARPA in 1969 that grew to become the internet |
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| Advanced Research Projects Agency |
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Asymetrical Digital Subscriber Line(ADSL)
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) |
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| The ammount of data that can travel through a communications circuit in one second |
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| Because it's Time Network |
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| The basic increment in which file sizes are measured (contains 8 bits) |
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| a type of twisted-pair cable that telephone companies have used for years to carry voice signals |
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| A type of twisted-pair cable developed to carry data signals rather than voice signals. |
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| An enhanced Category 5 cable that is constructed of higher quality materials so it can carry signals about ten times faster than regular category 5 cable. |
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| A centrally controlled, single-connection method for sending information over a network |
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| Commerce service provider |
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| DSL (digital subscriber line/loop) |
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| a type of broadband connection that offers transmission speeds ranging from 100 to 640Kbps from the user to the telephone company and from 4.5 to 9Mbps from the telephone company to the user. |
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| Plain Old Telephone Service |
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| Integrated Services Digital Network |
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| Software for running mailing lists on IBM mainframe computers. |
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| Internet Engineering Task Force |
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| Standard Generallized Markup Language |
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| Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol |
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| The type of cable that telephone companies have used for years to wire residences and businesses; |
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