Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 21:17:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> To: Bryan Otteson <ares@ida.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re using a 486 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005302112220.2514-200000@genisis.istar.ca> In-Reply-To: <002701bfcaa4$2da68bc0$9ab58dd0@arescomputer>
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On Tue, 30 May 2000, Bryan Otteson wrote:
> I know I sound like a retard, but I've only been trying to mess around with
> a unix-style machine for a couple of weeks now, so humor me.
> What's a "gateway" computer, or setup, or whatever?
The attached file is an good explanation from an excellent website for
those tech terms you're not quite sure on,
www.whatis.com
Always is the first place I look when I want to find out info on tech
terms, as you usually get a decent definition and some URLs to sites with
more info.
Cheers,
Dru
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network
In information technology, a network is a series of points or nodes
interconnected by communication paths. Networks can interconnect with
other networks and contain subnetworks.
The most common topologies or general configurations of networks
include the bus, star, and ring topologies. Networks can also be
characterized in terms of spatial distance as local area networks
(LANs), metropolitan area networks (MANs), and wide area networks
(WANs).
A given network can also be characterized by the type of data
transmission technology in use on it (for example, a TCP/IP or SNA
network); by whether it carries voice, data, or both kinds of signals;
by who can use the network (public or private); by the usual nature of
its connections (dial-up or switched, dedicated or nonswitched, or
virtual connections); and by the types of physical links (for example,
optical fiber, coaxial cable, and copper wire). Large telephone
networks and networks using their infrastructure (such as the
Internet) have sharing and exchange arrangements with other companies
so that larger networks are created.
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