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Microsoft® Encyclopedia of Networking, Second Edition
Author Mitch Tulloch and Ingrid Tulloch
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Published 04/24/2002
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Numbers and Symbols
1Base5 networks, 1
1G cellular systems, 2, 76
2B+D service, 1
2B1Q encoding scheme, 1, 702, 703, 1092
2G cellular systems, 1, 2, 230
2.5G cellular systems, 1-2, 231
3G cellular systems, 2-4, 231
   overview, 2-3
   prospects, 3-4
   types, 3
3.1 kHz bearer service, 4
4B/5B encoding scheme, 702
4G cellular systems, 4
5-4-3 rule, 4-5
5B/6B encoding scheme, 702
6bone, 5
6to4 mechanism, 55-6
8B/6T encoding scheme, 702
8B/10B encoding scheme, 518, 702
8-bit Phase Shift Keying (8-PSK), 434
8mm format, 6, 1099
10Base2 networks, 6-7
10Base5 networks, 7-8
   implementation, 7-8
   overview, 7
10BaseF networks, 8-9
10BaseT networks, 9-10
10G Ethernet (10GbE), 10-14
   illustration, 12
   implementation, 13
   issues, 13
   overview, 11
   prospects, 13
   types, 11
24 x 7 network, 14
64-bit architecture, 14-15
64-bit Windows, 15-16
80/20 rule, 16
100BaseFX networks, 16-17, 462
100BaseT networks, 17, 461
100BaseT2 networks, 462
100BaseT4 networks, 17-18, 462
100BaseTX networks, 18-19, 462
100BaseVG networks, 19
100BaseX networks, 19
100VG-AnyLAN networks, 19-21, 842
   demand priority access method, 330- 31
   quartet signaling, 964
568-A standard, 21
568-B standard, 21
802.1 working group, 22
802.1p standard, 22
802.1q standard, 23
802.2 standard, 23
802.3 working group, 23-24
802.3ab standard, 24
802.3ad standard, 24
802.3ae standard, 24
802.3af standard, 24-25
802.3u standard, 25, 461
802.3z standard, 25
802.4 standard, 25
802.5 standard, 25
802.6 standard, 25
802.7 working group, 26
802.8 working group, 26
802.9 standards, 26
802.10 working group, 26
802.11 standards, 26-27
802.11a standard, 27-28, 1229
802.11b standard, 28-31, 1229
   implementation, 30
   issues, 30-31, 169-70
   marketplace, 30
   overview, 29-30
802.12 standards, 31
802.13 standards, 31
802.14 working group, 31
802.15 standards, 31-32
802.16 standards, 32, 185
802.17 working group, 32
1000BaseCX networks, 32-33, 518
1000BaseLX networks, 33-34, 518
1000BaseSX networks, 35, 519
1000BaseT networks, 35-37, 519
   implementation, 36
   marketplace, 36-37
   overview, 35-36
1000BaseTX networks, 37, 519
1000BaseX networks, 37
1394 standard, 37, 489-90
1822 interface, 37
3270 protocol, 37-38, 428
5250 protocol, 38, 428
9840 tape format, 1099

A
A+ certification, 39
A6 records, 39-40, 400
AAA systems, 40
AAAA records, 40
AAL (ATM Adaptation Layer), 40
AATP (Authorized Academic Training Provider), 40, 123-24
Abilene network, 40-41
absolute domain names, 510
absolute path, 41, 916
absorption, 1043
Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1), 41-42, 107
acceleration, adaptive, 68
Accelis tape format, 1100
acceptable use policy, 42
access, 42-43
   anonymous, 87
   Internet, 617-18
   remote, 211-12, 975-77
access control, 43-44, 857
   permissions, 920-21
access control entity (ACE), 44
access control lists (ACLs), 44-45, 54
   discretionary ACLs, 371-72
Accessibility Options, 45-46
Accessibility Wizard, 46
access level, 846
access lists, 46-48
   examples, 47-48
   overview, 46-47
access masks, 48
access methods, 48
access modes, 49
access point (AP), 49-50, 90, 1232
access providers, 50
access servers, 978
access token, 50-51
Access Units (AUs), 1241
account domains, 51-52
accounting process, 40
account lockout, 52-53
account operators, 53
Account Operators group, 53, 192
accounts, 51
   built-in, 191-92
   computer, 281
   domain user, 401, 1157
   global user, 529
   group, 535
   Guest, 536
   Internet guest, 624-25
   LocalSystem, 724
   local user, 724-25, 1157
   user, 1157
ACE (access control entry), 44, 53
ACKs (acknowledgments), 53-54
ACLs (access control lists), 44-45, 54
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), 54, 108
ACORD XML, 1245
AC outlet surge protectors, 1079
ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), 54, 74-75, 78
ACR (attenuation to crosstalk ratio), 54, 119
active/active clustering, 258
active caching, 208, 951
Active Channels
   CDF files, 223-24
   channel bar display, 238
   channels, 237
Active Desktop, 54-55, 63
Active Digital Profile (ADPr), 55, 73, 1245
Active Directory, 55-58
   architecture, 56-57
   attributes, 60, 120
   classes, 245
   containers, 290
   delegation, 329-30
   directory replication, 365
   directory service log, 367
   distinguished names, 377-78
   Find dialog box, 483
   implementation, 57
   installing, 58-59
   Knowledge Consistency Checker, 675
   namespace, 817
   naming contexts, 817
   objects, 875-76
   organizational units, 56, 875, 892-93
   overview, 55-56
   partitions, 911
   permissions, 921
   publishing process, 956-57
   schema, 60, 1014
Active Directory client, 58
Active Directory Domains and Trusts, 58
Active Directory Installation Wizard, 58-59
Active Directory schema, 60, 1014
Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI), 60-61, 74
Active Directory Users and Computers, 62
   creating computer accounts, 281
active hub, 62
active MAUs, 809
Active Messaging, 265
active partition, 62-63
Active Platform, 63
active scripting, 63
Active Server, 63
Active Server Pages (ASP), 63-64, 107
   connection pooling, 287
Active Setup, 64-65
active/standby clustering, 258
active volume, 65
active window, 65
ActiveX, 63, 65
ActiveX component, 65-66
ActiveX controls, 66
ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), 66-67, 73, 770, 880, 1145
adapters, 67-68
   gender changer, 513-14
   ISDN fallback, 651
   ISDN terminal, 652-53
   media-dependent, 751-52
adaptive acceleration, 68
Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation (ADPCM), 68, 73
adaptive packet compression, 68
ADCs (analog-to-digital converters), 68, 85
address book view, 69
addresses. See also IP addresses
   e-mail, 425
   Ethernet, 444
   hardware, 545
   local, 718-19
   loopback, 731
   MAC, 733-34
   multicast, 791-92
   physical, 924
   source, 1057
   X.121, 1239
address records, 39, 69
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), 69-70, 103
   cache, 210, 333
Adelman, Leonard, 992
ADMD (Administrative Management Domain), 70
ADMIN$ share, 70
administration. See also management
   HTML-based, 572
   network, 835-36
   remote, 977-78
   Web-based, 978
administrative alert, 70
Administrative Directory Management Domains (ADDMDs), 1242
Administrative Management Domain (ADMD), 70, 1240
administrative shares, 70-71
administrative tools, 71-72
administrator, 72
Administrator account, 191
Administrators group, 72, 192
ADO+ data set, 73
ADO (ActiveX Data Objects), 66-67, 73
ADO.NET, 73, 830
ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation), 68, 73
ADPr (Active Digital Profile), 55, 73, 1245
ADR (Advanced Data Recording), 73, 75
ADSI (Active Directory Service Inter.faces), 60-61, 74
ADSL. See Asymmetric Digital Sub.scriber Line
ADSL modems, 74, 110
ADSL Transmission Unit-Remote (ATU-R), 353
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), 54, 74-75, 78
Advanced Data Recording (ADR), 73, 75
Advanced Digital Recording (ADR), 1100
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), 75-76, 80, 430
   Rijndael algorithm, 991
Advanced Infrared (AIr), 76, 81
Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT), 76, 82, 1099
Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS), 2, 76-78, 85
   digital version, 344-45
   FDMA technology, 504-05
   history, 229-30
   overview, 76-77
   prospects, 77
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN), 38, 78, 101, 1089-90
Advanced Power Management (APM), 74, 78-79, 92
Advanced Program-to-Program Communications (APPC) proto.col, 79, 92
Advanced Streaming Format (ASF), 79, 106, 239
Advanced Technology Demonstration Network (ATDnet), 79-80, 117
AES (Advanced Encryption Stan.dard), 75-76, 80
AFTP (APPC File Transfer Protocol), 80, 92
agent-based firewalls, 485
agents, 80
   backup, 141
   remote monitoring, 449
   SNMP, 1045
aggregation
   frame relay, 796-97
   link, 709-10
AGLP mnemonic, 80-81
AgXML, 1245
AH protocol, 81, 122, 428, 630
AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), 81, 89-90, 597
AIr (Advanced Infrared), 76, 81
air interface, 81-82
AIT (Advanced Intelligent Tape), 76, 82
AIX operating system, 82, 1150
alarm, data, 311-12
Alerter service, 82
alerts, administrative, 70
algorithms
   diffusing update, 435
   Dijkstra, 885, 1041-42
   distance vector routing, 376, 412
   encryption, 314, 432
   hashing, 546
   line coding, 701-03
   link state routing, 412, 711-12
   message digest, 755
   Nagle's, 813
   Rijndael, 991
   Rivest-Shamir-Adelman, 992-93
   routing, 1001-03
   Shortest Path First, 885, 1041-42
   spanning tree, 1058-59
aliases, 82
   e-mail, 127
Allen, Paul, 769
Alpha platform, 83
Alternate Mark Inversion (AMI), 1091
Altrade, 132
Always On/Dynamic ISDN (AO/DI), 83, 89
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 83-84, 87, 614
   character set, 88, 1140
American Registry for Internet Num.bers (ARIN), 84, 102, 618
American Wire Gauge (AWG), 129
America Online (AOL), instant mes.saging service, 81, 89-90
AMP (asymmetric multiprocessing), 84
amplitude modulation (AM), 787
AMPS. See Advanced Mobile Phone Service
analog, 85
analog modems, 85, 784
analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), 68, 85
analog transmission, 86
anchors, 86
Andreesen, Marc, 577, 1194
announcement, 86-87
Announcement Manager, 87
anonymous access, 87, 588
anonymous access authentication, 122, 234
anonymous user, 87
ANSI (American National Standards Institute), 83-84, 87, 614
ANSI C/C++, 87-88
ANSI character set, 88, 1140
answer file, 88, 1139
antennas, 88-89
Anycast network service, 89
AO/DI (Always On/Dynamic ISDN), 83, 89
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), 81, 89-90, 597
AP (access point), 49-50, 90
Apache Software Foundation, 91
Apache Web server, 90-91, 887, 1196
Apache XML Project, 91
API. See application programming interface
APIPA (Automatic Private IP Address.ing), 91, 125
APM (Advanced Power Manage.ment), 74, 78-79, 92
APM (Application Performance Man.agement), 92, 97
APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Infor.mation Center), 92, 107, 619
APPC File Transfer Protocol (AFTP), 80, 92
APPC protocol, 79, 92
Apple Macintosh. See Macintosh plat.form
Apple Open Transport, 92-93
AppleShare, 93
AppleShare IP, 93
AppleTalk, 94, 842
   media access control method, 216
   Services for Macintosh component, 1035
AppleTalk Address Resolution Proto.col (AARP), 94
applets, 93
appliances, 95
Application Center, 95, 259, 829
application gateways, 486
application layer
   OSI model, 95-96, 889
   Wireless Application Protocol, 1228
application layer protocols, 948, 1128- 29
application layer proxy, 96
application level gateways, 96-97, 486, 952
application log, 97
Application Performance Management (APM), 92, 97
Application/Process Layer, DoD model, 390
application programming interface (API), 91, 98
   CryptoAPI, 304
   IActiveDesktop, 54
   LDAP, 697
   Microsoft Foundation Classes, 772- 73
   ODBC, 883
applications, 988
   auto-applications, 124
applications,
   cluster-aware, 257
   computer-telephony integration, 284
   distributed, 378
   leasing, 696
   multitasking, 809
   OLE, 877
   P2P, 901-02
   Web, 1192
application servers, 1029
Application Service Elements (ASE), 96
application service provider (ASP), 98-101, 1249
   advantages/disadvantages, 100
   architecture, 100
   marketplace, 100
   overview, 98-99
   prospects, 100-101
application services, Windows DNA, 1215
APPN (Advanced Peer-to-Peer Net.working), 38, 78, 101, 1089-90
AppStation Mode, 1255
arbitrated loop SANs, 1071
arbitrated loop topology, 475
architecture
   64-bit, 14-15
   Active Directory, 56-57
   Active Directory Service Interfaces, 61
   Active Server Pages, 63-64
   ActiveX Data Objects, 67
   Advanced Encryption Standard, 75
   AppleTalk, 94
   application service provider, 100
   Asynchronous Transfer Mode, 113- 14, 842
   BizTalk, 163-64
   Bluetooth, 167-68
   Border Gateway Protocol, 177
   bridge, 181
   Cellular Digital Packet Data, 228
   Code Division Multiple Access, 262
   Core-Based Trees, 299
   DOCSIS, 318-19
   DoD model, 390
   electronic data interchange, 419-20
architecture,
   enterprise network, 845, 846
   Ethernet, 442-43, 841
   Ethernet switch, 446-47
   Fast Ethernet, 461-62
   Fiber Distributed Data Interface, 467, 841
   Fibre Channel, 474
   firewall, 485-87
   frame, 495
   frame relay, 497-98
   General Packet Radio Service, 514- 15
   Gigabit Ethernet, 517-18
   Global System for Mobile Communi.cation, 527
   H.323 protocol stack, 537
   Hailstorm, 540-41
   High-level Data Link Control, 552
   HiperLAN/2, 555-56
   IEEE 1284 interface, 584-85
   Independent Computing, 581, 591- 92
   Infiniband, 581, 592-94
   Integrated Services Digital Network, 601-02
   Interim Interswitch Signaling Proto.col, 610
   Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, 612
   Internet, 616-17
   Internet Control Message Protocol, 620
   Internet Group Management Proto.col, 624
   Internet Protocol, 628
   Internet Protocol Security, 630
   Internetwork Packet Exchange, 636- 37
   IP address, 642-43
   Java, 658
   Java Server Pages, 661
   JBOD systems, 662
   Jini networks, 662-63
   Joint Engine Technology, 664
   JScript, 664-65
   Kerberos, 668
   kernel, 670
   Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol, 687
architecture,
   Lightweight Directory Access Proto.col, 698-99
   Link Access Protocol, D-channel, 709
   Link Control Protocol, 711
   link state routing algorithm, 711-12
   Linux, 713-14
   local area network, 720
   mail system, 735-36
   Management Information Base, 737- 39
   Megaco, 752-53
   Millennium, 778-79
   MS-DOS, 771-72
   multicasting, 791-92
   NetBIOS, 822
   network, 836, 841-42
   NTFS file system, 866
   object linking and embedding, 877- 78
   Open Shortest Path First, 884-85
   OSI reference model, 888-89
   Plain Old Telephone Service, 926
   Point-to-Point Protocol, 931
   Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, 932
   RS-232, 1009
   socket, 1055
   Systems Network Architecture, 1089-90
   T1, 1091-92
   T.120 standard, 1096
   T-carrier, 1101-02
   TCP/IP, 1128-29
   thin client, 1117
   Token Ring, 841
   Uniform Resource Locator, 1142
   virtual private network, 1175
   Voice over IP, 1181
   Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, 1204
   Windows 3.1, 1206-07
   Windows 95, 1208
   Windows DNA, 1215
   Windows for Workgroups, 1216-17
   Windows Management Instrumenta.tion, 1218
   Windows NT, 1221-22
architecture,
   Wireless Application Protocol, 1227-28
   X.25 technology, 1237
   XML, 1246-47
archive attribute, 101, 146
archiving, 101
ARCNET, 102, 842
ARCNET cabling, 261
ARC paths, 102
area border routers (ABRs), 886
A records, 39
ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers), 84, 102, 618
ARP. See Address Resolution Protocol
ARPANET project, 103, 616
ARP cache poisoning, 333
ARP command, 103
array-based caching, 292
AS. See autonomous system
AS/400 platform, 103-04
ASCII, 104-06
   character set, 104-06
ASCII files, 106, 1116
ASF (Advanced Streaming Format), 79, 106, 239
Asia Pacific Network Information Cen.ter (APNIC), 92, 107, 619
ASN.1 standard, 41-42, 107
ASNs. See autonomous system num.bers
ASP. See Active Server Pages; applica.tion service provider
ASP.NET, 107-08, 830
ASR (Automatic System Recovery), 108, 126
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 54, 108
Association for Services Management International (AFSMI), 39
asymmetric algorithms, 432
asymmetrical trunking, 1132
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), 74, 108-11, 352
   central office end, 120
   configuration, 109
   discrete multitone scheme, 371
   G.Lite connections, 352, 522
   implementation, 110-11
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL),
   Internet access via, 617-18
   modem, 74
   overview, 108-09
   remote terminal end, 120-21
   universal ADSL, 522
   uses, 110
asymmetric encryption, 344, 430, 431, 432, 953-54
asymmetric mirroring, 780
asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP), 84, 111
asymmetric VDSL, 1168
async, 111, 116-17
asynchronous serial encapsulation pro.tocols, 1027
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), 111-16
   advantages/disadvantages, 114-15
   approaches to using, 116
   architecture, 113-14, 842
   cells, 226-27
   inverse multiplexing over, 587, 641
   IP/ATM, 643
   LAN emulation, 678-79
   marketplace, 115
   multiprotocol over, 806
   overview, 111-12
   packet transport, 248-49
   prospects, 115-16
   quality of service, 112, 116, 960-62
   uses, 113
   voice over ATM, 1184
asynchronous transmission, 111, 116- 17
   flow control, 491
ATDnet, 79-80, 117
ATM. See Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL), 40, 113, 117
ATM Forum, 117-18
ATM over SONET, 118
ATM/SONET, 118
Attached Resource Computer Network (ARCNET), 102
attenuation, 118-19, 203, 1043
attenuation to crosstalk ratio (ACR), 54, 119, 204
attrib command, 119
attributes, 119-20
   Active Directory, 60, 120
   archive, 101, 146
   file system, 119-20
   LDAP, 698
ATU-C, 120
ATU-R, 120-21
auditing, 43, 121, 857, 1021
audit policy, 121
AUI connector, 121-22
Authenticated Users group, 122
authentication, 40, 857, 1021
   Apache server, 90
   Basic, 151-52
   Biometric, 161
   Bluetooth technology, 168
   Challenge/Response, 234, 236, 871, 1222
   CHAP, 235-36
   cleartext, 252
   custom, 307
   EAP, 453
   FORTEZZA card, 494
   GSM, 528
   HybridAuth, 577
   Integrated Windows, 605
   Kerberos, 668-69
   L2TP, 686
   LCP, 711
   MD5, 435
   PAP, 914
   pass-through, 913
   Web, 234
Authentication Header (AH) protocol, 81, 122, 428, 630
authentication protocols, 122-23
authentication provider, 123
Authenticode, 123, 200
authorization process, 40, 1021
   Bluetooth technology, 168
   permissions, 920-21
Authorized Academic Training Pro.vider (AATP), 40, 123-24
author mode, 49
auto-application, 124
AutoComplete feature, 124
autodial feature, 124-25
AUTODIN system, 328
Autoexec.bat, 772
   environment variables, 440
Automatic Digital Network (AUTO.DIN), 328
automatic logon process, 125
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA), 91, 125
Automatic Protection Switching (APS), 118
automatic software distribution, 901
Automatic System Recovery (ASR), 108, 126
Automatic Version Synchronization (AVS), 126, 129
Automation, 126
Automation client, 126
Automation controller, 127
Automation server, 127
auto naming, 127
auto-negotiation, 442
autonomous system (AS), 103, 127-28
   BGP protocol routing, 176-77
   border routers, 177-78
autonomous system boundary routers (ASBRs), 886
autonomous system numbers (ASNs), 107, 128
   BTTP solution, 159-60
Auto-Run feature, 225
autosensing technology, 128, 462
availability, 128-29
Available Bit Rate (ABR), 112, 962
Average counters, 300
AVS (Automatic Version Synchroniza.tion), 126, 129
AWG (American Wire Gauge), 129
AXFR request, 129

B
B2B (business-to-business), 131-33
   architecture, 131
   implementation, 131-32
   marketplace, 132-33
   overview, 131
   P2P applications, 901
   procurement system, 774
   prospects, 133
B2C (business-to-consumer), 134, 308
B8ZS encoding scheme, 702, 1092
backbone, 134-35
   collapsed, 265-66
backbone routers, 886
backbone switches, 520
backboning, 135-36
back doors, 539
background, 136-37
BackOffice, 137
BackOffice Server, 137
Back Orifice, 137-38
backup, 138-41
   copy, 299
   daily copy, 146, 309-10
   devices, 139
   differential, 145-46, 343-44
   e-vaulting, 422
   full, 508
   implementation, 140
   importance, 138
   incremental, 589
   methods, 145-46
   normal, 863
   scenarios, 138
   serverless, 139, 1030
   systems, 139-40
backup agent, 141
backup browser, 141, 282
backup catalog, 141-42
backup domain controller (BDC), 142- 43, 156, 391
Backup Operator, 143
Backup Operators built-in group, 143- 44, 192
backup set, 144
backup set catalog, 142
backup strategy, 144-45
backup type, 145-46
Backup Wizard, 146
BACP (Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol), 146, 148
balanced circuits, 242
balanced lines, 146-47
Ballmer, Steve, 768
balun, 147
bandwidth, 147-48, 1002, 1005
   ADSL allocation, 109
   network design and, 844
   network utilization and, 861
Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BACP), 146, 148
Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (BAP), 148-49, 150
bandwidth on demand, 149
bandwidth throttling, 149
Banyan VINES, 150, 842
BAP (Bandwidth Allocation Protocol), 148-49, 150
baseband transmission, 151
base data, 925
baseline, 151
base station subsystem (BSS), 528
basic authentication, 122, 151-52, 234
basic disks, 152
Basic Rate Interface ISDN (BRI-ISDN), 152-53, 181, 601
basic storage, 1187
basic volume, 153
bastion hosts, 153-54, 487
batch commands, 154-55, 1213
batch files, 155, 1015
bCentral, 155-56
B channel, 156, 602
BDC (backup domain controller), 142- 43, 156
beaconing, 156-57
bearer layer, Wireless Application Pro.tocol, 1227-28
BEEP (Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol), 157, 165-66
Bellman-Ford algorithm, 376
Belluzzo, Rick, 768
benchmarking, 157
BeOS (Be Operating System), 158
BER (Bit Error Rate), 158, 162
Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND), 158, 160
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), 189, 1150
Berners-Lee, Tim, 577, 578
BERT (Bit/Block Error Rate Tester), 158, 161-62
best effort, 159, 858
BGP. See Border Gateway Protocol
bidirectional communications, 584-85
Binary Runtime Environment for Wire.less (BREW), 159, 180
Binary Tulloch Transport Protocol (BTTP), 159-60
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain), 158, 160
bindery, 160
bindings, 160-61
biometric authentication, 161
Bipolar-AMI line coding, 701
B-ISDN (broadband ISDN), 161, 183
Bit/Block Error Rate Tester (BERT), 158, 161-62
Bit Error Rate (BER), 158, 162
bit-forwarding devices, 683
bits per second (bps), 162, 179
BizTalk, 162-63, 1246
BizTalk framework, 163-64
BizTalk Server 2000, 164, 829
BlackBerry messaging system, 424
Blackcomb, 164
black holes, 165
BLECs (Building-centric Local Exchange Carriers), 165, 190-91
block coding, 165
blocking, domain, 390-91
Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (BEEP), 157, 165-66
Bluebird platform, 887
Bluecore, 168
blue screen, 166
Bluetooth, 166-70
   architecture, 167-68
   data-link layer protocol, 727
   implementation, 168
   issues, 169
   marketplace, 168-69
   overview, 166-67
   prospects, 169
BNC connectors, 170
B-node, 170-71
bonding, 171-72, 496
boot, 172
boot files, 172
Boot.ini file, 173
   boot-time switches, 173-74
boot loader menu, 173-74
BOOTP (bootstrap protocol), 174, 175-76
boot partition, 174
boot process, 174-75
   cold boot, 172, 264
   control sets, 297
   dual-boot systems, 406
   emergency repair disk, 427
   power-on self test, 936
   safe mode, 1013
   warm boot, 172
Boot ROM environment, 635
Bootsect.dos file, 175
boot-sector virus, 1178
bootstrap protocol (BOOTP), 174, 175-76
boot-time switches, 173-74
boot volume, 176
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), 159, 176-77, 455, 1007
   Exterior BGP, 454
   Interior BGP, 611
border router, 177-78
bottlenecks, 178-79
bounce, 179
BPML (Business Process Modeling Language), 1246
bps (bits per second), 162, 179
breakout box, 180
breakout style cable, 471
BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless), 159, 180
bridgehead server, 181
bridges, 180-81
   Ethernet to FDDI, 469
   remote, 980
   routers compared to, 997
BRI-ISDN, 152-53, 181
broadband, 181
broadband Internet access, 182-83
   cable modems, 200-202
   Digital Subscriber Line, 352-57
   Mobile Broadband System, 782
   M-Services Initiative, 783
broadband ISDN (B-ISDN), 161, 183
broadband network hub (BNH), 201
broadband PCS, 922
broadband transmission, 183-84
broadband wireless communications, 184-85
   advantages/disadvantages, 185
broadband wireless communications,
   IEEE standards, 32
   marketplace, 185
Broadcast and Unknown Server (BUS), 679
broadcast domains, 186
broadcast frames, 186
broadcasting, 186-87, 791, 860, 1140
   Digital Audio Broadcasting, 345-46
broadcast IP address, 642
broadcast packets, 187
broadcast radio transmission, 1230
broadcast storms, 187
brokering, directory, 757
brouters, 188
browse list, 188
browsers, 188. See also Web browsers
   domain master browser, 394
   election process, 417-18
   master browser, 744
   online help feature, 548
browsing, 188-89
   offline, 878-79
BSD UNIX, 189, 1150
BSP (business service provider), 189, 1249
BTTP (Binary Tulloch Transport Protocol), 159-60
buffering, 663
buffer overflow, 540
bugcheck codes, 1068
building-block services, 189-90, 832
Building-centric Local Exchange Car.riers (BLECs), 165, 190-91, 721
built-in accounts, 191-92
built-in domain local groups, 192
built-in global groups, 192, 193
built-in groups, 192-93
built-in identities, 193
bunch-stranded wire, 1074
bursts, 193
bus, 193-95
   overview, 193-94
   prospects, 194-95
business
   B2B commerce, 131-33
   B2C commerce, 134
business,
   bCentral initiative, 155-56
   BizTalk initiative, 162-63
   e-business, 413
   ebXML, 413, 418-19
   electronic data interchange, 419-21
business logic, 195
Business Process Modeling Language (BPML), 1246
business service provider (BSP), 189, 1249
business-to-business (B2B), 131-33, 195
business-to-consumer (B2C), 134, 195, 308
bus networks, 195-96
bus topology, 195-96, 1125

C
C++ programming language, 197
   ANSI C/C++, 87-88
C# programming language, 197-98
C2 security standard, 198-99
C3 architecture, 968
cabinet, 199-200
cabinet (.cab) files, 200
cable modems, 200-202
   advantages/disadvantages, 183
   broadband Internet access via, 182
   DOCSIS standards, 318-19
   IEEE working group, 31
   implementation, 201
   Internet access via, 618
   issues, 202
   marketplace, 201-02
   null modem cable, 872
   overview, 200-201
   telecommuting using, 1106
   troubleshooting, 202
Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), 200, 202, 318
cable pinning, 994
cable runs, 202-03
cables
   CMP, 260
   coaxial, 260-61
   copper, 204-05, 298, 748
   crossover, 303-04
cables,
   drop, 402
   extension, 454
   fiber-optic, 205, 469-73, 799-800
   hoods, 562
   jackets, 656
   multimode fiber-optic, 799-800
   patch, 914-15
   plenum, 927
   PVC, 933
   serial, 1029
   shielded twisted-pair, 1040-41
   thicknet, 1116
   thinnet, 1118
   twinax, 1134-35
   unshielded twisted-pair, 1153-54
cable testers, 203-04, 1115-16
cabling, 204-06
   categories, 218, 219-22
   horizontal, 563-65
   implementation, 205-06
   line drivers, 704-05
   local area network, 720
   opto isolators, 891
   overview, 204-05
   premise, 937-38
   USB, 1148
   wall plates, 1189
CA certificate, 206
cache bus, 194
cache.dns file, 1256
cache poisoning, 333
cache servers, 207-09
caching, 206-10
   active, 208, 951
   array-based, 292
   content, 291-92
   hierarchical, 292
   implementation, 207-08
   issues, 209
   marketplace, 209
   overview, 207
   passive, 208-09, 951
   selective, 68
   types, 208-09
caching appliances, 208
Caching Array Routing Protocol (CARP), 210, 214
caching-only name servers, 210-11, 399
caching proxy, 951
caching service providers (CSPs), 211, 305, 1249
caching software, 208
CAL (client access license), 211, 253
callback, 211-12
Callback Control Protocol (CBCP), 212, 223
call-control applications, 284
campus area network (CAN), 212
campus LANs, 720
CAP (carrierless amplitude and phase modulation), 213, 215-16, 371
capacity, 1097
capture, 213
capture window, 213
Carnivore surveillance system, 213-14
CARP (Caching Array Routing Proto.col), 210, 214
carrierless amplitude and phase modu.lation (CAP), 213, 215-16, 371
carriers, 214-15
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/ CA), 216, 305, 750
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD), 216-17, 305, 750
carrier signal, 217
CAs. See certificate authorities
cascaded-star topology, 217, 1125
cascading style sheets (CSS), 217-18, 306
Cat1 (Category 1) cabling, 219
Cat2 (Category 2) cabling, 219
Cat3 (Category 3) cabling, 219-20
Cat4 (Category 4) cabling, 220
Cat5 (Category 5) cabling, 218, 220- 21, 298
Cat5e (enhanced Category 5) cabling, 218, 433
   testing, 204
Cat6 (Category 6) cabling, 218, 221- 22
Cat7 (Category 7) cabling, 218, 222
catalog, 218-19
   backup, 141-42
   global, 523-24
CATV cabling, 991
CBCP (Callback Control Protocol), 212, 223
CBQ (class-based queuing), 223, 246- 47
CBR (Committed Burst Rate), 498
CBT (Core-Based Trees), 223, 299, 794
CDA (Clinical Document Architec.ture), 1246
CDDI (Copper Distributed Data Inter.face), 223, 298-99
CDE (Common Desktop Environ.ment), 223, 270-71
CDF (Channel Definition Format), 223, 238-39
CDF files, 55, 223-24
CDFS (CD-ROM File System), 224, 225-26
CDMA. See Code Division Multiple Access
CDMA2000, 224-25, 231, 614
cdmaOne, 225, 262
CDN (content delivery network), 225, 292-93
CDO (Collaboration Data Objects), 225, 265
CDP (Content Delivery Provider), 225, 293
CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data), 225, 227-28
CD-ROM File System (CDFS), 224, 225-26
CDSL (Consumer DSL), 226, 290
Cell Delay Variation (CDV), 961
Cell Loss Ratio (CLR), 961
cells
   Asynchronous Transfer Mode, 226- 27
   cellular communications, 227
cell-switched services, 1190
Cell Transfer Decay (CTD), 961
cellular communications, 228-31
   AMPS, 76-78
   cells, 227, 228-29
   generations, 1-4
   history, 229-30
   impact, 231
   issues, 230
cellular communications,
   MTSO, 783-84
   overview, 228-29
   PCS, 922
   prospects, 231
   Short Message Service, 1042
   W-CDMA, 1204-05
Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD), 225, 227-28
central office (CO), 231-32, 260
Centrex, 232-33
certificate authorities (CAs), 199, 233, 955
   digital certificates issued by, 206, 346-47
certificate mapping, 234
certificate request, 234-35
certificate revocation list (CRL), 235, 303, 882
certificates, 233
   client, 234, 253-54
   root, 995
certificate store, 955
Certified Technical Education Centers (CTECs), 235, 306
CGI (Common Gateway Interface), 235, 271-72
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP), 235-36, 241, 711
Challenge/Response Authentication, 234, 236, 871, 1222
Change and Configuration Manage.ment (CCM), 237, 606
channel bank, 237-38
channel bar, 238
Channel Definition Format (CDF), 223, 238-39
   CDF files, 55, 223-24
channelized DS-3, 404, 496-97
channelized T-carrier, 1102
channels
   Active Channel, 237
   Windows Media Player, 239
Channel Service Unit (CSU), 239-40, 306, 348
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU), 240-41, 306
CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authen.tication Protocol), 235-36, 241, 711
character sets
   ANSI, 88
   ASCII, 104-06
chat services, 631
Cheapernet, 6
child domain, 241
cHTML (cellular HTML), 579
CICS (Customer Information Control System), 241, 307
CIDR (classless interdomain routing), 241, 250-51
CIFS (Common Internet File System), 241, 273
CIM (Common Information Model), 241, 272-73, 382
CIM Object Manager (CIMOM), 241- 42, 1218
CIM repository, 1218
CIP (Classical IP), 242, 248-49
CIR (Committed Information Rate), 242, 270, 498
circuit, 242
circuit layer proxy, 242-43
circuit-level gateways, 243, 486, 952
circuit-switched services, 243-45, 1190
   advantages/disadvantages, 244-45
   enhanced, 434
   implementation, 244
   overview, 243-44
   packet switching vs., 907-08
   switched virtual circuits, 1081-82
   uses, 244
circular logging, 245
Cisco Systems
   IOS environment, 635
   Long Reach Ethernet, 729-30
   networking hardware market, 595
   routers, 999
   TACACS security protocol, 1108-09
   VoIP technologies, 1183
Class A networks, 245-46
   subnetting, 1076
Class B networks, 246
   subnetting, 1077
class-based queuing (CBQ), 223, 246-47
Class C networks, 247
   subnetting, 1077
Class D networks, 247
Class E networks, 248
classes
   Active Directory, 60, 245
   framework, 830
   IP address, 642
   LDAP, 698
   MFC, 772-73
classful domains, 248
classful routing protocols, 248, 1006
Classical IP (CIP), 116, 242, 248-49
Classic desktop, 249
Class I/II repeaters, 462
classless domains, 249-50
classless interdomain routing (CIDR), 241, 250-51
classless routing protocols, 251-52, 1006
CLB (Component Load Balancing), 252, 278-79
cleartext authentication, 151-52, 252
ClearType technology, 252
CLECs. See Competitive Local Exchange Carriers
client access license (CAL), 211, 253
client certificates, 233, 234, 253-54
Client for Microsoft Networks, 254, 843
Client for NetWare Networks, 254-55
client impersonation, 980-81
client installation point, 255
clients, 252-53, 835, 843
   Active Directory, 58
   Automation, 126
   Back Orifice, 137-38
   DHCP, 338
   DNS, 384
   HTTP, 579
   Jini, 662
   Kerberos, 668
   mail, 735
   non-WINS, 1224-25
   RADIUS, 978
   Terminal Server, 1112
   thin, 1116-18
   VPN, 1175
   WAP, 1228
clients,
   WINS, 1224
   X Window System, 1250
client/server extranets, 456
client/server mail systems, 735-36
client/server model, 255
Client Services for NetWare (CSNW), 256, 305, 843
client-side scripting, 1016
Clinical Document Architecture (CDA), 1246
clocks, synchronizing, 859-60
cloning (disk imaging), 373
clouds, 256-57
   frame relay, 502-03
cluster, 257
cluster-aware application, 257
clustering, 257-59
   failback, 459
   failover, 459-60
   heartbeat interface, 547
   marketplace, 259
   overview, 258-59
CMAK (Connection Manager Admin.istration Kit), 259, 286
CMP cabling, 260
CN (connected network), 260, 285
CNAME record, 260
CNRP (Common Name Resolution Protocol), 260, 273-74
CO (central office), 231-32, 260
coax, 260
coaxial cabling, 260-61, 298, 748, 991
   terminators, 1113
   thick coax, 1116
   thin coax, 1118
   twinax, 1134-35
coaxial multiplexer, 802
codecs, 261
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), 224, 230, 261-63, 922
   architecture, 262
   CDMA2000 upgrade, 224-25
   cdmaOne system, 225
   marketplace, 262
   overview, 261-62
Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (COFDM), 263, 264
code-operated switch, 263-64, 978, 1079
coding
   block, 165
   line, 701-03
   Manchester, 740-41
COFDM (Coded Orthogonal Fre.quency Division Multiplexing), 263, 264
cold boot, 172, 264
Cold Fusion, 265
Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), 225, 265
collapsed backbones, 134, 135, 265-66
collision domains, 186, 266
collisions, 266
   late, 681-82
colocated hosting, 1195
colocation centers, 215
COM. See Component Object Model
COM+, 267
COM component object, 267-68
command interpreter, 269, 772
command line, 269
command prompt, 269
commands, 268
   ARP, 103
   attrib, 119
   batch, 154-55
   DML, 318
   grep, 531
   IOS, 635-36
   ipconfig, 643-44, 734
   logon, 728
   MS-DOS, 771-72
   Net, 828-29
   Rcp, 969
   Rexec, 990
   Rsh, 1010
   UNIX, 1151-53
   Windows, 1212-14
comma-separated values (.csv) file, 306
Commerce Server 2000, 270, 830
commercial service providers (CSPs), 270, 306, 1249
Committed Burst Rate (CBR), 498
Committed Information Rate (CIR), 242, 270, 498
Common Application Service Ele.ments (CASE), 96
Common Desktop Environment (CDE), 223, 270-71
Common Gateway Interface (CGI), 235, 271-72
Common Information Model (CIM), 241, 272-73, 382
Common Internet File System (CIFS), 241, 273
Common Language Runtime (CLR), 830
Common Name Resolution Protocol (CNRP), 260, 273-74
Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), 274, 299
   C# programming language and, 198
   Internet Inter-Orb Protocol and, 626
common schema, 273
communications
   bidirectional, 584-85
   broadband wireless, 184-85
   cellular, 228-31
   duplex, 406
   interprocess, 637
   latency issues, 682-83
   simplex, 1047
communities, 275
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), 252, 275-77, 721
   advantages/disadvantages, 275-76
   EtherLEC, 441
   ILECs and, 275-77, 590
   implementation, 276-77
   line sharing, 708
   marketplace, 277
   overview, 275
   prospects, 277
   RBOCs and, 974
complete trust model, 278, 395
component deployment tools, 197
Component Load Balancing (CLB), 252, 259, 278-79
Component Object Model (COM), 267, 279-81
   Active Directory Service Interfaces, 60-61
   Active X technology, 65-66
   Automation server, 127
Component Object Model (COM),
   COM+ extension, 267
   component object, 267-68
   globally unique identifiers, 526
   history, 280
   implementation, 280
   overview, 279-80
compound devices, 1148
CompTIA (Computer Technology Industry Association), 39, 281, 284
compulsory tunneling, 932
computer accounts, 51, 281
Computer Browser service, 188, 281- 83
Computer Management console, 283
computer names, 283
computer objects, 1025
computers
   handheld, 542
   mainframe, 736-37
Computer Technology Industry Asso.ciation (CompTIA), 39, 281, 284
computer-telephony integration (CTI), 284, 306
COMTI (COM Transaction Integra.tor), 284
COM Transaction Integrator (COMTI), 284
concentric-stranded wire, 1074
Concept virus, 1178
concurrency, 285
conditional processing symbols, 1213
Conference of European Posts and Telegraphs (CEPT), 527
conferencing standards, 1095-96
Config.sys file, 772
configuration
   Last Known Good, 681
   MS-DOS commands, 1212
   OS/2 commands, 1213
congestion, 1002
connected network (CN), 260, 285
connection, 285
connectionless protocols, 285-86, 858
Connection Manager (CM), 124
Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK), 259, 286
connection-oriented protocols, 286, 858
connection pooling, 287
connectivity server, 287
Connector for Lotus cc:Mail, 289, 290
Connector for Lotus Notes, 289, 290
connectors (device), 287-89
   AUI, 121-22
   BNC, 170
   DB, 323
   gender changers, 513-14
   IEEE 1284 interface, 584-85
   media converters, 750-51
   RJ, 993-94
   SC/ST, 1016-17
   Y-, 1252
connectors (Exchange Server), 289-90
consoles
   DHCP, 339
   DNS, 384-85
   Microsoft Management Console, 773-74
Constant Access Mode (CAM), 31
Constant Bit Rate (CBR), 112, 962
consulting, Microsoft, 767
Consumer DSL (CDSL), 226, 290
containers
   Active Directory, 290, 875
   Exchange Server directory, 364
   Group Policy, 535
   Microsoft Management Console, 290
   NTFS file system, 290-91
Content Advisor, 291
Content Analyzer, 291
content caching, 291-92
content delivery network (CDN), 225, 292-93
Content Delivery Provider (CDP), 225, 293
content filters, 294
contention, 294
Content Management Server 2001, 830
content ratings, 294
content service providers (CSPs), 1249
CONTROL.INI file, 596
control messages, 294-95
control objects, 670
Control Panel, 295-96
   Accessibility Options, 45-46
   System utility, 441
control sets, 297
convergence, 297, 1180
Convergence Sublayer (CS), 117
converters
   interface, 609-10
   media, 750-51
   protocol, 948-49
cookies, 297-98
cooperative multitasking, 809
copper cabling, 204-05, 298, 748
   test equipment, 1115
Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI), 223, 298-99, 467
copper DSL, 182, 183
copy backups, 145, 299
copying files, 299
CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture), 198, 274, 299
Core-Based Trees (CBT), 223, 299, 794
core level, 846
core schema, 273
corporate firewalls, 484
cost of media, 1097
counters, 300
country codes, 300-302
couplers, 302
Covisint, 132-33
CPE. See customer premises equip.ment
CRC (cyclical redundancy check), 302, 308
Creator Owner system group, 302
credentials, 302-03
crimpers, 303
CRL (certificate revocation list), 235, 303
CRM (Customer Relationship Manage.ment), 303, 308
cross joins, 663
crossover cables, 303-04
crosstalk, 304
   far-end, 821
   near-end, 820-21
CryptoAPI, 304
Cryptographic Message Syntax Stan.dard, 304-05, 925
cryptography, 305, 430. See also encryption
   keys used in, 673
   message digest algorithms, 755
   NIST standards, 819
   PKCS standards, 925-26
   public key, 953-54
CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoid.ance), 216, 305
CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detec.tion), 216-17, 305
CSNW (Client Services for NetWare), 160, 256, 305
CSPs (caching service providers), 211, 305, 1249
CSPs (commercial service providers), 270, 306, 1249
CSPs (content service providers), 1249
CSS (cascading style sheets), 217-18, 306
CSU (Channel Service Unit), 239-40, 306, 348
CSU/DSU (Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit), 240-41, 306
.csv file, 306
CTECs (Certified Technical Education Centers), 235, 306
CTI (computer-telephony integration), 284, 306
Ctrl+Alt+Delete sequence, 306, 1018
custom authentication, 307
Customer Information Control System (CICS), 241, 307
customer premises, 307
customer premises equipment (CPE), 302, 307-08
   bonding, 171-72
   VPN implementation, 1175
Customer Relationship Management (CRM), 303, 308
custom recipients, 308
custom subnet mask, 1075
cut-through switches, 447, 689-90
CXML schema, 1246
cyclical redundancy check (CRC), 302, 308


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