Glossary of Internet terms. Underlined orange links point to terms within this Glossary.

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1. TCP/IP
   
   
2. TELNET
   
   
3. Terabyte
   
   
4. Traceroute
   
   
5. Traffic
   
   

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1. TCP/IP
   
   Acronym for : Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) on top of the Internet Protocol (IP). Protocols developed by DARPA for the provision of communication between different types of networked computers. Internet Protocol is a connectionless protocol providing packet routing. TCP is connection-oriented providing reliable communication and multiplexing.
   
   
   

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2. TELNET
   
   Terminal emulation protocol that lets a user log in to remote computers on the Internet. telnet clients use a command line interface and run on the TCP/IP protocol.
   
   
   

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3. Terabyte
   
   A chunk of data equal to 1024 gigabytes. See also Bit, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte
   
   
   

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4. Traceroute
   
   A way of tracing hops between the local and remote, networked computer.
   
   
   

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5. Traffic
   
   Refers to the collective number or amount of visitors a website receives. See also hits.
   
   
   

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