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Glossary
GL-4
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December 1998
Virtual terminal protocol in the Internet suite of protocols. Allows the user of one host
computer to log into a remote host computer and interact as a normal terminal user for that
host.
Trivial File Transfer application. A standard TCP/IP protocol that allows simple file transfer
to and from a remote system without directory or file listing. TFTP is used where FTP is
not available.
Transmit Data. Pin 2 of the EIA-232 interface that is used by the DTE to transmit data to
the modem. Conversely, the modem uses Pin 2 to receive data from the DTE.
An operating system developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories and since used as the basis of
similar operating systems.
An ITU-T standard for a high-speed, 34-position, DCE/DTE interface.
Wide Area Network. A network that spans a large geographic area.
A random bit test 511 bytes in length.
Telnet
TFTP
TXD
UNIX
V.35
WA N
511