Storage area network

In computing, a storage area network (SAN) is an architecture to attach remote computer storage devices (such as disk arrays, tape libraries and optical jukeboxes) to servers in such a way that, to the operating system, the devices appear as locally attached

FRI 18 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Extensible Authentication Protocol(EAP)

It is a universal authentication framework frequently used in wireless networks and Point-to-Point connections. It is defined by RFC 3748

MON 30 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Cross-site tracing

It s a network security vulnerability exploiting the HTTP TRACE method

FRI 06 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

virtual private server

It is a method of partitioning a physical server computer into multiple servers such that each has the appearance and capabilities of running on its own dedicated machine.

MON 02 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Virtual private network

It is a computer network in which some of the links between nodes are carried by open connections or virtual circuits in some larger network (e.g., the Internet) instead of by physical wires.

FRI 30 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

virtual private LAN service

It is a way to provide Ethernet based multipoint to multipoint communication over IP/MPLS networks. It allows geographically dispersed sites to share an Ethernet broadcast domain by connecting sites through pseudo-wires.

THU 29 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

virtual network computing

In computing, Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system which uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer

MON 26 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

virtual area network

A virtual LAN, commonly known as a VLAN, is a group of hosts with a common set of requirements that communicate as if they were attached to the same wire, regardless of their physical location.

THU 08 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Virtual circuit (VC)

In telecommunications and computer networks, a virtual circuit (VC), synonymous to virtual connection and virtual channel, is a connection oriented communication service that is delivered by means of packet mode communication

FRI 02 MAY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

PVM

The Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) is a software tool for parallel networking of computers

WED 23 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary