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        Some Terms | 
    
	| LAN |  Local Area Network | 
    | TCP |  Transmission Control Protocol (Connection Based) | 
    | IP |  Internet Protocol | 
    | UDP |  User Datagram Protocol(connectionless, no handshake)  Uses - VOIP, Streaming, gaming | 
    | MAC |   Media Access Control -Unique address to a NIC card | 
	| NIC |  Network Interface Card | 
	| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - Assigns IP addresses  | 
	| DNS |  Domain Name Service - URL to IP (logical) Address - Name (URL) to number (IP) | 
    | ARP |  Address Resolution Prototcol - IP to MAC on LAN | 
    | ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |  
    | IGMP |  Internet Group Management Protocol | 
    | TTL | Time To Live - epressed in seconds - The amount of time the information is considered valid |  | 
    | NOS | Network Operating System | 
    | POE | Power Over Ethernet - Acomplished with a specialized swich (based on what I know) | 
    Forward Lookup | Input: Nme (URL)   Output: Ip Address  | 
       
    Reverse Lookup | Input: Ip Address  Output: Name (URL)  | 
    
     | APIPA | Automatic Private IP Addressing - Computer does this when it can't contact a DHCP server   IP address 196.254.x.y | 
    
    
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           Commands
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    | ipconfig | 
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        Release - terminates a "lease" on an IP address granted by ?DHCP? | 
    
    
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        /Renew - extend the lease on an IP Address - usually done about 1/2 way in on a lease term (period) | 
    
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           Security
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	| MAC | Madatory Access Control | 
    | MFA | Multi Factor Authententification  Example - Getting a text with a code to enter on a web page | 
	| CDP | Continious Data Protection | 
    
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    | SOAP | Simple Object Accesss Protocol | 
    | REST | Representational State Transfer | 
    | API | Application Programming Interface | 
    
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            Backup
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     | NAS |  Network Attached Storage | 
     | DAS |  Direct Attached Storage (Machine Local Devices) | 
     | SMB |  Server Message Block - Windows, works with Windows Services - allows multiple clients to share the same resource | 
     | NFS |  Network File System - Mostly used in Unix and trnux | 
     | CA |  Continuously Available | 
     | CDP |  Continious Data Protection | 
     | SOBR |  Scale Out Backup Repository |