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devices. Workstations, single-attach stations, dual-
attach stations, and concentrators are FDDI stations.
Subnet mask In TCP/IP, the bits used to create the subnet are called
the subnet mask.
T
(TCP/IP) Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is a
widely used transport protocol that connects diverse
computers of various transmission methods. It was
developed y the Department of Defense to connect
different computer types and led to the development of
the Internet.
Transceiver A transceiver joins two network segments together.
Transceivers can also be used to join a segment that
uses one medium to a segment that uses a different
medium. On a 10BASE-5 network, the transceiver
connects the network adapter or other network device
to the medium. Transceivers also can be used on
10BASE-2 or 10BASE-T networks to attach devices
with AUI ports.
U
UDP The User Datagram Protocol is a connectionless
protocol that resides above IP in the TCP/IP suite
ULP The upper-layer protocol refers to Application Layer
protocols such as FTP,SNMP, and SMTP.