InformationDesign-Assignment#4

Network Keyterm - 1

**Access point**
Term used to describe a location of a wireless receiver that enables a user with wireless access to connect to a network and/or the Internet. This term is used to describe Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices.

Source: http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/accepoin.htm

**ADSL**
Short for Asymmetric DSL, ADSL is called Asymmetric because of its two-way bandwidth devoted to the downstream and a small section devoted to upstream transfer allowing for users to get a much higher download transfer rate, rates up to 6.1 megabits per second

Source: http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/adsl.htm

**Agent**
1. In computer networking, an agent is a part of the system that prepares information for the server or client.
2.A software program or script used to perform a specific task.

Source: http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/agent.htm

**Aloha**
Protocol for satellite and terrestrial radio transmissions. In pure Aloha, a user can transmit at any time but risks collisions with other users' messages. Slotted Aloha reduces the chance of collisions by dividing the channel into time slots and requiring that the user send only at the beginning of a time slot. Aloha was the basis for Ethernet, a local area network protocol

Source: http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/aloha.htm

**Anonymous**
Term used to describe an individual or computer that cannot be identified.
Additional information about being anonymous on the Internet can be found on document CH000982

Source: http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/anonymou.htm