Network Glossary
Browse 5 network terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
5 Network Terms
- Flywheel
- A self-reinforcing business cycle where each component accelerates the next. Amazon's flywheel: more customers → more sellers → more selection → lower prices →...
- Ping
- 1. A network utility that sends ICMP echo requests to test connectivity and measure latency. Named after sonar. 2. In office slang: to send someone a message,...
- Rubber Duck DNS
- Rubber Duck DNS is a humorous tech community concept combining two beloved debugging traditions: rubber duck debugging (explaining your problem to a rubber...
- VPN
- VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a technology that creates an encrypted tunnel between your device and a remote server, routing your internet traffic...
- Wireshark
- The world's most widely used network protocol analyzer, allowing users to capture and interactively inspect network traffic down to the individual packet...
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