Networking Glossary

Browse 199 networking terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

199 Networking Terms

Amplification Attack
A denial-of-service technique that sends small spoofed requests to services which reply with much larger responses toward the victim, multiplying attack...
Anycast
A network addressing method where the same IP address is advertised from multiple locations worldwide. Traffic is automatically routed to the nearest (by BGP...
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol — a Layer 2 protocol that maps IP addresses to MAC (hardware) addresses on a local network. When a device needs to send a packet to...
ARPANET
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network — the first wide-area packet-switching network and direct precursor to the modern internet. Launched in 1969...
Backoff
A retry strategy where the delay between attempts increases (typically exponentially) after each failure. Prevents overwhelming a recovering service with a...
BBS
Bulletin Board System — a computer server that users could dial into via modem to exchange messages, share files, and play text-based games. BBSes were the...
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol — the routing protocol that glues the internet together by enabling autonomous systems (ISPs, cloud providers, enterprises) to exchange...
BGP hijacking
An attack where a malicious or misconfigured network announces ownership of IP address blocks it does not control, causing internet traffic destined for those...
Binary Protocol
A communication protocol that encodes messages as binary structures instead of human-readable text. Binary protocols often trade easier debugging for better...
Broadcast
A communication pattern where one sender delivers the same message or signal to multiple recipients instead of to a single consumer. Broadcast behavior appears...
Bulletin Board System
An early online system users dialed into to post messages, share files, and participate in discussion communities.
CIDR
Classless Inter-Domain Routing — a method of allocating IP addresses and routing that replaced the wasteful Class A/B/C system. CIDR notation (e.g.,...
Cilium
A cloud-native networking, security, and observability project built heavily around eBPF, often used in Kubernetes environments.
Client
A piece of hardware or software that requests services or resources from a server. In client-server architecture, the client initiates communication and...
Cloud Gateway
A gateway component in a cloud environment that routes, secures, or transforms traffic between clients, services, or external networks and cloud-hosted...
Cloud Networking
The design and operation of network connectivity inside and around cloud environments, including virtual networks, subnets, routing, load balancers, gateways,...
Cloud VPN
A VPN connection or managed service used to link cloud networks with other environments such as offices, datacenters, or user devices. Cloud VPNs are commonly...
CNI Security
Security concerns and controls related to container networking interfaces, especially in orchestrated environments such as Kubernetes. CNI security affects...
Coffee Chat
An informal one-on-one or small-group conversation, often framed around coffee, used for networking, mentoring, relationship building, or low-pressure...
Communication Layer
The part of a system responsible for sending, receiving, or abstracting communication between components, services, or clients. A communication layer typically...
Communication Protocol
A Communication Protocol is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make...
Community Event
An event organized for a community such as users, developers, contributors, or local tech groups, often focused on learning, networking, or belonging....
Connection
An established communication link between a client and a server, process and resource, or one system and another. Connections may be persistent or short-lived,...
Connection Handler
A component or function responsible for establishing, managing, and reacting to the lifecycle of a connection. Connection handlers commonly process events such...
Connection Manager
A Connection Manager is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
Connection String
A Connection String is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
Connection Timeout
The maximum time a client or system will wait for a connection attempt to succeed before treating it as failed. Connection timeouts are distinct from read or...
Consul
A service networking and discovery tool used for service registration, health checking, and configuration in distributed systems.
Container Port
A network port exposed or listened to by a process running inside a container. Container ports are often mapped or routed differently at the platform level, so...
Conversation Starter
A topic, question, or prompt used to begin a conversation more easily. In workplace and community settings, good conversation starters reduce awkwardness and...
CoreDNS
A flexible DNS server widely used in cloud-native environments, especially as Kubernetes' cluster DNS service.
cURL
A command-line tool and library for making network requests across many protocols, especially HTTP APIs.
Custom Protocol
A communication protocol designed for a specific application or environment rather than using a standard protocol unchanged. Custom protocols can optimize for...
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol — the protocol that automatically assigns IP addresses and network settings to devices when they join a network. Without...
dial-up
A method of connecting to the internet by using a modem to place a telephone call to an ISP's access number. Characterized by the iconic handshake screech,...
DNS
DNS, or Domain Name System, is the hierarchical naming system that translates human-readable domain names (like google.com) into the numeric IP addresses that...
DNS Propagation
The time it takes for DNS changes to spread across all recursive resolvers worldwide. Controlled by the TTL (Time to Live) of the record -- resolvers cache...
DNS Record Types
The different types of entries in the Domain Name System: A (IPv4 address), AAAA (IPv6), CNAME (alias to another domain), MX (mail server), TXT (text data --...
DNS resolver
A server that translates human-readable domain names into IP addresses by recursively querying the DNS hierarchy. When you type a URL, your resolver (often...
Domain
In domain-driven design, the subject area or business problem a software system addresses. In networking, a human-readable address (e.g., example.com) that...
DTLS
DTLS is a transport-layer security protocol adapted for datagram traffic such as UDP-based voice, video, and tunnel traffic. Security teams use it to enforce...
Dynamic Proxy
A Dynamic Proxy is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
EAP
EAP is an authentication framework used on network access links such as Wi-Fi, VPN, and 802.1X environments. Security teams use it to enforce trust, reduce...
Egress
Data transferred out of a cloud provider's network to the internet or another region. Cloud providers typically charge for egress but not ingress, making it...
Encryption in Transit
Encryption in Transit is cryptographic protection applied to data moving across networks to reduce interception and tampering risk. Security teams use it to...
endianness
The order in which bytes of a multi-byte value are stored in memory or transmitted over a network. Big-endian stores the most significant byte first (like...
Endianness
The byte order used to store multi-byte values in memory. Big-endian stores the most significant byte first (like reading left-to-right); little-endian stores...
Envoy Proxy
A high-performance open-source proxy widely used for service meshes, edge routing, and observability in distributed systems.
Epoll
A Linux I/O event notification mechanism that efficiently monitors thousands of file descriptors for readiness events. Unlike poll/select (which scan all...
Exfiltration Channel
Exfiltration Channel is a path or protocol used to move stolen data out of a controlled environment. Security teams use it to enforce trust, reduce exposure,...
Fire and Forget
An action pattern where a message, task, or request is sent without waiting for confirmation or a direct response. It can be efficient, but it also shifts...
Fragment Attack
An attack that abuses IP packet fragmentation to evade inspection, confuse reassembly behavior, or trigger bugs in network stacks and firewalls. Fragment...
Frame Injection
The insertion of unauthorized protocol frames into a communication stream, commonly in wireless networks where management or data frames can be spoofed or...
FTP
FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is a standard network protocol used for transferring files between a client and a server over a TCP/IP network. Developed in...
Git Protocol
The communication protocol or protocols used by Git to transfer repository data between clients and servers. In practical culture, discussions of the Git...
Handshake
A Handshake is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier to...
HAProxy
A high-performance load balancer and proxy commonly used to distribute traffic and terminate connections for backend services.
HTTP
HTTP, or HyperText Transfer Protocol, is the application-layer protocol that powers the World Wide Web. It defines how clients (typically web browsers) and...
HTTP Cache
A HTTP Cache is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
HTTP Client
A HTTP Client is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
HTTP Connection
A HTTP Connection is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
HTTP Cookie
A HTTP Cookie is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
HTTP Header
A HTTP Header is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
HTTP Method
A HTTP Method is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
HTTP Middleware
A HTTP Middleware is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
HTTP Proxy
A HTTP Proxy is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
HTTP Redirect
A HTTP Redirect is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
HTTP Request
A HTTP Request is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
HTTP Response
A HTTP Response is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
HTTP Router
A HTTP Router is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
HTTP Server
A HTTP Server is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code easier...
HTTP Status Code
A HTTP Status Code is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
HTTP Streaming
A HTTP Streaming is a development concept used to shape how software is built, executed, or maintained in real systems. Developers rely on it to make code...
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol — a network protocol used for diagnostic and error-reporting purposes. ICMP is the backbone of tools like ping and...
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol — a protocol for retrieving and managing email on a remote server. Unlike POP3, IMAP keeps messages on the server and supports...
IPSec
IPSec is a suite of protocols that authenticates and encrypts IP traffic, commonly for site-to-site or remote-access VPNs. Security teams use it to enforce...
IPv4
The fourth version of the Internet Protocol, which uses 32-bit addresses written in dotted-decimal form such as 192.0.2.1. Its limited address space led to...
IPv6
The successor to IPv4, using 128-bit addresses written in hexadecimal groups such as 2001:db8::1. It vastly expands address space and includes protocol-level...
LAN Party
A gathering where people bring their computers to the same location and connect them over a local area network for multiplayer gaming, file sharing, or social...
Latency
The time delay between a request and its response. In networking, it's the round-trip time for a packet. In user experience, it's the time between click and...
Latency vs Throughput
Two often-confused performance metrics: latency is the time for a single operation to complete (measured in ms), while throughput is the number of operations...
Linkerd
A lightweight open-source service mesh focused on secure service-to-service communication and observability.
LLM Proxy
A proxy service that sits between applications and large language models to add routing, logging, caching, security, or compatibility layers. An LLM proxy can...
Load Balancer
A load balancer is a device or piece of software that distributes incoming network traffic across multiple servers to ensure no single server becomes...
Localhost
The hostname that refers to the current machine — resolves to 127.0.0.1 (IPv4) or ::1 (IPv6). Every developer's first server. 'It works on localhost' is both a...
Long Poll
A web communication technique where the client opens a request that the server holds until new data is available, then reconnects to wait again. It predates...
Loopback Attack
An attack that abuses access to the local loopback interface, such as `127.0.0.1`, to reach services that were assumed to be accessible only from the same...
mDNS
Multicast DNS — a protocol that resolves hostnames to IP addresses on local networks without a DNS server. Devices announce themselves as name.local and...
Media Access Control
The data-link layer mechanism and addressing scheme used to identify network interfaces on local networks, commonly abbreviated MAC in Ethernet and Wi-Fi...
Mesh VPN
A VPN model in which devices establish direct or selectively routed encrypted connections to one another within a managed overlay network rather than all...
Message Protocol
A set of rules governing how messages are framed, sequenced, acknowledged, and error-handled between communicating parties. Encompasses both the wire format...
Middle Box
A network device or service that sits between endpoints and modifies, filters, caches, proxies, or inspects traffic rather than simply forwarding it...
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit — the largest packet size (in bytes) that a network interface can transmit without fragmentation. Ethernet's standard MTU is 1500...
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit — the largest packet size (in bytes) that a network link can transmit without fragmentation. Standard Ethernet MTU is 1500 bytes....
Multi-Hop
Involving multiple sequential network relays, tunnels, or pivot points between origin and destination rather than a single direct path. In security, multi-hop...
Multiplexing
The technique of combining multiple independent signals or data streams over a single shared channel — in networking, HTTP/2 multiplexes many request/response...
NAT
Network Address Translation — a technique where a router modifies IP addresses in packet headers to map between private (internal) and public (internet-facing)...
NAT Security
The security implications and controls associated with network address translation, including how internal addresses are hidden, how sessions are tracked, and...
NAT Traversal
Techniques for establishing direct connections between devices that are behind NAT (Network Address Translation) routers. Methods include STUN (discovering...
Negotiation
The process by which two communicating parties agree on parameters for their exchange — in HTTP, content negotiation uses `Accept`, `Accept-Language`, and...
Netty
An asynchronous, event-driven network application framework for the JVM that provides a high-performance, non-blocking I/O pipeline for building protocol...
Network Interface
A hardware or virtual endpoint through which a host connects to a network, identified by a name (e.g., `eth0`, `wlan0`, `lo`) and configured with IP addresses,...
Network Layer
Layer 3 of the OSI model, responsible for logical addressing (IP addresses) and routing packets across interconnected networks — implemented primarily by the...
Network Protocol
A formal specification of rules governing the format, sequencing, and error handling of data exchanged between networked systems — examples span every layer...
Network Stack
The layered set of protocols and software components in an operating system that processes network traffic — from the NIC driver and IP layer through TCP/UDP...
NFS
Network File System — a distributed filesystem protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems that allows a client machine to access files over a network as...
Non-Blocking IO
An I/O model in which system calls like `read()` and `write()` return immediately — either with available data or an EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCK status — instead of...
On the Wire
In actual transmission or visible in real traffic rather than in theory or static code. In engineering slang, what happens on the wire often matters more than...
OpenVPN
OpenVPN is a VPN system that creates encrypted tunnels over IP networks using TLS-based key exchange and configuration profiles. Security teams use it to...
OpenWrt
An open-source Linux-based operating system for routers and embedded networking devices. In networking culture, OpenWrt is valued for turning commodity...
OPNsense
An open-source firewall and routing platform used for network security and gateway management.
OSI Model
A seven-layer conceptual model for understanding network communication: Physical (1), Data Link (2), Network (3), Transport (4), Session (5), Presentation (6),...
packet
A formatted unit of data transmitted across a network, containing both a header (with source/destination addresses, sequence numbers, and protocol information)...
Packet Capture
A network or infrastructure security concept involving packet capture and the protection or inspection of traffic and services. It shows up in application...
Packet Filter
A filtering mechanism that makes allow-or-deny decisions based on packet-level properties such as source, destination, protocol, and port rather than full...
Packet Injection
The insertion of crafted packets into a network flow or medium to disrupt communications, spoof traffic, exploit protocol behavior, or trigger device...
Packet Loss
The failure of one or more network packets to reach their destination, caused by congestion, faulty hardware, signal degradation, or deliberate QoS dropping....
Packet Replay
The retransmission of previously captured packets or messages in order to repeat, confuse, or bypass a protocol exchange. Packet replay is effective when the...
Packet Sniffing
A network or infrastructure security concept involving packet sniffing and the protection or inspection of traffic and services. It shows up in application...
Packet Spoofing
The crafting of network packets with falsified source or other header fields to disguise origin, bypass simple trust assumptions, or aid reflection and evasion...
peering
An arrangement between two networks (typically ISPs or content providers) to exchange traffic directly rather than paying a third-party transit provider....
Peer-to-Peer
A network architecture in which each node (peer) acts as both client and server, communicating directly with other peers without relying on a central...
Ping of Death
A classic network attack that used oversized or malformed IP fragments to create an illegal reassembled packet, crashing or destabilizing vulnerable systems...
Point-to-Point VPN
A VPN connection established directly between two endpoints or sites to create a secure encrypted link over an untrusted network. Point-to-point VPNs are...
Pong
The response message sent back after receiving a ping, used in network protocols (ICMP, WebSocket, IRC) to confirm that a connection is alive and measure...
Port
A 16-bit number (0–65535) that identifies a specific process or service on a networked host, used by TCP and UDP to multiplex connections over a single IP...
Port 443
The well-known TCP port commonly used for HTTPS and other TLS-protected web traffic. In security operations, references to port 443 often matter because many...
Port 80
The well-known TCP port traditionally used for unencrypted HTTP web traffic. From a security perspective, port 80 is often associated with redirecting users to...
Port Binding
The practice of a service binding to a network port to listen for incoming requests, making itself available as a self-contained, externally accessible...
Port Forwarding
The redirection of traffic arriving on one port to a different internal host, service, or port, often through a router, firewall, SSH tunnel, or NAT device....
Private Network
A network that is not directly exposed to the public internet and is intended for internal or restricted communication. A private network is not automatically...
Protocol
A set of rules governing communication between systems. In networking, protocols like HTTP, TCP, and WebSocket define how data is formatted and transmitted. In...
Protocol Vulnerability
A weakness in a protocol's design or implementation that can be exploited to bypass trust, leak data, disrupt service, or manipulate communications. Protocol...
Proxy
A proxy is an intermediary that sits between a client and a target resource, forwarding requests on the client's behalf while optionally adding functionality....
Proxy Chain
A network or infrastructure security concept involving proxy chain and the protection or inspection of traffic and services. It shows up in application...
Proxy Server
A server that acts as an intermediary for network requests between clients and destination servers. A forward proxy acts on behalf of clients (hiding their...
Public Network
A network environment that is broadly accessible and not under the exclusive control of the organization using it, such as the public internet or shared Wi-Fi....
QUIC
A transport protocol built on UDP that provides the reliability of TCP with faster connection setup, built-in encryption (TLS 1.3), and multiplexed streams...
Redis Pipeline
A technique for sending multiple Redis commands to the server in a single batch without waiting for each individual reply, dramatically reducing round-trip...
Reflected Attack
An attack that causes a target's own input or a third-party service's response to be sent back in a way that harms the victim, as in reflected XSS or...
Remote Procedure Call
A communication protocol that allows a program to invoke a function on a remote server as if it were a local call, with a client stub marshalling arguments...
Remoting
A programming paradigm that allows objects or methods to be invoked across process or machine boundaries as if they were local, abstracting away network...
Rendezvous
A synchronization point where two or more processes, threads, or network peers meet to exchange data or coordinate before proceeding independently.
Request
A message sent from a client to a server asking it to perform an action — in HTTP, composed of a method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.), a URL, headers, and an...
Request-Response
A communication pattern in which a client sends a single request and synchronously waits for a single response from the server, forming a paired exchange. HTTP...
Response
A message sent from a server back to a client in answer to a request — in HTTP, composed of a status code (200, 404, 500, etc.), headers (Content-Type,...
Restricted Network
A network segment with tight access controls, limited connectivity, and stricter usage rules than general-purpose internal networks. Restricted networks are...
Reverse DNS
A DNS lookup that maps an IP address back to a hostname using PTR records instead of resolving a hostname to an IP. Reverse DNS is useful in logging,...
reverse proxy
A server that sits in front of one or more backend servers and forwards client requests to them, appearing to the client as the origin server. Reverse proxies...
Router
In networking, a device that forwards packets between networks by examining destination IP addresses and consulting a routing table. In web development, a...
RPC
RPC, or Remote Procedure Call, is a communication protocol that allows a program to execute a function or procedure on a remote server as if it were a local...
Rubber Banding
Rubber Banding in software and gaming refers to an effect where movement or progress appears to snap back to a previous position, as if attached to an elastic...
Rubber Banding
In gaming and real-time applications, the visible effect of network latency compensation — an object appears to jump back to a previous position when the...
Samba
Open-source software that provides SMB/CIFS file and print services, especially for interoperability with Windows networks.
Scapy
A Python packet crafting and analysis tool widely used for network testing, fuzzing, and traffic inspection. It shows up in application security, identity,...
Select
A system call (or its language-level equivalent like Go's `select`) that monitors multiple file descriptors or channels and blocks until one or more become...
Serialization
The process of converting an in-memory data structure or object graph into a linear byte or text format (JSON, Protobuf, MessagePack, etc.) so it can be stored...
Server
A computer or software process that listens for and responds to requests from clients over a network, providing services such as web pages, API responses,...
Server Push
A mechanism in which the server proactively sends resources to the client before the client requests them — originally an HTTP/2 feature (PUSH_PROMISE) for...
Service Discovery
The mechanism by which services in a distributed system automatically find and connect to each other without hardcoded addresses. Can be client-side (Consul,...
service mesh
A dedicated infrastructure layer that handles service-to-service communication in microservice architectures, implemented as a network of lightweight proxies...
Service Mesh
A dedicated infrastructure layer for managing service-to-service communication in a microservice architecture, handling load balancing, encryption,...
Short Polling
A client-side technique where the browser or application repeatedly sends HTTP requests to the server at fixed intervals (e.g., every 2 seconds) to check for...
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol — the standard protocol for sending email across the internet. SMTP handles outbound delivery between mail servers on port 25 (or...
Sneakernet
A humorous term for physically transporting data on storage media by walking it from one machine or location to another instead of sending it over a network....
SNI
Server Name Indication -- a TLS extension that lets the client specify which hostname it's connecting to during the handshake, before encryption begins....
Snort
An open-source intrusion detection and prevention system that matches network traffic against protocol and attack rules. It shows up in application security,...
Socket
A software endpoint for bidirectional communication between two processes, identified by an IP address and port number for network sockets (TCP/UDP) or a...
Socket Pool
A cache of pre-established, reusable network socket connections maintained by an HTTP client or application to avoid the overhead of repeated TCP handshakes...
subnet
A logical subdivision of an IP network, created by applying a subnet mask to partition a larger address space into smaller, isolated segments. Subnetting...
Suricata
An open-source intrusion detection and network security monitoring engine.
Tailscale
A mesh VPN product built on WireGuard concepts, popular for simple secure connectivity between devices and services.
TCP
TCP, or Transmission Control Protocol, is a connection-oriented transport protocol that provides reliable, ordered delivery of data between applications over...
TCP/IP
The foundational protocol suite of the internet, consisting of TCP (reliable, ordered delivery) and IP (addressing and routing). The four-layer TCP/IP model...
TCP Tears
A joking phrase for the pain caused by subtle network issues, connection states, and transport-level debugging. In engineering slang, TCP tears are what you...
Tech Conference
A conference focused on technology topics such as software engineering, infrastructure, startups, security, or product design. Tech conferences combine...
Tech Meetup
A smaller, usually local gathering where people interested in technology share talks, demos, discussions, or networking around a topic, language, or ecosystem....
Telemetry Security
A network or infrastructure security concept involving telemetry security and the protection or inspection of traffic and services. It shows up in application...
Timeout
A configured maximum duration that a system will wait for an operation (network request, database query, lock acquisition) to complete before aborting it and...
TLS handshake
The multi-step negotiation process that establishes an encrypted connection between a client and server. During the handshake, the parties agree on a TLS...
TOFU
Short for Trust On First Use, a security model where a key or identity is accepted the first time it is seen and treated as trusted afterward unless it...
Token Ring
A LAN protocol (IEEE 802.5) in which networked stations are arranged in a logical ring and a special 'token' frame circulates continuously — a station may only...
Tor Project
The open-source project and organization behind Tor, which routes internet traffic through relays to improve privacy and anonymity.
traceroute
A network diagnostic tool that maps the path packets take from source to destination by sending packets with incrementally increasing TTL values. Each router...
Transport
The network layer or mechanism responsible for reliably (or unreliably) moving data between endpoints — most commonly referring to TCP or UDP at OSI Layer 4,...
Transport Layer Security
The cryptographic protocol family used to secure network sessions such as HTTPS, SMTP, and VPN traffic. It shows up in application security, identity,...
TTL
Time to Live — a counter or timestamp that limits the lifespan of data. In DNS, TTL specifies how long a resolver should cache a record (in seconds). In IP...
UDP
UDP, or User Datagram Protocol, is a connectionless transport protocol that sends packets (called datagrams) without establishing a connection or guaranteeing...
Unix Domain Socket
An inter-process communication mechanism on Unix-like systems that uses the socket API but communicates via a file path in the filesystem (e.g.,...
Upload
The transfer of data from a local client to a remote server, typically via HTTP multipart form data, FTP, or a cloud storage API. In web applications, uploads...
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier — a compact string defined by RFC 3986 that identifies a resource either by location (a URL), by name (a URN), or both. Every URL...
URL
Uniform Resource Locator — a specific type of URI that includes both the scheme (protocol) and the network location needed to retrieve a resource, such as...
Virtual Network
A software-defined network that provides isolated Layer 2 or Layer 3 connectivity between virtual machines or containers without requiring dedicated physical...
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network — a method of creating logically separate networks on the same physical switch infrastructure by tagging Ethernet frames with a VLAN...
VPC Peering
A networking connection between two Virtual Private Clouds that enables private IP communication without traversing the public internet. Traffic stays on the...
VPN Split Tunneling
A network or infrastructure security concept involving vpn split tunneling and the protection or inspection of traffic and services. It shows up in application...
VPN Tunnel
A network or infrastructure security concept involving vpn tunnel and the protection or inspection of traffic and services. It shows up in application...
WebTransport
A browser API built on HTTP/3 and QUIC that supports both reliable bidirectional streams and unreliable datagram delivery between client and server, designed...
WireGuard
A modern VPN protocol and implementation known for simplicity, performance, and strong cryptographic design.

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