Technical glossary
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

.. glossary::

    ACL
      Access Control List

    Client
      a piece of computer hardware or software that accesses a service made available by a server.

      .. seealso:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_(computing)

    FAQ
      a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers on a particular topic.

      .. seealso:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAQ

    Host
      a computer or other device connected to a computer network. A network host may offer information resources, services, and applications to users or other nodes on the network. A network host is a network node that is assigned a network address.

      .. seealso:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_(network)

    Hostname
      a label that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network and that is used to identify the device in various forms of electronic communication, such as the World Wide Web.

      .. seealso:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname

    IP
      the principal communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries. Its routing function enables internetworking, and essentially establishes the Internet.

      .. seealso:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol

    IP Address
      a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.

      .. seealso:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address

    IPv6
      the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the Internet.

      .. seealso:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6

    Port
      an endpoint of communication. Physical as well as wireless connections are terminated at ports of hardware devices. At the software level, within an operating system, a port is a logical construct that identifies a specific process or a type of network service.

      .. seealso:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_(computer_networking)

    TCP
      one of the main protocols of the Internet protocol suite. It originated in the initial network implementation in which it complemented the Internet Protocol (IP). Therefore, the entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP.

      .. seealso:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol

    URL
      a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.

      .. seealso:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL

