Concepts

• Application Programming Interface (API)
  • Berkeley Sockets
  • System V TLI
  • RPC Language
  • Microsoft Windows
• Autonomous System (AS)
• Acronyms
• Binary Arithmetic
• Congestion
• Datagrams and Streams
• Domain Names
• Encapsulation
  • Encapsulation Example
• Flow Control
  • Request/Reply
  • Sliding Window
• Hypertext
  • Characteristics of good hypertext
  • Guidelines for a hypertext reference system
• IP Address
  • Address Classes
    • Summary of IP Address Classes
  • Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
  • Subnetting
    • Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSM)
• LANs and WANs
  • LAN/WAN Comparison
• Naming
• Network Management
• Protocol
• Protocol Layering
  • DoD Four-Layer Model
  • OSI Seven-Layer Model
• Socket
• Standard
  • Role of Standards
  • Sources of Standards
  • Requests For Comments (RFCs)
• Switching
  • Bridging
    • Transparent bridging
    • Source-route bridging (SRB)
  • Routing
• Unreliable Delivery Model