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| a transmission method in which a server divides users who request certain applications, such as multimedia applications, into groups. Each data stream of frames or packets is a one-time transmission that goes to multiple addresses, instead of sending a separate transmission to each address for each data stream. |
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| A logical area on a network tat contains a listing of named objects, such as computers, and that has the ability to perform name resolution. |
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| NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI) |
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| Developed by IBM in the mid eighties, this protocol incorporates NetBIOS for communications across a network. |
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| A Microsoft protocol designed to emulate IPX/SPX protocol communications in Windows-based operating systems. |
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| Managed devices that run agent software that is in contact with the network-management station. Most devices connected to modern networks are agents. These include routers, repeaters, hubs, switches, bridges, PC's, print servers, access servers, and uninterruptible power sources (USP's). |
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