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- Network Control Protocol
- Before there was TCP/IP, there existed a collection of software utilities and protocols created and shared among the engineers that used the Internet during its early, precommercial days. This collection of software was called the Network Control Protocol (NCP).
- Network Interface Card
- Network Interface Card (NIC) is the device that enables a computer or any other device to connect to a network. NICs can come in many different forms including a port that is built into your computer's motherboard, a separate circuit board that plugs into your computer's motherboard, or even external devices.
- network mask
- A numerical way of identifying how many bits of an IP address constitute the network address portion. This mask can be expressed in either decimal or binary forms. For example, 255.255.0.0 is the decimal form of the network mask 11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000. The actual IP address could be 10.1.2.128, or any other IP address. The mask shows the network address bits using 1s, and the subnetwork and host address bits using 0s.
- Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- NTP is responsible for synchronizing time throughout a network.
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