(1) Any computer in the network. (2) A platform for personal computers introduced in 1996 that never caught on. However, the concept was valid and has subsequently been embodied in Web-based ...

(1) Software designed to run in a network. (2) Refers to a computer that has built-in networking capability, typically Ethernet. Also called "LAN ready." See Ethernet. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...

Network Address Translation, or NAT, is a process in which home or office internal computers can use the Internet in a private and secure manner. Home Firewalls use NAT almost exclusively as their ...

A Wide Area Network, or WAN, is a series of smaller LANs (Local Area Networks) that are interconnected through various means over very large distances whether they be cities, states, or even ...