Internet Key Terms

BY SATHYA YUVARAJ
POP-POINTS OF PRESENCE

 A point of presence is an artificial demarcation point or

interface point between communicating entities. On the
Internet, a point-of-presence is an access point from one
place to the rest of the Internet. It was location where a
long distance carrier could terminate servicers and
provide connections into a local telephone network.
NAP

 A Network Access Point was a public network exchange

facility where Internet service providers connected with
one another in peering arrangements. Network Access
Protection is a Microsoft technology for controlling
network access of a computer, based on its health.
IP

 The Internet Protocol is 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.
ISP

 An Internet service provider is an organization that

provides services for accessing and using the Internet.
Internet service providers may be organized in various
forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit,
or otherwise privately owned.
TCP

 The Transmission Control Protocol is one of the main

protocols of the Internet protocol suite. It originated in
the initial network implementation in which it
complemented the Internet Protocol . Therefore, the
entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP.
FTP

 The File Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol

used to transfer computer files between a client and
server on a computer network. FTP is built on a client-
server model architecture and uses separate control and
data connections between the client and the server.