HP Rp5405 BSD Sockets Interface Programmer's Guide - Page 189

Glossary services. Domain: A set of allowable names or values. See also, "Communication domain." Organization: Called "ISO," this organization created a network model that identifies the seven commonly-used protocol levels for networking. File Transfer Protocol: The file transfer protocol that is traditionally used in ARPA networks. The ftp command uses the FTP protocol. Forwarding: The process of forwarding a mail message to another destination (i.e., another user name, host name or network). 4.2 BSD: See Berkeley Software Distribution. Frame: See Packet. Internet: All ARPA networks that are registered with the Network Information Center. Internet address: A four-byte quantity that is distinct from a link-level address and is the network address of a computer node. This address identifies both which network is on the Internet and which host is on the network. Internetwork: A term used to mean "among different physical networks." FTP: See File Transfer Protocol. Gateway: A node that connects two or more networks together and routes packets between those networks. Host: A node that has primary functions other than switching data for the network. International Standards Interprocess Communication: A facility that allows a process to communicate with another process on the same host or on a remote host. IPC provides system calls that access sockets. This facility is distinct from Bell System V IPC. See also, "Sockets." Glossary 189