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  2. NetBIOS over TCP/IP - Wikipedia

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    NetBIOS over TCP/IP ( NBT, or sometimes NetBT) is a networking protocol that allows legacy computer applications relying on the NetBIOS API to be used on modern TCP/IP networks . NetBIOS was developed in the early 1980s, targeting very small networks (about a dozen computers). Some applications still use NetBIOS, and do not scale well in today ...

  3. Internet geolocation - Wikipedia

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    In computing, Internet geolocation is software capable of deducing the geographic position of a device connected to the Internet. [1] For example, the device's IP address can be used to determine the country, city, or ZIP code, determining its geographical location. [2] Other methods include examination of Wi-Fi hotspots, [3] a MAC address ...

  4. YouTube - Wikipedia

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    YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. Accessible worldwide, [note 1] YouTube launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States, it is the second most visited website in the world, after Google Search.

  5. RIPE NCC - Wikipedia

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    Allocation and registration of IP address space. Location. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Website. www .ripe .net. RIPE NCC ( Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre) is the regional Internet registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East and parts of Central Asia. Its headquarters are in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a branch office in Dubai, UAE.

  6. IRCd - Wikipedia

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    Z-lines do not wait for an ident response from the connecting user, but immediately close the socket once the user's IP is compared to the Z-line list and a match is found. If the *@host option is used, the server must conduct a reverse DNS lookup on the user and then compare the returned host to the hosts in the Z-line list.

  7. Denial-of-service attack - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a DDoS attack. Note how multiple computers are attacking a single computer. In computing, a denial-of-service attack ( DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network.

  8. Lookup table - Wikipedia

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    Lookup table. In computer science, a lookup table ( LUT) is an array that replaces runtime computation with a simpler array indexing operation, in a process termed as direct addressing. The savings in processing time can be significant, because retrieving a value from memory is often faster than carrying out an "expensive" computation or input ...

  9. BBC iPlayer - Wikipedia

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    BBC iPlayer (stylised as iPLAYER or BBC iPLAYER) is a video on demand service from the BBC. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers and smart televisions. iPlayer services delivered to UK-based viewers feature no commercial advertising.