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  2. Internet exchange point - Wikipedia

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    Internet exchange points ( IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of IP networking, allowing participant Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks. [1] IXPs are generally located at places with preexisting connections to multiple distinct networks, i.e., datacenters, and operate physical infrastructure ...

  3. Web portal - Wikipedia

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    Web portal. A web portal is a specially designed website that brings information from diverse sources, like emails, online forums and search engines, together in a uniform way. Usually, each information source gets its dedicated area on the page for displaying information (a portlet ); often, the user can configure which ones to display.

  4. Access Point Name - Wikipedia

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    Access Point Name. An Access Point Name ( APN) is the name of a gateway [1] between a mobile network ( GSM, GPRS, 3G, 4G and 5G) and another computer network, frequently the public Internet. [2] A mobile device making a data connection must be configured with an APN to present to the carrier. The carrier will then examine this identifier to ...

  5. Client portal - Wikipedia

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    Client portal. A client portal is an electronic gateway to a collection of digital files, services, and information, accessible over the Internet through a web browser . The term is most often applied to a sharing mechanism between an organization and its clients. [1] The organization provides a secure entry point, typically via a website, that ...

  6. Wireless access point - Wikipedia

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    Wireless access point. [1] [2] In computer networking, a wireless access point, or more generally just access point ( AP ), is a networking hardware device that allows other Wi-Fi devices to connect to a wired network or wireless network. As a standalone device, the AP may have a wired connection to a switch or router, but, in a wireless router ...

  7. Internet - Wikipedia

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    The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. . It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologi

  8. Session (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    Session (computer science) In computer science and networking in particular, a session is a time-delimited two-way link, a practical (relatively high) layer in the TCP/IP protocol enabling interactive expression and information exchange between two or more communication devices or ends – be they computers, automated systems, or live active ...

  9. Web conferencing - Wikipedia

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    (the exclamation point being part of the product name). The press release said "customers can access familiar Web browser interfaces to view live and pre-recorded corporate presentations, along with synchronized slides. End users can communicate directly with the presenter using real-time chat technology and other Web-based collaboration tools."