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A service that enables a user to send or receive a file from a distant server over the network. The File Transfer Protocol :term:`FTP` was a popular service. It has now been replaced by HTTP/HTTPs or more secure protocols such as the `SSH File Transfer Protocol <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol>`_.
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frame
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a frame is the unit of information transfer in the datalink layer
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Frame-Relay
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A wide area networking technology using virtual circuits that is deployed by telecom operators.
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ftp
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The File Transfer Protocol defined in :rfc:`959` has been the `de facto` protocol to exchange files over the Internet before the widespread adoption of HTTP :rfc:`2616`.
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FTP
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The File Transfer Protocol is defined in :rfc:`959`
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hosts.txt
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The original file containing the list of all Internet hosts. This file has been deprecated, but Unix variants still maintain a local ``/etc/hosts`` containing mappings between names and IP addresses. See http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/hosts.5.html for a description of the format of this file on Linux.
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HTML
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The HyperText Markup Language specifies the structure and the syntax of the documents that are exchanged on the world wide web. HTML is maintained by the `HTML working group <https://www.w3.org/html/wg/>`_ of the :term:`W3C`
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HTTP
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The HyperText Transport Protocol is defined in :rfc:`2616`
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hub
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A relay operating in the physical layer.
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IANA
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The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is responsible for the coordination of the DNS Root, IP addressing, and other Internet protocol resources
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iBGP
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