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BNF
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A Backus-Naur Form (BNF) is a formal way to describe a language by using syntactic and lexical rules. BNFs are frequently used to define programming languages, but also to define the messages exchanged between networked applications. :rfc:`5234` explains how a BNF must be written to specify an Internet protocol.
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broadcast
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a transmission mode where is same information is sent to all nodes in the network
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CIDR
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Classless Inter Domain Routing is the current address allocation architecture for IP version 4. It was defined in :rfc:`1518` and :rfc:`4632`.
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dial-up line
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A synonym for a regular telephone line, i.e. a line that can be used to dial any telephone number.
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DNS
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eBGP
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An eBGP session is a BGP session between two directly connected routers that belong to two different Autonomous Systems. Also called an external BGP session.
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EGP
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Exterior Gateway Protocol. Synonym of interdomain routing protocol
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EIGRP
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The Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) is a proprietary intradomain routing protocol that is often used in enterprise networks. EIGRP uses the DUAL algorithm described in [Garcia1993]_.
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Ethernet
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The most widely used LAN technology.
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file transfer
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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 It has now been replaced by HTTP/HTTPs or more secure protocols such as the `SSH File Transfer Protocol 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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