Stands for Media Access Controller.  Each piece of hardware that accesses a network contains a MAC address that is built…

This is a unique address given to each computer device on a network.

Stands for Internet Message Access Protocol.  It governs the retrieving of emails from email servers.

Stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure.  Governs communication between a webserver and a client but also includes secure encryption…

Stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.  This protocol governs communication between a web server and a client.

Stands for File Transfer Protocol.  This is the set of rules that governs how files are sent from one device…

Ethernet is a set of protocols used to send data between devices or computers along copper ethernet cable

Encryption refers to the way that files can be made unreadable to unauthorised people unless they have the correct key…

A virtual network is a network of computers that could be spread out over a large distance but are connected…

The cloud is a term that is often used to describe a location on the internet from which software applications…