Network Dictionary — Straw Man Review

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Network Dictionary — Heater

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Heater  —  term used to describe a piece of net­work equip­ment that is powered up, but does noth­ing or has no pur­pose.
Now that elec­tri­city actu­ally costs real money, people are actu­ally find­ing the heat­ers and remov­ing them from the net­work, espe­cially those old serv­ers. It wasn’t so […]

Network Dictionary — Application Delivery Controller

Application Delivery Controller (ADC)  —  The new mar­ket­ing name for a “load bal­an­cer”. Someone put a shiny chrome exhaust and new but­tons on it and so it needed a new mar­ket­ing name. Calling my cof­fee cup a “Liquid Receptacle Device with Enhanced Handling Features” doesn’t change the fact that it holds ocf­fee.
Note: the Web Application Firewall and […]

Network Dictionary — Nerdsomnia

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Network Dictionary — Helen Fry

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Network Dictionary — Backward Planning

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Network Dictionary — Windows

Network Dictionary — TFM

TFM

Network Dictionary — Lobby Ambassador

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Network Dictionary — Ferrule

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Network Dictionary — Eye Dee Ten Tee

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Network Dictionary — Blown Fibre

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Network Dictionary — Router

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Network Dictionary — Pedantic

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Network Dictionary — Anatidaephobia — Fear the Rubber Duck

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Network Dictionary — Legacy

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Network Dictionary — GONER

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Network Dictionary — Forward Planning

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