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  2. Residential gateway - Wikipedia

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    Again, the PC can be configured to function as a router for a home LAN. A cellular wireless access point can function in a similar fashion to a modem. It can allow a direct connection from a home LAN to a WWAN, if a wireless router or access point is present on the WAN as well and tethering is allowed.

  3. Home network - Wikipedia

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    A wireless access point is required for connecting wireless devices to a network. When a router includes this device, it is referred to as a wireless router, which is predominantly the case nowadays. A gateway establishes physical and data link layer connectivity to a WAN like the Internet.

  4. Login - Wikipedia

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    The term login comes from the verb (to) log in and by analogy with the verb to clock in. Computer systems keep a log of users' access to the system. The term "log" comes from the chip log which was historically used to record distance traveled at sea and was recorded in a ship's log or logbook.

  5. Home wiring - Wikipedia

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    Cabling for the sub-woofer is typically a single shielded cable terminated on an RCA connector. A 7.1 channel system also needs cable for speakers that are installed between the front and back speakers. The simplest layout for a home theater system is a single piece of furniture containing all one's AV equipment, which simplifies wiring.

  6. Node (networking) - Wikipedia

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    In a distributed system network, the nodes are clients, servers or peers. A peer may sometimes serve as client, sometimes server. A peer may sometimes serve as client, sometimes server. In a peer-to-peer or overlay network , nodes that actively route data for the other networked devices as well as themselves are called supernodes .

  7. RCA - Wikipedia

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    RCA's TSOS operating system was the first mainframe, demand paging, virtual memory operating system on the market. By 1971, despite a significant investment, RCA had only a 4% market share, and it was estimated that it would cost around $500 million over the next five years to remain competitive with the IBM/370 series.

  8. List of information technology initialisms - Wikipedia

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    Link Access Procedure, Balanced (x.25) Telecom ITU-T Recommendation X.222: LAPF Link-access procedure for Frame Relay: Telecom RFC 1490 LLC: Logical link control Link layer Telecom Glossary: MAC: Media access control Link layer IEEE Std 802.3 and 802.11, for example MAM: Media access management (related to Digital asset management) Internet ...

  9. RCA Service Company - Wikipedia

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    Effective July 1, 2009 RCA, which was acquired by TTE/TTL, a China company, terminated all of the RCA Authorized Service Companies who have provided repair services for RCA consumer products for over 60 years. RCA also terminated all of their consumer service employees and shut down. TTE/TTL contracted with DEX to provide repair services.