D
database servers, 349350, 376, 377, 380382
databases
message-enabled applications and, 407408
SQL and, 350351
threaded conversation, 408412
Data-Link layer
access methods and, 103
described, 6, 11
frame types and, 106
protocols for, 99152
DDCMP (Digital Data Communications Protocol), 11
DEN (Directory-Enabled Networks), 170, 490
Department of Defense (DoD), 155
DES (data encryption standard), 560
desktop, managing, 504508
DFT (Distributed Function Terminal), 460
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), 172176
dial-up internetworking, 471475,
Differentiated Services, 206211
Terms and conditions, 208209
Diffie-Hellman model, 561, 562
digital signals, 2425, 33
directories, 354366, 489491
DMA (Direct Memory Access), 313
DMI (Desktop Management Interface), 504508
DMT (Discrete Multitone), 28
DNS (Domain Name System), 384
DoD (Department of Defense), 155
DoS (Denial of Service) 187, 605
DOS, 354, 370, 371, 373, 463
DS0 (digital signal, level zero), 34
DSF (Dispersion Shifted Fiber) 6869
DSLs (Digital Subscriber Lines), 5461, 138139, 143144
DSS (Digital Signature Standard), 563
DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum), 306308
DSUs (data service units), 35, 3742
DTDs (document type definitions), 267268
DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing), 8182