Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, is a protocol that allows users that connect to Internet Relay Chat Servers to have converstaions with others in real time. Users connect to IRC Servers using an IRC ...

A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote ...

Typically refers to an email server (SMTP server) that is configured to deliver any incoming mail to another mail server. In the past, open relays (open relay servers) were common, but today, most ...

Last column, I wrote about various applications where fire alarm relays could be used to integrate a commercial fire alarm system with other electrical systems at a customer’s site to provide them ...