Cyber Crime Investigator's Field Guide, 3rd Edition

Appendix AGlossary

• Application: Software whose primary purpose is to perform a specific function for an end user such as Microsoft Word.
• Application Layer: One of the seven layers of the ISO reference model. This layer provides the interface between end users and networks. It allows use of e-mail and viewing web pages, along with numerous other networking services.
• ARCNET: Developed by Datapoint Corporation in the 1970s; a Local Area Network (LAN) technology that competed strongly with Ethernet, but no longer does. Initially a computer connected via ARCNET could communicate at 2.5 Mbps, although this technology now supports a throughput of 20 Mbps (compared to current Ethernet at 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps).
• ARP: Address Resolution Protocol. This ...