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Chapter 14

Connect to the Internet

Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

What are the ISP connectivity options?
What are the purpose and characteristics of network virtualization?
How do you configure mobile devices for wireless connectivity?

Key Terms

This chapter uses the following key terms. You can find the definitions in the Glossary.

cellular access page 275

cloud computing page 276

community clouds page 277

control plane page 282

data plane page 282

dial-up telephone page 275

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) page 274

hybrid clouds page 276

hypervisor page 279

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) page 277

Platform as a Service (PaaS) page 277

private clouds page ...

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