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authorChloe Kudryavtsev <toast@toastin.space>2019-02-27 21:14:03 -0500
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[Intro] Add definition of Ethernet
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@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ A small program whose job it is to execute the kernel, load the initial runtime
DHCP::
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - a very common automatic ip reservation system.
If you have a consumer router, you are most likely using this.
+Ethernet::
+A relatively generic term that mostly means "wired internet".
+WiFi is wireless, ethernet involves some sort of wire (usually an RJ45 style jack with copper cables inside).
Kernel::
The core program of the operating system - present in all operating systems.
NTP::