Networking Terms - P

P2P - Peer 2 Peer

packet

PAN - Personal Area Network

passphrase

PASV - PASsiVe mode FTP

patch cables

PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCMCIA (card)

PeerGuardian

ping

Ping of Death

(computer) port / port number

portal

PPP
PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a standard TCP/IP protocol for serial line communications commonly used for dial-up networking between modems. PPP operates at Layer 2 (Data Link) of the OSI model.

PPPoE - PPP (Point to Point Protocol) over Ethernet

PPTP - Point To Point Tunneling Protocol

protocol

proxy (server)

PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network