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Upper sublayer of the data link layer (layer 2) of the seven-layer OSI model. Interface between the media access control sublayer and the network layer. Wikipedia

Lowest layer in the Internet protocol suite, the networking architecture of the Internet. Group of methods and communications protocols confined to the link that a host is physically connected to. Wikipedia

Any broadcast domain that is partitioned and isolated in a computer network at the data link layer (OSI layer 2). Abbreviation for local area network and in this context virtual refers to a physical object recreated and altered by additional logic. Wikipedia

Global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. Network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. Wikipedia

Network protocol for encapsulating Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) frames inside Ethernet frames. It appeared in 1999, in the context of the boom of DSL as the solution for tunneling packets over the DSL connection to the ISP's IP network, and from there to the rest of the Internet. Wikipedia

The Internet backbone may be defined by the principal data routes between large, strategically interconnected computer networks and core routers of the Internet. These data routes are hosted by commercial, government, academic and other high-capacity network centers, as well as the Internet exchange points and network access points, that exchange Internet traffic between the countries, continents, and across the oceans. Wikipedia