The network glossary
NetGlobe surfaces a lot of networking detail — traces, registration data, threat context, routing health. These are plain-English explanations of the terms behind it: what each one means, why it matters, and how NetGlobe uses it. No prior networking degree required.
Terms, explained.
Short, accurate, and written for humans.
MTR (My Traceroute)
Ping and traceroute combined into one live view — so you can see exactly where along a route latency or packet loss happens.
Read the definition → AttributionWHOIS vs RDAP
Two ways to answer "who owns this domain or IP?" — the old text protocol and its modern, structured JSON successor.
Read the definition → Privacy & threatTor exit node
The last relay in a Tor circuit — why a connection shows the exit's IP instead of the user's, and when that's worth noticing.
Read the definition → DiagnosticsPath MTU (PMTU)
The largest packet a route can carry — and why blocked ICMP makes big transfers silently hang while pings still work.
Read the definition → Internet healthBGP instability
When the internet's routing flaps — the outages and slowdowns that start outside your own network and your ISP.
Read the definition → Security signalProcess trust score
NetGlobe's 0–100 read on a process that's making connections — the signals behind it, and why it's a starting point, not a verdict.
Read the definition →Looking for tool comparisons instead? See NetGlobe alternatives & comparisons, or the full feature list.
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