Glossary
Glossary
Below is a glossary of terms commonly used throughout this document.
•DDNS – Dynamic Domain Name System. A Domain Name System assigns a name to an IP Address – for example, www.google.com has an IP address of 64.223.167.99. If you type in www.google.com into your Internet Explorer address bar, your computer sends a request to a Name System, which looks to the IP address for Google to bring the information back to your computer.
A Dynamic Domain Name System means that even if the IP address changes (which happens with most internet providers), the name that you type into your browser address bar will always find your system. So, typing in http://mysystem.lorexddns.net will always find your external IP address, and locate your system even if your IP address changes.
•DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Your Router is a DHCP Server, which will give any device on your network an IP Address when asked. If you have set your System to have DHCP to ON, when it is connected to your Router it will automatically get an Internal IP Address.
•Domain Name – The Name that identifies a Website. www.google.com is a Domain Name.
•DSL – Digital Subscriber Line. A type of internet connectivity between you and your telephone company.
•IP Address – Internet Protocol Address. Each device on your network (like a computer, or your System) will have an individual Internal Address (like 192.168.0.103). Your Modem has been assigned an External IP address, like 72.48.166.9 – this address can periodically change.
•Kbps – Kilobits per Second. Refers to the speed of a signal transmission (upload or download), and in this document refers to your Internet Connection Upload Speed.
•LCD/DVR – Liquid Crystal Display / Digital Video Recorder. This is your System (combo Monitor / Recorder)
•MAC Address - Media Access Control address . An address which is typically made up of numbers 0~9 and letters A~F and is assigned to your hardware that uniquely identifies it’s place on the network.
•PC – Personal Computer
•URL - Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is the address of a page on the World Wide Web, such as http://www.google.com or http://mysystem.lorexddns.net
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