Huawei Aolynk DR811, Aolynk DR814 user manual Appendix Glossary

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Aolynk DR811/DR814 ADSL2+Broadband Router	9 Appendix - Glossary

9 Appendix - Glossary

10BASE-T		A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks
		with a data rate of 10 Mbps. Also known as Category 3 (CAT 3)
		wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet.
100BASE-T		A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks
		with a data rate of 100 Mbps. Also known as Category 5 (CAT 5)
		wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet.
ADSL	Asymmetric	The most commonly deployed "flavor" of DSL for home users is
	Digital	asymmetrical DSL. The term asymmetrical refers to its unequal
	Subscriber	data rates for downloading and uploading (the download rate is
	Line	higher than the upload rate). The asymmetrical rates benefit
		home users because they typically download much more data
		from the Internet than they upload.
ATM	Asynchrono	A standard for high-speed transmission of data, text, voice, and
	us Transfer	video, widely used within the Internet. ATM data rates range
	Mode	from 45 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps. See also data rate.
authenticate		To verify a user’s identity, such as by prompting for a password.
binary		The "base two" system of numbers, which uses only two digits, 0
		and 1, to represent all numbers. In binary, the number 1 is
		written as 1, 2 as 10, 3 as 11, 4 as 100, etc. Although expressed
		as decimal numbers for convenience, IP addresses in actual
		use are binary numbers; e.g., the IP address 209.191.4.240 is
		11010001.10111111.00000100.11110000 in binary. See also
		bit, IP address, network mask.
bit		Short for "binary digit," a bit is a number that can have two
		values, 0 or 1. See also binary.
bps		bits per second
bridging		Passing data from your network to your ISP and vice versa
		using the hardware addresses of the devices at each location.
		Bridging contrasts with routing, which can add more intelligence
		to data transfers by using network addresses instead. The
		ADSL router can perform both routing and bridging. Typically,
		when both functions are enabled, the device routes IP data and
		bridges all other types of data. See also routing.
broadband		A telecommunications technology that can send different types
		of data over the same medium. DSL is a broadband technology.
broadcast		To send data to all computers on a network.

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