Creative 2030 manual Glossary

Glossary

Access Point

Ad-hoc mode

Antenna

Bandwidth

Basic Service Set (BSS)

Binary

Bridge

This appendix explains the technical terms used in this manual.

A networking device that transparently bridges wireless computers and laptops to a wired local network.

A small Peer-to-Peer network mode in which the wireless clients are connected to one another directly without using a Wireless Access Point. Some of the wireless clients are part of the network only for a limited duration while in some close proximity of the rest of the network. In IEEE 802.11b specification, the ad-hoc mode is referred to as the independent basic service set.

A device that intercepts radio frequency waves from the atmosphere and converts them to corresponding voltage signals.

A measure of the maximum rate of data transfer. Greater bandwidth allows the transfer of more information in a given period of time. For digital services, the bandwidth is usually expressed in bits or bytes per second.

A group of Wireless Stations and an Access Point using the same ID (Service Set Identifier or SSID).

A number system that has only two digits 0 and 1.

A hardware device that links two or more physical networks and manages the transfer of data between these networks. The two networks being connected can be alike or dissimilar.

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