Federal Communications Commission—The U.S. federal agency that is responsible for interstate and foreign communi- cations. The FCC regulates commercial and private radio spectrum management, sets rates for communications services, determines standards for equipment, and controls broadcast licensing. Consult www.fcc.gov.
Software stored in ROM or EEPROM; essential programs that remain even when the system is turned off. Firmware is easier to change than hardware but more permanent than software stored on disk.
1.A computer that uses a modem or a similar device to answer a calling computer.
2.A source or destination in the communication network.
3.A computer that contains data or files to be accessed by client computers. Also known as a server.
Internet Protocol—The basic Internet transport mechanism. Also, an OSI layer 3 network layer protocol.
A unique address on the Internet. Each modem must have one, to operate on a packet network. The IP address is a unique number consisting of four parts separated by dots.
Interim Standard—After receiving industry consensus, the TIA forwards the standard to ANSI for approval.
The standard for CDMA.
kilobits per second—Actually 1000, not 1024, as used in computer memory size measurements of kilobytes.
Local Area Network
Light Emitting Diode—A semiconductor diode that emits visible or infrared light.
Mega-Hertz—One million cycles per second.
A short fixed-length block of data including a header that is transmitted as a unit in a communications network.
Add-in memory and communications cards for portable computers. PC Card is a trademark of the PCMCIA.
Personal Computer Memory Card International Associ- ation—The organization that standardizes PC Cards.
Personal Communications Services—A cellular communi- cation infrastructure that uses a different frequency range than AMPS.
Quick Net Connect—A CDMA connection method that reduces call setup time for circuit switched connections to the Internet.
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