Wireless PCI Adapter

Upload – To send a file transmitted over a network. In a communications session, upload means transmit, and download means receive.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator) – The address that defines the route to a file on the Web or any other Internet facility. URLs are typed into the browser to access Web pages, and URLs are embedded within the pages themselves to provide the hypertext links to other pages.

VLAN (Virtual LAN) – A logical association that allows users to communicate as if they were physically connected to a single LAN, independent of the actual physical configuration of the network.

Virtual Server – Multiple servers that appear as one server, or one system image, to the operating system or for network administration.

WAN – A communications network that covers a wide geographic area, such as a state or country.

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) – A data privacy mechanism based on 64-bit and 128-bit shared key algorithms, as described in the IEEE802.11 standard.

WINIPCFG – Configuration utility based on the Win32 API for querying, defining, and managing IP addresses within a network. A commonly used utility for configuring networks with static IP addresses.

Workgroup – Two or more individuals that share files and databases.