D-Link DGL-4300 manual Appendix

Appendix

B

Backward Compatible - The ability for new devices to communicate and interact with older legacy devices to guarantee interoperability

Bandwidth - The maximum amount of bytes or bits per second that can be transmitted to and from a network device

Basic Input/Output System – BIOS. A program that the processor of a computer uses to startup the system once it is turned on

Baud – Data transmission speed

Bit rate – The amount of bits that pass in given amount of time bit/sec – bits per second

BOOTP – Bootstrap Protocol. Allows for computers to be booted up and given an IP address with no user intervention

Bottleneck – A time during processes when something causes the process to slowdown or stop all together

Broadband – A wide band of frequencies available for transmitting data

Broadcast – Transmitting data in all directions at once

Browser – A program that allows you to access resources on the web and provides them to you graphically

C

Cable modem – A device that allows you to connect a computer up to a coaxial cable and receive Internet access from your Cable provider

CardBus – A newer version of the PC Card or PCMCIA interface. It supports a 32-bit data path, DMA, and consumes less voltage

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance – CSMA/CA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect – CSMA/CD

CAT 5 – Category 5. Used for 10/100 Mbps or 1Gbps Ethernet connections

Client – A program or user that requests data from a server

Collision – When do two devices on the same Ethernet network try and transmit data at the exact same time.

Cookie – Information that is stored on the hard drive of your computer that holds your preferences to the site that gave your computer the cookie

CSMA/CA – Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance

CSMA/CD – Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection

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