NETGEAR CG814WG manual Appendix B Glossary

Hardware Manual for the Model CG814WG Wireless Cable Modem Gateway

Appendix B

Glossary

10BASE-T	IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.
100BASE-Tx	IEEE 802.3 specification for 100 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.
802.11b, 802.11g	IEEE specification for wireless networking at 11 Mbps (802.11b) and 54
	Mbps (802.11g) using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology
	and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz.
DHCP	See Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
DNS	See Domain Name Server.
domain name	A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet.
	Domain names are of the form of a registered entity name plus one of a
	number of predefined top level suffixes such as .com, .edu, .uk, etc. For
	example, in the address mail.NETGEAR.com, mail is a server name and
	NETGEAR.com is the domain.
DOCSIS	Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification. Defines interface
	requirements for cable modems involved in high-speed data distribution over
	cable television system networks
Domain Name Server	A Domain Name Server (DNS) resolves descriptive names of network
	resources (such as www.NETGEAR.com) to numeric IP addresses.
Dynamic Host	DHCP. An Ethernet protocol specifying how a centralized DHCP server can
Configuration	assign network configuration information to multiple DHCP clients. The
Protocol	assigned information includes IP addresses, DNS addresses, and gateway
	(router) addresses.
Gateway	A local device, usually a router, that connects hosts on a local network to other
	networks.
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