Intellinet Network Solutions 550000 manual Network Video Server User’s Guide

Network Video Server User’s Guide

FTP - A client-server protocol that allows a user on one computer to transfer files to and from another computer over a TCP/IP network. Also the client program the user executes to transfer files. It is defined in STD 9, RFC 959.

HTML - A markup language used to structure text and multimedia documents and to set up hypertext links between documents, used extensively on the World Wide Web.

HTTP - A protocol used to request and transmit files, especially WebPages and WebPages components, over the Internet or other computer network.

Intranet - A privately maintained computer network that can be accessed only by authorized persons, especially members or employees of the organization that owns it.

IP – Internet Protocol. The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. It provides packet routing, fragmentation and re-assembly through the data link layer.

IP number (address) – A unique number used by a computer on the network to allow it to be identified and found.

JPEG – A standard image format, used widely for photographs (also known as JPG.).

LAN – Local Area Network. A data communications network which is geographically limited (typically to a 1 km radius) allowing easy interconnection of terminals, microprocessors and computers within adjacent buildings. Ethernet and FDDI are examples of standard LANs.

PING - A protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for acknowledgment, often used to check if another computer on a network is reachable.

PPP– Point–to–Point Protocol. A method allowing one computer to connect to another, usually via a modem over a phone line.

Protocol - A set of formal rules describing how to transmit data, especially across a network. Low- level protocols define the electrical and physical standards to be observed, bit- and byte-ordering and the transmission and error detection and correction of the bit stream. High-level protocols deal with the data formatting, including the syntax of messages, the terminal to computer dialogue, character sets, sequencing of messages etc.

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