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Glossary

P

PNG: Abbreviation for Portable Network Graphics, a freely available grid graphics format for loss-free compression.

Port: A port is part of a network address (or also IP address). It allows assignment of data packages to various services which are running on one device under the same network address.

PSK: Stands in connection with WLAN encoding for Pre-Shared Key. Clients, who want to connect up to a wireless network secured with PSK have to know this key.

R

Router: Device for connecting up several networks, e.g. home network and Internet.

S

Switch: Device for connecting several computers to a network.

U

UPnP AV: Abbreviation for Universal Plug and Play Audio / Video. Is used to control network devices from all manufacturers. Has become a wide spread standard for home networking.

W

WEP: Abbreviation for Wired Equivalent Privacy. Former standard process in the WLAN encryption, now outdated.

Wired network: see LAN.

Wireless network: see WLAN.

WLAN: Abbreviation for Wireless Local Area Network. Also abbreviated as wireless network.

WMA: Abbreviation for Windows Media Audio, Microsoft own audio data format. As with MP3 files, the content is compressed here as well.

WMV: Abbreviation for Windows Media Video, Microsoft own video data format.

WPA: Abbreviation for Wi-Fi Protected Access. Replaced WEP as standard encryption for wireless networks.

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