Verizon AD3700 user manual Sms, Type a USB

SMS

Short Messaging Service. Short text messages of generally no more than 140-160 characters sent and received by wireless devices.

Type A USB

The USB ports on computers and hubs have a rectangular Type A socket, and peripheral devices have a cable with a Type A plug. Peripherals that do not have an attached cable have a square Type B socket on the device and a separate cable with a Type A and Type B plug.

USB

Universal Serial Bus. A connection type for computing device peripherals such as a printer, mobile AD3700 Modem, etc.

VPN

Virtual Private Network. A way to communicate through a dedicated server securely to a corporate network over the Internet.

WAN / WWAN

Wide Area Network (WAN). A computer network covering a broad geographical area. WANs are used to connect local area networks (LANs) together, so that users and computers in one location can communicate with users and computers in other locations.

WWAN

Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). Also called "wireless broadband" or "broadband wireless," wireless WANs (WWANs) use cellular towers to transmit a wireless signal over a range of several miles to a mobile device compared to wireless Wi-Fi LANs (WLANs), which span only a few hundred feet and generally to only stationary devices.

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