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| 802.11b or g | Signalling protocols for wireless networks. 802.11g was developed more |
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| recently and provides more advanced functionality. |
| access point | Also known as a wireless router, an access point provides a secure and |
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| flexible connection for your HP |
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| wireless network with an access point is called an infrastructure network. |
| ad hoc | A wireless network that does not use an access point. |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange. The standard for |
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| numbers used by computers to represent all the uppercase and lowercase |
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| Latin letters, numbers, punctuation, etc. |
| authentication | A network security method that verifies the identity of a user or device |
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| before granting access to the network, making it more difficult for |
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| unauthorized users to access network resources. This security method is |
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| common on wireless networks. |
| autoIP | A feature of the installation software, which determines the configuration |
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| parameters of devices on the network. |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A server on the network that |
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| supplies configuration parameters to devices on the network. On small |
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| networks, this could be a router. |
| DNS | Domain Name Service. When you use the web or send an |
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| message, you use a domain name to do it. For example, the URL http:// |
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| www.hp.com contains the domain name hp.com. The DNS on the |
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| Internet translates the domain name into an IP address. Devices use the |
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| IP addresses to refer to one another. |
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| See DNS. The SD portion stands for Service Discovery. This is part of a |
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| protocol developed by Apple that enables automatic discovery of |
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| computers, devices, and services on IP networks. |
| DSL | Digital Subscriber Line. A |
| Ethernet | The most common local network technology that connects computers |
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| using copper cabling. |
| Ethernet cable | The cable used to connect network elements in a wired network. The |
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| using an Ethernet cable, the network elements must be attached to a |
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| router. The Ethernet cable uses an |
| EWS | Embedded Web Server. A |
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| way to manage your HP |
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| HP |
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| For more information, see Use the Embedded Web Server. |
| HEX | Hexidecimal. The base 16 numbering system, which uses the digits |
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| plus the letters |
HP | 55 |