Airlink101 AICN1747W user manual

J

JAVA	Java is a programming language that is specially designed for writing programs that can
	be safely downloaded to your computer through the Internet without the fear of viruses.
	It is an object-oriented multi-thread programming best for creating applets and
	applications for the Internet, Intranet and other complex, distributed network.

L

LAN	Local Area Network a computer network that spans a relatively small area sharing
	common resources. Most LANs are confined to a single building or group of buildings.

M

MJPEG	MJPEG (Motion JPEG) composes a moving image by storing each frame of a moving
	picture sequence in JPEG compression, and then decompressing and displaying each
	frame at rapid speed to show the moving picture.
MPEG4	MPEG4 is designed to enable transmission and reception of high-quality audio and
	video over the Internet and next-generation mobile telephones.

N

NAT	Network Address Translator generally applied by a router that makes many different IP
	addresses on an internal network appear to the Internet as a single address. For routing
	messages properly within your network, each device requires a unique IP address. But
	the addresses may not be valid outside your network. NAT solves the problem. When
	devices within your network request information from the Internet, the requests are
	forwarded to the Internet under the router's IP address. NAT distributes the responses
	to the proper IP addresses within your network.
Network	A network consists of a collection of two or more devices, people, or components that
	communicate with each other over physical or virtual media. The most common types of
	network are:
	LAN – (local area network): Computers are in close distance to one another. They are
	usually in the same office space, room, or building.
	WAN – (wide area network): The computers are in different geographic locations and
	are connected by telephone lines or radio waves.
NWay Protocol	A network protocol that can automatically negotiate the highest possible transmission
	speed between two devices.

P

PCM	PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) is a technique for converting analog audio signals into
	digital form for transmission.
PING	Packet Internet Groper, a utility used to determine whether a specific IP address is
	accessible. It functions by sending a packet to the specified address and waits for a
	reply. It is primarily used to troubleshoot Internet connections.
PPPoE	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. PPPoE is a specification for connecting the users
	on an Ethernet to the Internet through a common broadband medium, such as DSL or
	cable modem. All the users over the Ethernet share a common connection.
Protocol	Communication on the network is governed by sets of rules called protocols. Protocols
	provide the guidelines devices use to communicate with each other, and thus they have
	different functions. Some protocols are responsible for formatting and presenting and
	presenting data that will be transferred from file server memory to the file server’s net
	work adapter Others are responsible for filtering information between networks and
	forwarding data to its destination. Still other protocols dictate how data is transferred
	across the medium, and how servers respond to workstation requests and vice versa.
	Common network protocols responsible for the presentation and formatting of data for a
	network operating system are the Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol or the
	Internet Protocol (IP). Protocols that dictate the format of data for transferors the
	medium include token-passing and Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision

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