Bosch Appliances VIP X1600 M4S manual Glossary, Symbols

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10	Glossary
	Symbols
10/100/1000 Base-T IEEE-802.3 specification for 10, 100 or 1000 Mbps Ethernet
802.1x	The IEEE 802.1x standard provides a general method for authentication and authorization in
	IEEE-802 networks. Authentication is carried out via the authenticator, which checks the
	transmitted authentication information using an authentication server (see RADIUS server)
	and approves or denies access to the offered services (LAN, VLAN or WLAN) accordingly.
	A
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol: a protocol for mapping MAC and IP addresses
	B
Baud	Unit of measurement for the speed of data transmission
bps	Bits per second, the actual data rate
BVIP	Bosch Video over IP unit
	C
CABAC	Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding; an effective way to compress binary data
	without loss. In the video standard MPEG-4/Part10 (H.264/AVC), CABAC is characterized by
	high picture quality, a high compression rate and high computing requirements.
CF	CompactFlash; interface standard, for digital storage media amongst other things. Used in
	computers in the form of CF cards, digital cameras and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA).
CIF	Common Intermediate Format, video format with 352 × 288/240 pixels
	D
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol: uses an appropriate server to enable dynamic
	assignment of an IP address and other configuration parameters to computers on a network
	(Internet or LAN)
DNS	Domain Name System, mainly used for converting domain names to IP addresses
DynDNS	DNS hosting service that works according to RFC 2845 and stores the IP addresses of its
	clients in a database, ready for use
	F
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
Full duplex	Simultaneous data transmission in both directions (sending and receiving)

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