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Aolynk DR811/DR814 ADSL2+Broadband Router | 9 Appendix - Glossary | ||
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| A device (usually a computer) connected to a network. | |
HTTP | HTTP is the main protocol used to transfer data from web sites | ||
| Transfer | so that it can be displayed by web browsers. See also web | |
| Protocol | browser, web site. |
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Hub |
| A hub is a place of convergence where data arrives from one or | |
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| usually includes a switch of some kind. It connects an Ethernet | |
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| bridge/router to a group of PCs on a LAN and allows | |
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| communication to pass between the networked devices. | |
ICMP | Internet | An Internet protocol used to report errors and other | |
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| Message | ICMP. |
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IEEE |
| The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a | |
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| technical professional society that fosters the development of | |
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| standards that often become national and international | |
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| standards. |
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Internet |
| The global collection of interconnected networks used for both | |
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| private and business communications. |
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intranet |
| A private, | |
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| Internet (users access information using web browsers), but is | |
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| accessible only by employees. |
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IP |
| See TCP/IP. |
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IP address | Internet | The address of a host (computer) on the Internet, consisting of | |
| Protocol | four numbers, each from 0 to 255, separated by periods, e.g., | |
| address | 209.191.4.240. An IP address consists of a network ID that | |
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| identifies the particular network the host belongs to, and a host | |
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| ID uniquely identifying the host itself on that network. A network | |
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| mask is used to define the network ID and the host ID. Because | |
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| IP addresses are difficult to remember, they usually have an | |
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| associated domain name that can be specified instead. See also | |
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| domain name, network mask. |
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ISP | Internet | A company that provides Internet access to its customers, | |
| Service | usually for a fee. |
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LAN | Local Area | A network limited to a small geographic area, such as a home, | |
| Network | office, or small building. |
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LED | Light | An electronic | |
| Emitting | front of the ADSL router are LEDs. |
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MAC | Media | The permanent hardware address of a device, assigned by its | |
address | Access | manufacturer. MAC addresses are expressed as six pairs of hex | |
| Control | characters, with each pair separated by colons. For example, | |
| address | NN:NN:NN:NN:NN:NN. |
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mask |
| See network mask. |
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Mbps |
| Abbreviation for Megabits per second, or one million bits per | |
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| second. Network data rates are often expressed in Mbps. |
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