WIRELESS NETWORK IP CAMERA User’s Guide

HTML – A markup language used to structure text and multimedia documents and to set up hypertext links between documents, used extensively on the World Wide Web.

HTTP – A protocol used to request and transmit files, especially web pages and webpage components, over the Internet or other computer network.

Intranet – A privately maintained computer network that can be accessed only by authorized persons, especially members or employees of the organization that owns it.

IP (Internet Protocol) –. The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. It provides packet routing, fragmentation and re-assembly through the data link layer.

IP Number (address) – A unique number used by a computer on the network to allow it to be identified and found.

JPEG – A standard image format, used widely for photographs. Also known as JPG.

LAN (Local Area Network) –. A data communications network which is geographically limited (typically to a 1 km radius), allowing easy interconnection of terminals, microprocessors and computers within adjacent buildings. Ethernet and FDDI are examples of standard LANs.

PING – A protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for acknowledgment, often used to check if another computer on a network is reachable.

PPP(Point-to-Point Protocol) – A method allowing one computer to connect to another, usually via a modem over a phone line.

Protocol - A set of formal rules describing how to transmit data, especially across a network. Low- level protocols define the electrical and physical standards to be observed, bit- and byte-ordering and the transmission and error detection and correction of the bit stream. High-level protocols deal with the data formatting, including the syntax of messages, the terminal to computer dialogue, character sets, sequencing of messages etc.

SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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