Motorola BR700 manual Gateway, Hexadecimal, Host, Icmp, Ieee, Internet, Section, Glossary

SECTION 5 GLOSSARY

G

Gateway

A device that enables communication between networks using different protocols. See also router.

The BR700 enables up to 253 computers supporting Ethernet to share a single broadband Internet connection.

GUI

Graphical User Interface

H

Hexadecimal

A base-sixteen numbering system that uses sixteen sequential numbers (0 to 9 and the letters A to F) as base units before adding a new position. On computers, hexadecimal is a convenient way to express binary numbers.

Host

In IP, a host is any computer supporting end-user applications or services with full two-way network access. Each host has a unique host number that combined with the network number forms its IP address.

Host also can mean:

!A computer running a web server that serves pages for one or more web sites belonging to organization(s) or individuals

!A company that provides this service

!In IBM environments, a mainframe computer

I

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol is a protocol used for error, problem, and informational messages sent between IP hosts and gateways. ICMP messages are processed by the IP software and are not usually apparent to the end-user.

IEEE

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (http://www.ieee.org) is an organization that produces standards, technical papers, and symposiums for the electrical and electronic industries and is accredited by ANSI.

Internet

A worldwide collection of interconnected networks using TCP/IP.

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