| A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet |
| networks with a data rate of 10 Mbps. Also known as |
| Category 3 (CAT 3) wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet. |
| A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet |
| networks with a data rate of 100 Mbps. Also known as |
| Category 5 (CAT 5) wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet. |
ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. The most commonly |
| deployed type of DSL for home users. The term asym- |
| metrical refers to its unequal data rates for download- |
| ing and uploading (the download rate is higher than the |
| upload rate). The asymmetrical rates benefit home users |
| because they typically download much more data from |
| the Internet than they upload. |
analog | Of data, having a form is analogous to the data’s origi- |
| nal waveform. The voice component in DSL is an analog |
| signal. See also digital. |
ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode A standard for |
| transmission of data, text, voice, and video, widely used |
| within the Internet. ATM data rates range from 45 Mbps |
| to 2.5 Gbps. See also data rate. |
authenticate | To verify a user’s identity, such as by prompting for a |
| password. |
binary | The “base two” system of numbers, that uses only two |
| digits, 0 and 1, to represent all numbers. In binary, the |
| number 1 is written as 1, 2 as 10, 3 as 11, 4 as 100, etc. |
| Although expressed as decimal numbers for convenience, |
| IP addresses in actual use are binary numbers; e.g., the |
| IP address 209.191.4.240 is 11010001.10111111.000001 |
| 00.11110000 in binary. See also bit, IP address, network |
| mask. |
bit | Short for “binary digit,” a bit is a number that can have |
| two values, 0 or 1. See also binary. |
bps | bits per second |
bridgingg | Passing data from your network to your ISP and vice |
| versa using the hardware addresses of the devices at |
| each location. Bridging contrasts with routing, which can |
| add more intelligence to data transfers by using network |
| addresses instead. The My ADSL Modem can perform |
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