| both routing and bridging. Typically, when both functions | ||
| are enabled, the device routes IP data and bridges all | ||
| other types of data. See also routing. | ||
broadband | A telecommunications technology that can send different | ||
| types of data over the same medium. DSL is a broadband | ||
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Broadcast | To send data to all computers on a network. | ||
CO | Central Office A circuit switch that terminates all the local | ||
| access lines in a particular geographic serving area; a | ||
| physical building where the local switching equipment is | ||
| found. xDSL lines running from a subscriber’s home con- | ||
| nect at their serving central office. | ||
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP automates | ||
| address assignment and management. When a computer | ||
| connects to the LAN, DHCP assigns it an IP address from | ||
| a shared pool of IP addresses; after a specified time limit, | ||
| DHCP returns the address to the pool. | ||
DHCP relay | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol relay. A DHCP relay | ||
| is a computer that forwards DHCP data between comput- | ||
| ers that request IP addresses and the DHCP server that | ||
| assigns the addresses. Each of the My ADSL Modem’s | ||
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DHCP server | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server. A DHCP | ||
| server is a computer that is responsible for assigning IP | ||
| addresses to the computers on a LAN. See DHCP. | ||
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digital | Of data, having a form based on discrete values ex- | ||
| pressed as binary numbers (0’s and 1’s). The data com- | ||
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