| Glossary |
Port | Describes an interface between the operating |
| system, applications, and Internet. |
SMTP | Eograms use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| (SMTP) to transmit data to the provider's mail |
| server It then forwards the e |
| stations to the recipient’s mail server. |
SSID | Service Set Identifier; network name in WLAN, |
| allows stations in the WLAN to find the correct |
| access point. |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol; |
| this is the transport protocol on which the data |
| transmission on the Internet is based. |
WAN | A Wide Area Network is a network mainly |
| working across great distances. |
WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy; Describes a 128 bit |
| encryption process used for wireless LANs. |
WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network is a remote |
| technology for wireless networking. |
WPA | WiFi Protected Access is an encryption method |
| for a WLAN. |
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