Glossary
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| LAN | Abbreviation for Local Area Network. This is a network with a relatively | 10 | |
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| narrow range such as inside a company. |
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| Access point | These are stations for relaying electromagnetic signals between | 22 | |
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| computers in a wireless LAN. When a computer is connected to an |
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| access point, it can communicate through the network connected to the |
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| access point. |
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| MAC address | Each network card has its own ID No. | 22 | |
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| A discrete ID No. is assigned to each and every network card around |
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| the world. These IDs are used to exchange data between cards. These |
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| IDs are a combination of a discrete number managed and assigned |
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| by the IEEE to each individual manufacturer and a unique number |
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| assigned to each individual card by the manufacturer. |
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| IP address | Internet Protocol (IP) is a protocol for distributing data, and the address | 25 | |
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| corresponding to the data distribution destination is called the IP | 47 | |
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| address. The same IP address cannot be used within the same LAN. | 48 | |
DHCP | Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This function | 47 | ||
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| automatically assigns IP addresses to the connected equipment. If | 48 | ||
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| a device with the DHCP server function is present within a LAN, it |
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| automatically assigns IP addresses to the connected equipment. |
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| Subnetmask | This limits the range of the IP addresses assigned to computers in | 47 | |
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| order to divide the network into a number of sections during TCP/IP | 48 | |
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| connection. The value used to divide the network at this time is called |
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| the subnetmask. |
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| Default Gateway | The devices that are used for different network standards from yours. | 47 | |
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| Default Gateway enables a connection with other network, by adjusting | 48 | |
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| bilateral differences such as communication protocols. |
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| If no gateway is specified for the IP address of access destination, data |
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| will be sent to the host set as the default gateway. |
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| Domain Name | The identifier that corresponds to the location to which data is delivered | 25 | |
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| by the network. |
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| It is an alias name consisting of alphabet, numbers, and symbols that |
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| replace the more difficult to use enumerated IP address. |
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