GLOSSARY

10BASE-T

IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbs Ethernet

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

b/s

Bits per second, the actual data rate

Cat5 Cable

Type of cable used on a LAN to connect computers, printers, and transmitters

 

and receivers to a hub on the network

CIF

Common Intermediate Format; video format with 352 x 288 pixels

Default Gateway

The router’s IP address (for example, 192.168.0.1)

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS

Domain Name Service

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

Full duplex

Simultaneous data transmission in both directions

G.711, G.728

Standard audio coding algorithms defined by ITU-T

H.224

Standardized protocol for data communication and remote control

H.261

Standard motion video coding algorithm defined by ITU-T

H.323

Standard for M-JPEG video and audio compression defined by ITU-I

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

Hub

A device on the network that connects multiple computers together to form a

 

LAN

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

ID

Identification: machine-readable number or name

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Internet Protocol

The main protocol used on the Internet. Forms—in conjunction with the Transfer

 

Control Protocol (TCP)—the TCP/IP protocol suite

IP

See Internet Protocol

IP Address

A unique four-byte number that identifies each unit on the Internet or network.

 

Usually written in dotted decimal notation with periods separating the bytes. This

 

address is required to communicate on the network (for example, 192.168.0.100).

ISP

Internet Service Provider

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