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

JPEG

Joint Photographic Expert Group (procedure to encode still images)

LAN

See Local Area Network

Local Area Network

Multiple computers linked together into a network to share information

 

within a limited geographic area (such as a building or a campus)

 

controlled by a network operating system and using a transport protocol

MAC Address

Media Access Control/hardware address

NAT

See Network Address Translator

Network Address

A proposal for IP address re-use where the local IP address is mapped

Translator

to a globally unique address

Picture

A video picture that has been digitized at a particular resolution

PPP

See Point-To-Point Protocol

Point-To-Point Protocol

A protocol allowing a computer using TCP/IP to connect directly to the

 

Internet

Router

A physical device that connects multiple LANs

QCIF

Quarter CIF, video format with 176 x 144 pixels

Server Push

A continuous stream sent from the transmitter to the web browser

Subnet Mask

A mask that explains which part of an IP address is the network

 

address and which part composes the host address. It is usually

 

expressed in dotted-decimal notation (for example, 255.255.255.192).

TCP

Transfer Control Protocol

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

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