Appendix C - Specifications

Appendix G

 

 

 

G

Glossary of Terms

 

NUMBERS

10BASE-T

10BASE-T is Ethernet over UTP Category III, IV, or V unshielded twisted-pair media.

100BASE-TX

The two-pair twisted-media implementation of 100BASE-T is called 100BASE-TX.

A

Applet

Applets are small Java programs that can be embedded in an HTML page. The rule at the moment is that an applet can only make an Internet connection to the computer form which the applet was sent.

ASCII

American Standard Code. For Information Interchange, it is the standard method for encoding characters as 8-bit sequences of binary numbers, allowing a maximum of

256characters.

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol. ARP is a protocol that resides at the TCP/IP Internet layer which delivers data on the same network by translating an IP address to a physi- cal address.

AVI

Audio Video Interleave, it is a Windows platform audio and video file type, a common format for small movies and videos.

B

BOOTP

Bootstrap Protocol is an Internet protocol that can automatically configure a network device in a diskless workstation to give its own IP address.

C

Communication

Communication has four components: sender, receiver, message, and medium. In networks, devices and application tasks and processes communicate messages to each other over media. They represent the sender and receivers. The data they send is the message. The cabling or transmission method they use is the medium.

Connection

In networking, two devices establish a connection to communicate with each other.

D

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol was developed by Microsoft. It is a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network. With dynamic addressing, a device can have a different IP address every time it connects to the network. In some systems, the device's IP address can even change while it is still connected. DHCP also supports a mix of static and dynamic IP addresses. This simplifies the task for network administrators because the software keeps track of IP addresses rather than requiring an administrator to manage the task. This means a new computer can be added to a network without the hassle of manually assigning it a unique IP address. DHCP allows the specification for the service provided by a router, gateway, or other

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