Uniden DCX200 warranty Appendix Glossary

Wireless PCI Adapter

Appendix: Glossary

Ad.Hoc --Ad.Hoc mode allows computers equipped with wireless transmitters and receivers to communicate directly with each other, eliminating the need for an access point.

Adapter – Printed circuit board that plugs into a PC to add to capabilities or connectivity to a PC. In a networked environment, a network interface card (NIC) is the typical adapter that allows the PC or server to connect to the intranet and/or Internet.

Backbone – The part of a network that connects most of the systems and networks together and handles the most data.

Bandwidth – The transmission capacity of a given facility, in terms of how much data the facility can transmit in a fixed amount of time; expressed in bits per second (bps).

Bit – A binary digit. The value 0 or 1 used in the binary numbering system. Also, the smallest form of data.

Boot – To cause the computer to start executing instructions.

Personal computers contain built-in instructions in ROM chip that are automatically executed on startup. These instructions search for the operating system, load it, and pass control to it.

Bridge – A device that interconnects different networks together.

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Wireless PCI Adapter

Broadband – A data-transmission scheme in which multiple signals share the bandwidth of a single medium. This allows the transmission of voice, data, and video signals over that medium. Cable television uses broadband techniques to deliver dozens of channels over one cable.

Browser – A browser is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web or PC.

The word “browser” seems to have originated prior to the Web as a generic term for user interfaces that let you browse text files online.

Cable Modem – A device that connects a computer to the cable television network, which in turn connects to the Internet. Once connected, cable modem users have a continuous connection to the Internet. Cable modems feature asymmetric transfer rates: around 36 Mbps downstream (from the Internet to the computer), and from 200 Kbps to 2 Mbps upstream (from the computer to the Internet).

Data Packet – One frame in a packet-switched message. Most data communication is based on dividing the transmitted message into packets. For example, an Ethernet packet can be from 64 to 1518 bytes in length.

Default Gateway – The routing device used to forward all traffic that is not addressed to a station within the local subnet.

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