Verizon UML290 manual Glossary, Appendix

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GLOSSARY

Analog Coverage

An area where analog service is available. Analog phones usually indicate signal strength on an indicator in the phone’s display when receiving an analog signal.

Browser

The software that allows you to view the Internet; contains navigator commands such as forward and back; examples include Netscape, Microsoft Explorer. A Web browser in your computer requests HTML files from Web servers and takes you to the Internet sites you wish to visit, by linking your computer’s IP address to a site’s IP address.

COM PORT (communications port)

A connector for a communications interface, usually, a serial port.

Data

Information kept in databases, on an intranet, on the Internet, etc.

Driver

Software that controls a device.

Inactivity Time-Out

A stoppage in a connection, which usually occurs after a period of time elapses, without activity. Time- out settings are usually determined by the network.

Internet

A cooperatively run, globally distributed collection of computer networks that exchange information via a common set of rules for exchanging data (Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol or TCP/IP).

Intranet

An intranet is a web site created by a business, which posts its own company information in a secure part of the Internet that only employees or other authorized users can reach. Intranets are generally protected by firewalls.

APPENDIX

Kbps

Kilobits per second.

Kilobyte (KB)

1024 bits (Approximately 1/2 page of plain text)

Modem

Hardware that translates and transmits data over wire-line or wireless.

Package Minutes

Package minutes are those minutes included in the cost of a monthly service plan. Once the packaged minutes have been exhausted, additional airtime charges apply. Please refer to Plans and Pricing for more information, details and offers in your area.

Packet Switching

Packet-switching messages are divided into packets or pieces before transmission over one or more routes and are reassembled at their destination.

POP3 e-mail

Protocol used by ISP’s mail servers to manage e-mail for subscribers. E-mail clients such as Microsoft Outlook support POP3.

Proxy Settings

A specific IP (Internet Protocol) address that allows access to a secured enterprise network. The proxy settings provide directions to a computer so that it can locate an address and access information and services, which exist at that location.

Search Engine

A program that receives a user’s search request, compares it to the entries in the index, and returns results to help the user find relevant information.

Serial Port

A connector on a computer used to connect peripherals, which communicate using a serial protocol.

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Verizon UML290 manual Glossary, Appendix