Prestige 642 PPPoE Modem

 

 

 

 

Glossary

 

 

100Base-T

 

 

Uses two pairs of twisted-pair wire with a maximum distance of 100 meters between

 

 

 

 

 

the hub and the workstation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10Base-T

 

 

The 10-Mbps baseband Ethernet specification that uses two pairs of twisted-pair

 

 

 

 

 

cabling (Category 3 or 5), one pair for transmitting data and the other for receiving

 

 

 

 

 

data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADSL

 

 

Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line is an asymmetrical technology which means that

 

 

 

 

 

the downstream data rate of the line is much higher than the upstream data rate. ADSL

 

 

 

 

 

operates in a frequency range that is above the frequency range of voice services, so the

 

 

 

 

 

two systems can operate over the same cable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analog

 

 

An electrical circuit that is represented by means of continuous, variable physical

 

 

 

 

 

quantities (such as voltages and frequencies), as opposed to discrete representations

 

 

 

 

 

(like the 0/1, off/on representation of digital circuits).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARP

 

 

Address Resolution Protocol is a protocol for mapping an Internet Protocol address (IP

 

 

 

 

 

address) to a physical computer address that is recognized in the local network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bandwidth

 

 

This is the capacity on a link usually measured in bits-per-second (bps).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit

 

 

A Binary Digit (either a one or a zero); a single digit number in base-2. A bit is the

 

 

 

 

 

smallest unit of computerized data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Byte

 

 

A set of bits that represent a single character. There are eight bits in a byte.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camping Out

 

 

Staying in a "safe" place once a hacker has broken into a system. The term can be used

 

 

 

 

 

with a physical location, electronic reference or an entry point for future attacks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAP

 

 

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol is an alternative protocol that avoids

 

 

 

 

 

sending passwords over the wire by using a challenge/response technique.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Client

 

 

A software program that is used to contact and obtain data from a server software

 

 

 

 

 

program on another computer. Each client program is designed to work with one or

 

 

 

 

 

more specific kinds of Server programs and each server requires a specific kind of

 

 

 

 

 

client. A web browser, for example, is a specific kind of client.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO

 

 

Central Office. A CO is a facility that serves local telephone subscribers. In the CO,

 

 

 

 

 

subscribers' lines are joined to switching equipment that allows them to connect to each

 

 

 

 

 

other for both local and long distance calls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COE

 

 

Central Office Equipment. COE is where home and office phone lines terminate and

 

 

 

 

 

connect to a much larger switching system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command Line

 

 

A command line interface is a computer environment in which you enter predefined

 

 

 

 

 

commands on the command line to modify, configure and display information about a

 

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