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Glossary
Terminology
Dial-around
Service that allows a subscriber to make calls via another provider than the
provider of the phone connection. In this way, the subscriber can use other
- often less expensive - providers.
DiffServ
Differentiated Services Flag - flag evaluated by active network components
such as routers or switches in networks in order to forward packets
according to their priority. This is necessary, for example, to give voice
packets (VoIP) priority and to achieve better voice quality.
DNS
Domain Name Service - needed to translate Internet addresses. The name
of a computer on the Internet (for example,
) is
assigned to the corresponding IP address. This service is provided by DNS
servers at the various Internet service providers or by upper domain servers.
Domain
Globally unique name of a website, consisting of third-level domain (e. g.
the service name “www“), second-level domain (e. b. “auerswald“) and top-
level domain (e. g. the country code “uk“). The domain is part of the URL.
