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Dinion IP
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Glossary
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Brief explanations of some of the terms and abbreviations found in this user
guide are given below.
10/100 Base-T
IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 or 100 MBit/s Ethernet
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol: a protocol for mapping MAC
and IP addresses
Baud
Unit of measure for the speed of data transmission
Bit/s
Bits per second, the actual data rate
CIF
Common Intermediate Format,
video format with 352 x 288/240 pixels
DNS
Domain Name Service
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
Full duplex
Simultaneous data transmission in both directions (sending
and receiving)
Gateway
Access point to another LAN (subnet)
GOP
Group of pictures
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
ID
Identification: a machine-readable character sequence
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
Internet Protocol
The main protocol used on the Internet, normally in
conjunction with the Transfer Control Protocol (TCP):
TCP/IP
IP
See
Internet Protocol
IP address
A 4-byte number uniquely defining each device on the
Internet. It is usually written in dotted decimal notation with full
stops separating the bytes, for example "209.130.2.193".
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
JPEG
An encoding process for still images (Joint Photographic
Experts Group)
kBit/s
Kilobits per second, the actual data rate