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Appendix
Glossary
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
×
288/240 pixels
DNS
Domain Name Service
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
Full duplex
Simultaneous data transmission in both directions (sending
and receiving)
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
LAN
See
Local area network
Local area network
A communications network serving users within a limited
geographical area, such as a building or a university
campus. It is controlled by a network operating system and
uses a transfer protocol.
MAC
Media Access Control
