Wi-Fi Personal Bridge 150
User Manual
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Glossary
10BASE-T
A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate of 10 Mbps. Also
known as Category 3 (CAT 3) wiring.
See
data rate, Ethernet
.
100BASE-T
A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate of 100 Mbps.
Also known as Category 5 (CAT 5) wiring. See
data rate, Ethernet
.
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
The most commonly deployed "flavor" of
DSL for home users is asymmetrical DSL. The term
asymmetrical refers to its unequal data rates for downloading and uploading (the download rate
is higher than the upload rate). The asymmetrical rates benefit home users because they
typically download much more data from the Internet than they upload.
Analog
An analog signal is a signal that has had its frequency modified in some way, such as by
amplifying its strength or varying its frequency, in order to add information to the signal. The
voice component in DSL is an analog signal. See
digital
.
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
A standard for high-speed transmission of data, text, voice, and video, widely used within the
Internet. ATM data rates range from 45 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps. See
data rate
.
Authenticate
To verify a user’s identity, such as by prompting for a password.
Binary
The "base two" system of numbers, that uses only two digits, 0 and 1, to represent all numbers.
In binary, the number 1 is written as 1, 2 as 10, 3 as 11, 4 as 100, etc. Although expressed as
decimal numbers for convenience, IP addresses in actual use are binary numbers; e.g., the IP
address 209.191.4.240 is 11010001.10111111.00000100.11110000 in binary. See
bit, IP
address, network mask
.
Bit
Short for "binary digit," a bit is a number that can have two values, 0 or 1. See
binary
.
Bps
bits per second
