Malibu Boats AirMAX 240, Installation & Configuration Manual

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Glossary of Terms
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Appendix Glossary
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check. An algorithm that computes a numerical
value based on the bits in a block of data to insure the accurate
delivery of data
DHCP
Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) provides a method for
automatic IP address allocation via a DHCP server that manages
addresses.
DNS
Domain Name System. The distributed name/address mechanism
used in the Internet. See also Domain Name Service.
Domain
In the Internet, a part of a naming hierarchy. An Internet domain
name consists of a sequence of labels separated by periods.
Domain Name Service
(DNS)
DNS allows you to use a name such as www.malibunetworks.com
instead of a cryptic IP address such as 204.33.180.83. DNS names
cannot have more than 255 characters.
Encryption
Data is scrambled into an unreadable form. Later, an application
decodes the data when a user-supplied password matches a
predefined value.
Enterprise Network
An enterprise network connects all computers and networkable
devices in a company and runs the company’s mission-critical
applications.
Ethernet
A network that runs over thick coax, thin coax, twisted-pair, and
fiber-optic cable. A thick coax Ethernet and a thin coax Ethernet use
a bus topology. Twisted-pair Ethernet uses a star topology. Fiber
Ethernet uses a point-to-point method. 802.3 is the IEEE
specification; 8802/3 is the ISO specification; and DIX/Blue Book
Ethernet is the name of the Digital Equipment Corp., Intel, and
Xerox specification. Apple Computer s version of Ethernet is called
Ethertalk.
File Transfer Protocol
(FTP)
The TCP/IP protocol for file transfer. Internet protocol for transferring
files between hosts.
Filtering
A process used to remove particular source or destination
addresses before crossing a bridge or router onto another area of a
network.
Gateway
An alternate name for a router.
Hop
A term used in routing to represent one data link. The network path
from the source to the destination consists of a series of hops.