Section 6 - Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms
1. Network Camera: A stand-alone device which allows users to view live, full motion
video from anywhere on a computer network, even over the Internet, using a
standard web browser.
2. JPEG: A standard image format, used widely for photographs, also known as JPG.
3. IEEE 802.11b/g/n: The specifications developed by the IEEE for wireless network
technology. It provides 11 Mbps transmission in the 2.4GHz band usage.
4. WEP: Wireless Equivalent Privacy. A security protocol for wireless network defined in
the IEEE 802.11b/g/n standard. WEP aims to provide security by encrypting data over
radio waves so that it is protected as it is transmitted from one end point to another.
5. Adhoc Mode: A wireless network system in which devices communicate directly with
each other, without the use of a wireless router.
6. Infrastructure Mode: One of the wireless network system in which devices
communicate with each other by first going through the wireless router.
7. IP Address: The unique 32 bit number assigned to each computer connected to the
Internet. IP numbers are used by the TCP/IP protocol to route packets of data to their
destinations.
8. TCP/IP: The collection of "protocols" underlying the functioning of the Internet.
Each computer connected to the Internet is identified by a unique IP Address.
9. SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
10. FTP: File Transfer Protocol. Network cameras equipped with an embedded operating
system, such as Linux, can use FTP to send images to a website.
11. DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a set of rules used by communications
devices such as a computer, router or network adapter to allow the device to request and
obtain an IP address from a server which has a list of addresses available for assignment.
12 UPnP: Universal Plug and Play is an architecture for pervasive peer-to-peer network
connectivity of intelligent appliances and wireless devices.
13. DDNS: DDNS is a method of keeping a domain name linked to a dynamic IP address
with your Network Camera. You can set up your DDNS service and the device will
automatically update your DDNS server each time it alter a different IP address.
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