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Appendix E Glossary
Appendix E: Glossary
3G - is the th ird generation of mobile phone standards and technology, after 2G. It is based on the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU) family of standards under the International Mobile Telecommunications program
802.11b
– WLAN standard. Provides a transmission speed of 11 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band.
802.11g -
WLAN standard. Provides transmission speeds of up to 54 Mbps (typically 22 Mbps) in the 2.4 GHz band. Is
considered a s uccessor of , and i s compatible wi th, 802.11b . Enabl es high speed dat a ac cess from up t o 100
meters distance from the base station.
Access Point - A device that allows wireless-equipped computers and other devices to communicate with a wired network. Also used
to expand the range of a wireless network.
Adapter - A device that adds network functionality to your PC.
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) - A security method that uses symmetric 128-bit block data encryption.
Bandwidth - The transmission capacity of a given device or network.
Beacon Interval - Data transmitted on your wireless network that keeps the network synchronized.
Bit - A binary digit.
Bridge - A device that connects different networks.
Broadband - An always-on, fast Internet connection.
Browser - An application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web.
Byte - A unit of data which is usually eight bits long
CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance) - A method of data transfer that is used to prevent data collisions.
CTS (Clear To Send) - A signal sent by a wireless device, signifying that it is ready to receive data.
Database - A collection of data that is organized so that its contents can easily be accessed, managed, and updated.
DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) - Allows the hosting of a website, FTP server, or e-mail server with a fixed domain name (e.g.,
www.xyz.com) and a dynamic IP address.
Default Gateway - A device that forwards Internet traffic from your local area network.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Confi guration Protoco l) - The Dynamic Host Conf iguration P rotocol is u sed t o c onfigure I P a ddresses a nd
applicable information dynamically. Instead of a static (fixed) IP address, DHCP clients receive their IP address from a central
DHCP server.
DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) - i s a decoupled isolated partial network that is switched between the ne twork to be protected and the
unsecured network.
DNS (Domain Name Server) – Internet service that is used to assign IP addresses to the corresponding readable domain names and
vice-versa.
Domain - A specific name for a network of computers.
Download - To receive a file transmitted over a network.
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) - An always-on broadband connection over traditional phone lines.
DSSS (Direct-Sequence Spr ead-Spectrum) - Frequency tr ansmission w ith a redundant b it pattern r esulting i n a l ower pr obability of
information being lost in transit.
DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) - A message included in data packets that can increase wireless efficiency.
Dynamic IP Address - A temporary IP address assigned by a DHCP server.
EAP ( Extensible Authentication Protoco l) - A gen eral aut hentication p rotocol us ed to control n etwork acces s. Many spec ific
authentication methods work within this framework.
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