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packaged with TCP/IP as a “suite” in order to get to the Internet.
URL
A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of a file (resource) accessible
on the Internet. The URL contains the name of the protocol required to access
the resource, a domain name that identifies a specific computer on the Internet,
and a hierarchical description of a file location on the computer.
WLAN
A WLAN in which a user can connect to a network using a wireless connection.
IEEE 802.11 specifies the technology for WLANs, as well as the Wired
Equivalent Privacy algorithm encryption method.
WEP
(Wired Equivalent Privacy)
A data privacy encryption method based on a 64-bit shared key algorithm.
WEP Key
A form of security and encryption used for WEP. It is a special sequence of
characters used to restrict access to a wireless network.
WEP40
A 40-bit encryption method that secures data packets over an insecure path,
such as the Internet, whereby the recipient must use a matching 40-bit key to
decrypt the data.
