User Manual
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IP Address - The address for a computer on a TCP/IP network. IP address refers to a particular
machine on the network. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four
numbers separated by periods. Each number can be 0 to 255, for example, 11.160.10.240 is an
IP address. Any machine connected to the Internet is assigned an IP address.
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network — A special dial-up telephone wire connection that
allows digital data transmission to co-exist with the telephone voice (analog) signals. ISDN
requires a special phone line from the Telephone Company. The basic rate ISDN (also called
2B+D) is a four wire (two pairs of twisted telephone cable) connection that provides two B
channels that transmits data at 64 kbps and third D channel that transmits data at 16 kbps.
ISP - Internet Service Provider — An organization that provides Internet access to the computer
users.
LAN - Local Area Network — A computer network that spans a relatively small area. Most LANs are
confined to an office, single building, or group of buildings.
LED - Light Emitting Diode — An electric component that emits light (turns ON) when current
flows through it.
Local loop - The telephone lines running from a telephone company's central office in a local area to
its customers' telephones at homes and offices.
Login - The account name (user name or user ID) and/or password used to access a computer system
or a Web site.
kbps - Kilobits per second — a measure of data transfer speed.
KB - Kilobytes — 1,024 bytes.
Mac Address - Media Access Control — A unique address associated with an Ethernet card.
Mbps - Megabits per second — A measure of data transfer speed.
Megabits/Megabytes - One million bits/bytes.
Modem - A device that allows a computer to transmit data to other computers via telephone lines.
NAT - Network Address Translation — An Internet standard that enables a local-area network to use
one set of IP addresses for internal traffic and a second set of IP addresses for external traffic.
NAT provides a type of firewall security by hiding internal IP addresses. Since they’re used
internally only, there’s no possibility of conflict with IP addresses used by other companies and
organizations.