Glossary
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Glossary
Below is a glossary of terms commonly used throughout this document.
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DDNS – Dynamic Domain Name System. A Domain Name System assigns a name
to an IP Address – for example,
www.google.com
has an IP address of
64.223.167.99. If you type in
www.google.com
into your Internet Explorer address
bar, your computer sends a request to a Name System, which looks to the IP
address for Google to bring the information back to your computer.
A Dynamic Domain Name System means that even if the IP address changes (which
happens with most internet providers), the name that you type into your browser
address bar will always find your system. So, typing in
http://mysystem.strategicvista.net
will always find your external IP address, and
locate your system even if your IP address changes.
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DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Your Router is a DHCP Server, which
will give any device on your network an IP Address when asked. If you have set your
System to have DHCP to ON, when it is connected to your Router it will automatically
get an Internal IP Address.
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Domain Name – The Name that identifies a Website.
www.google.com
is a Domain
Name.
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DSL – Digital Subscriber Line. A type of internet connectivity between you and your
telephone company.
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IP Address – Internet Protocol Address. Each device on your network (like a
computer, or your System) will have an individual Internal Address (like
192.168.0.103). Your Modem has been assigned an External IP address, like
72.48.166.9 – this address can periodically change.
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Kbps – Kilobits per Second. Refers to the speed of a signal transmission (upload or
download), and in this document refers to your Internet Connection Upload Speed.
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LCD/DVR – Liquid Crystal Display / Digital Video Recorder. This is your System
(combo Monitor / Recorder)
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MAC Address - Media Access Control address . An address which is typically made
up of numbers 0~9 and letters A~F and is assigned to your hardware that uniquely
identifies it’s place on the network.
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PC – Personal Computer
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URL - Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is the address of a page on the World Wide
Web, such as
http://www.google.com
or
http://mysystem.strategicvista.net
