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NP5430 11g Wireless PC Card User Guide
TCP
(Transmission Control Protocol) - A method (protocol) used
along with the IP (Internet Protocol) to send data in the form of
message units (datagram) between network devices over a LAN
or WAN. While IP takes care of handling the actual delivery of
the data (routing), TCP takes care of keeping track of the
individual units of data (called packets) that a message is divided
into for efficient delivery over the network. TCP is known as a
"connection oriented" protocol due to requiring the receiver of a
packet to return an acknowledgment of receipt to the sender of
the packet resulting in transmission control.
TCP/IP
(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) - The basic
communication language or set of protocols for communications
over a network (developed specifically for the Internet). TCP/IP
defines a suite or group of protocols and not only TCP and IP.
UDP
(User Datagram Protocol) - A method (protocol) used along with
the IP (Internet Protocol) to send data in the form of message
units (datagram) between network devices over a LAN or WAN.
While IP takes care of handling the actual delivery of the data
(routing), UDP takes care of keeping track of the individual units
of data (called packets) that a message is divided into for efficient
delivery over the network. UDP is known as a "connection-less"
protocol due to NOT requiring the receiver of a packet to return
an acknowledgment of receipt to the sender of the packet (as
opposed to TCP).
WEP
(Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based
on a 64-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE
802.11b standard.
WINIPCFG
Configuration utility based on the Win32 API for querying,
defining and managing IP addresses within a network. A
commonly used utility under Windows 95, 98SE, and Me.
WLAN
(Wireless Local Area Network) - A group of computers and
associated devices that communicate with each other wirelessly.
