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URL
Universal Resource Locator
Globally unique address of a domain on the
A URL is a subtype of the
. URLs identify a
resource by its location on the
.
For historical reasons the term is often used
as a synonym for URI.
User name
User ID
Name/number combination for access e.g.,
to your VoIP account or your private address
directory on the Internet.
V
Voice codec
See
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
Telephone calls are no longer placed and
transmitted over the telephone network but
over the
(or other IP networks).
VoIP provider
A VoIP, SIP or
is an Inter-
net service provider that provides a
for Internet telephony. As the phone
works with the SIP standard, your provider
must support the SIP standard.
The provider routes calls from VoIP to the tel-
ephone network (analogue, ISDN and
mobile) and vice versa.
W
WAN
Wide Area Network
Wide-area network that is unrestricted in
terms of area (e.g.,