Glossary 59
Glossary
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1X
— Internet at 1/10 the speed of EV-DO.
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3G
— Third Generation. 3G refers to the third generation of
mobile telephony technology.
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4G LTE
— Fourth Generation. 4G LTE refers to the fourth
generation of mobile telephony technology.
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802.11 (a, b, g, n)
— A set of WLAN communication standards
in the 2.4, 3.6 and 5 GHz frequency bands.
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bps
— Bits per second. The rate of data flow.
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Broadband
— High-capacity high-speed transmission channel
with a wider bandwidth than conventional modem lines.
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CDMA
— Code Division Multiple Access. It is the underlying
channel access method used by some mobile phone
standards.
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DHCP
— Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Software
found in servers and routers that automatically assigns
temporary IP addresses to clients logging into an IP network.
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DHCP Server
— A server or service with a server that assigns
IP addresses.
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DNS
— Domain Name System. A system for converting host
names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or
on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol.
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EDGE
— Enhances Data rates for GSM Evolution. A digital
mobile phone technology that allows improved data
transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of
GSM.
