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DI-LB604 User’s Manual

D-Link Systems, Inc.

Appendix

Glossary

Access Control List - ACL. Database of network devices that are allowed to access resources on the

network.

Access Point - AP. Device that allows wireless clients to connect to it and access the network

Ad-hoc network - Peer-to-Peer network between wireless clients

Address Resolution Protocol - ARP. Used to map MAC addresses to IP addresses so that conversions can

be made in both directions.

ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Advanced Encryption Standard - AES. Government encryption standard

Alphanumeric - Characters A-Z and 0-9

Antenna - Used to transmit and receive RF signals.

AppleTalk – A set of Local Area Network protocols developed by Apple for their computer systems

AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol – AARP. Used to map the MAC addresses of Apple computers to

their AppleTalk network addresses, so that conversions can be made in both directions.

Application layer - 7th Layer of the OSI model. Provides services to applications to ensure that they can

communicate properly with other applications on a network.

ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange. This system of characters is most commonly

used for text ﬁles

Attenuation – The loss in strength of digital an analog signals. The loss is greater when the signal is being

transmitted over long distances.

Authentication –To provide credentials, like a Password, in order to verify that the person or device is really

who they are claiming to be

Automatic Private IP Addressing - APIPA. An IP address that a Windows computer will assign itself when it

is conﬁgured to obtain an IP address automatically but no DHCP server is available on the network

Backward Compatible - The ability for new devices to communicate and interact with older legacy devices to

guarantee interoperability

Bandwidth - The maximum amount of bytes or bits per second that can be transmitted to and from a network

device

Basic Input/Output System – BIOS. A program that the processor of a computer uses to startup the system

once it is turned on

Baud – Data transmission speed

Bit rate – The amount of bits that pass in given amount of time

bit/sec – bits per second

BOOTP – Bootstrap Protocol. Allows for computers to be booted up and given an IP address with no user

intervention

Bottleneck – A time during processes when something causes the process to slowdown or stop all together

Broadband – A wide band of frequencies available for transmitting data

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