User Manual and Operating Guide

V200 VoIP Telephone Adaptor/Router 25
YML796 Rev1
Appendix B: Glossary
100BaseT: A 100 Mbps Ethernet standard that uses twisted-pair wiring.
10BaseT: A 10 Mbps Ethernet standard that uses twisted-pair wiring.
Arp: Address Resolution Protocol
Address: The symbol (usually numeric) identifying an interface attached to a
network.
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
Bandwidth: The range of frequencies of a transmission channel. The wider the
range the higher the data rate that can be sent. Hence, bandwidth is
also taken to mean the data rate.
Baud: One baud is one symbol (state-transition or level-transition) per
second.
Bit: A binary digit, with the value of –0 or –1.
Boot: Start a device.
Bps: Bits per second. The speed at which bits are transmitted across a
data connection.
Bridge: A device that links local or remote area networks together,
forwarding packets based on a MAC address (compare with
gateway).
Broadband: Communication channels operating at transmission rates in excess of
64 Kbps.
Broadcast: The simultaneous transmission to two or more communication
devices.
Byte: Eight bits arranged in sequence
CHAP: Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. A PPP protocol to
ensure authentication of the connection between two devices.
CPE: Customer Premises Equipment. Equipment used by the end-user.
DHCP server: A server that dynamically allocates network addresses and delivers
configuration parameters to hosts.
DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A TCP/IP protocol that
enables a network connected to the Internet to automatically assign
a temporary IP address to a host when the host connects to the
network.
DNS: Domain Name Server. A server that retains the addresses and routing
information for TCP/IP PAT users.
Download: To receive a file over a network (compare with upload).