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9.0 GLOSSARYOFTERMS
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AdhocMode:Awirelessnetworksysteminwhichdevicescommunicatedirectlywitheachother,withouttheuseofa
wirelessrouter.
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DDNS:DDNSisamethodofkeepingadomainnamelinkedtoadynamicIPaddresswithyourNetworkCamera.Youcan
setupyourDDNSserviceandthedevicewillautomaticallyupdateyourDDNSservereachtimeitalteradifferentIP
address.
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DHCP:DynamicHostConfigurationProtocolisasetofrulesusedbycommunicationsdevicessuchasacomputer,
routerornetworkadaptertoallowthedevicetorequestandobtainanIPaddressfromaserverwhichhasalistof
addressesavailableforassignment.
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Firmware:ThefirmwareisthesoftwareinyourY‐camthatmakesthehardwarefunctionalandallowsyoutousethe
manyfeaturesofyourwirelessIPCamera
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FTP:FileTransferProtocol.Networkcamerasequippedwithanembeddedoperatingsystem,suchasLinux,canuseFTP
tosendimagestoawebsite.
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GatewayAddress:IPaddressofthegatewaythroughwhichtheIPcameraisconnected
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IEEE802.11b/g:ThespecificationsdevelopedbytheIEEEforwirelessnetworktechnology.Itprovides11Mbps
transmissioninthe2.4GHzbandusage.
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InfrastructureMode:Oneofthewireless network system inwhichdevicescommunicate witheachotherbyfirstgoing
throughthewirelessrouter.
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IPAddress:Theunique32bitnumberassignedtoeachcomputerconnectedtotheIn ternet.IPnumbersareusedbythe
TCP/IPprotocoltoroutepacketsofdatatotheirdestinations.
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JPEG:Astandardimageformat,usedwidelyforphotographs,alsoknownasJPG.
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NetworkCamera:Astand‐alonedevicewhichallowsuserstoviewlive,fullmotionvideofromanywhereonacomputer
network,evenovertheInternet,usingastandardwebbrowser.
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PrimaryDNS:IPaddressoftheprimaryDNSserver,ifconfiguredfortheIPcamera
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SubnetMask:SubnetmaskoftheLANtowhichtheIPcameraisconnected
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TCP/IP:Thecollectionof"protocols"underlyingthefunctioningoftheInternet.Eachcomputerconnectedtothe
InternetisidentifiedbyauniqueIPAddress.
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Timeserver:Atimeserverconsistsofacomputernetworkingdevicethatreadstheactualtimefromareferenceclock
anddistributesthisinformationtoitsclientsusingacomputernetwork.
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UPnP:UniversalPlugandPlayisarchitectureforpervasivepeer‐to‐peernetworkconnectivityofintelligentappliances
andwirelessdevices.
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WEP:WirelessEquivalentPrivacy.AsecurityprotocolforwirelessnetworkdefinedintheIEEE802.11b/gstandard.WEP
aimstoprovidesecuritybyencryptingdataoverradiowavessothatitisprotectedasitistransmittedfromoneend
pointtoanother.