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WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
WFQ Weighted Fair Queueing
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WWW World Wide Web
Terms
10Base-T 10 Mbit/s Ethernet LAN specification using two pairs of twisted cabling. 10Base-
T is a part of the IEEE 802.3 specification.
Authentication Determining the identity of a user that is attempting to access a network.
Asymmetric digital
subscriber line,
ADSL High-speed transmission technology using existing copper telephone lines. Data
is transmitted in general from a server to a user.
Bridge Device or software that transmits data from a source network to a destination
network. These two networks normally use the same protocol.
Broadcast Transmitting data to everyone on the network. Rf. multicast.
Command line
interface, CLI Character-based man-machine interface for configuring a device.
Digital subscriber
line, xDSL Generic abbreviation for various different DSL types. For example ADSL,
HDSL, SDSL, and VDSL.
Domain name
server, DNS Server used on the Internet for translating names of network nodes into IP
addresses. A name server lets users access networks nodes by name instead of
having to remember IP address numbers.
Domain name
system, DNS System containing domain name servers.
Encapsulation Method for using multiple protocols within the same network. This is done by
enclosing a data unit of one protocol into a data unit of another protocol.
Encryption For data security, transforming data into an unreadable form to prevent any but
the intended receiver from reading it.
Encryption key Character or bit sequence which is used for encryption, decryption or
authentication of data.
Ethernet Local area network that connects devices like computers, printers, and terminals.
Ethernet operates over twisted-pair or coaxial cable.
Gateway Device or software in an information network which links two networks that use
differents communications protocols.