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companies. It contains one or more wire pairs twisted together to reduce inductance and noise.
Each telephone line uses one pair. In homes, it is most often installed with two pairs. For
Ethernet LANs, a higher grade called Category 3 (CAT 3) is used for 10BASE-T networks,
and an even higher grade called Category 5 (CAT 5) is used for 100BASE-T networks. See also
10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, Ethernet.
Upstream The direction of data transmission from the user to the Internet.
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
WAN Wide Area Network
Any network spread over a large geographical area, such as a country or continent. With
respect to the SL-1000, WAN refers to the Internet.
Web browser A software program that uses Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) to download information from (and upload to) web sites, and displays the information,
which may consist of text, graphic images, audio, or video, to the user. Web browsers use
Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Popular web browsers include Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft Internet Explorer. See also HTTP, web site, WWW.
Web page A web site file typically containing text, graphics and hyperlinks
(cross-references) to the other pages on that web site, as well as to pages on other web sites.
When a user accesses a web site, the first page that is displayed is called the home page. See
also hyperlink, web site.
Web site A computer on the Internet that distributes information to (and
gets information from) remote users through web browsers. A web site typically consists of
web pages that contain text, graphics, and hyperlinks. See also hyperlink, web page.
WWW World Wide Web
Also called (the) Web. Collective term for all web sites anywhere in the world that can be
accessed via the Internet
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