Glossary – Buffalo Technology Buffalo AirStation WYR-G54 User Manual

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WAN (Wide Area Network): A networking sys-

tem covering a wide geographical area.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy): An encryp-

tion method based on 64 or 128-bit algorithm.
Web Browser: A software program that allows

viewing of web pages.
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity): An organization that

tests and assures interoperability among WLAN

devices.
Wire Speed: The maximum speed at which a

given packet can be transferred using Ethernet

and Fast Ethernet standard speciﬁcations.
WLAN (Wireless LAN): A LAN topology using

wireless devices.
VPN (Virtual Private Network): A security

method to connect remote LAN users to a cor-

porate LAN system.

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