Western Digital My Book World Edition (white light) User Manual - Manual (Page 190)

GLOSSARY - 184
MY BOOK WORLD EDITION
USER MANUAL
Striping — The spread of data over multiple hard drives to improve performance.
See also RAID 0.
TCP/IP — Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A set of protocols for
communication over interconnected networks. The standard for data transmission
over networks. See also Protocol.
Twonky Media Server — A server application that searches for all the media (for
example, videos, photos, and music) stored on the My Book World Edition connected
to your home network.
UPnP — Universal Plug n Play. A set of computer network protocols that simplify the
implementation of networks in the home by allowing devices to connect seamlessly.
See also Protocol.
UPnP NAT Traversal — Combines UPnP and NAT features.
USB — Universal Serial Bus. A serial bus for connecting peripherals to a
microcomputer. It connects external drives, printers, modems, mice, keyboards, etc.,
through a single, general-purpose port. It can automatically add and configure new
devices without having to shut down and restart the system.
USB 2.0 — For most PCs, the standard interface is USB. Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0)
supports data transfer rates up to 480Mb/s. USB 2.0 is backward-compatible with
USB 1.1. — If you connect to a USB 1.1 device, data is transferred at USB 1.1
speed (up to
1.1 Mb/s).
WAN — Wide Area Network. A computer network that crosses metropolitan,
regional, or national boundaries.
WD Anywhere Backup — WD backup software that allows the user to set up
continuous backup of all or selected files for up to five computers in a network. This
feature backs up your data to the My Book World Edition so you can restore your
data in the event that a computer’s hard drive crashes.
WD Discovery™ — WD software application that allows the host computer to find
one or more WD My Book World Editions in the same network segment.