Appendix B: Glossary - NETGEAR CG814W Quick Manual

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Appendix B: Glossary

10BaseT – An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs.
100BaseTX – IEEE physical layer specification for 100 Mbps over two pairs of
Category 5 UTP or STP wire.
Adapter – Printed circuit board that plugs into a PC to add to capabilities or
connectivity to a PC. In a network environment, a network interface card (NIC)
is the typical adapter that allows the PC or server to connect to the intranet
and/or Internet.
Bridge – A device that interconnects different networks together.
Browser – A browser is an application program that provides a way to look at
and internet with all the information on the World Wide Web or PC. The word
"browser" seems to have originated prior to the Web as a generic term for user
interfaces that let you browse text files online.
CAT 5 – ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic
Industries Association) Standard 568 is one of several standards that specify
"categories" (the singular is commonly referred to as "CAT") of twisted pair
cabling systems (wires, junctions, and connectors) in terms of the data rates
that they can sustain. CAT5 cable has a maximum throughput of 100 Mbps
and is usually utilized for 100BaseTX networks.
Default Gateway – The routing device used to forward all traffic that is not
addressed to a station within the local subnet.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) – A protocol that lets network
administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network. Using the Internet's set
of protocol (TCP/IP), each machine that can connect to the Internet needs a
unique IP address. When an organization sets up its computer users with a
connection to the Internet, an IP address must be assigned to each machine.
Without DHCP, the IP address must be entered manually at each computer
and, if computers move to another location in another part of the network, a
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