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puters and other devices to form a LAN.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics En-
gineers): The professional organization which
promotes development of electronics technol-
ogy.
IP (Internet Protocol) Address: A unique 32-bi-
nary-digit number that identifies each sender or
receiver of information sent in packets.
Infrastructure: A wireless network or other small
network in which the wireless network devices
are made a part of the network through the Ac-
cess Point.
ISP (Internet Service Provider): A company
that provides access to the Internet and other
related services.
IV (Initialization Vector): The header section of
a message packet.
LAN (Local Area Network): A group of comput-
ers and peripheral devices connected to share
resources.
LED (Light Emitting Diode): The lights on
a hardware device representing the activity
through the ports.
MAC (Medium Access Control) Address: A
unique number that distinguishes network
cards.
Mbps (Mega Bits Per Second): A measurement
of millions of bits per second.
MDI/X (Media Dependent Interface/Cross-over):
Port on a network hub or switch that crosses
the incoming transmit lines with the outgoing
receive lines.
MHz (MegaHertz): One million cycles per
second.
MIB II: A database containing performance
information and statistics on each device in a
network.
MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second): A mea-
surement of processing speed.
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