Glossary - Cradlepoint ARC CBA850 Manual

9 GLOSSARY

802.11
A family of specifications for wireless local area networks
(WLANs) developed by a working group of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Access Control List
ACL. This is a database of network devices that are allowed to
access resources on the network.
Access Point
AP. Device that allows wireless clients to connect to it and access
the network.
ActiveX
A Microsoft specification for the interaction of software
components.
Ad-hoc network
Peer-to-Peer network between wireless clients.
Address Resolution Protocol
ARP. Used to map MAC addresses to IP addresses so that
conversions can be made in both directions.
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line.
Advanced Encryption Standard
AES. Government encryption standard.
Alphanumeric
Characters A-Z and 0-9.
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Antenna
Used to transmit and receive RF signals.
AppleTalk
A set of Local Area Network protocols developed by Apple for
their computer systems.
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
AARP: Used to map the MAC addresses of Apple computers to
their AppleTalk network addresses, so that conversions can be
made in both directions.
Application layer
7th Layer of the OSI model. Provides services to applications to
ensure that they can communicate properly with other
applications on a network.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. This
system of characters is most commonly used for text files.
Attenuation
The loss in strength of digital and analog signals. The loss is
greater when the signal is being transmitted over long distances.
Authentication
To provide credentials, like a Password, in order to verify that the
person or device is really who they are claiming to be.