KVH Industries TracPhone V3IP User Manual page 155

TracPhone V3-IP User's Guide
Glossary
L-band
LNB
MAC Address
Mbps
Modem
MTA
Network
Network Operations Center (NOC)
NIC
NMEA 0183 Talker
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Range of frequencies from 950 MHz to 2150 MHz.
Low Noise Block down-converter. Device that converts and amplifies
a Ku-band satellite signal into an intermediate frequency (IF) L-band
signal.
Media Access Control Address. Unique six-byte hardware identifier
assigned to every network interface card (NIC). Used in most LAN
configurations to ensure the correct addressing of data to specific
hosts.
Megabits (1,000,000 bits) per second.
Modulator-demodulator. Translates digital signals into analog signals
and vice-versa.
Multimedia Terminal Adapter. Device that converts analog telephone
signals into digital Voice over IP (VoIP) signals.
A group of computers and devices (such as printers) linked together.
Station that maintains and manages a telecommunications network.
Network Interface Card. Expansion or built-in circuit card that
provides a computer with network communication capabilities.
Marine electronic device, such as a gyrocompass, that transmits data
messages that comply with the NMEA 0183 standard. Data is
transmitted serially at 4800 baud over a pair of wires (A and B).