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SL6000 ADSL Ethernet Router User's Guide
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VC
VCI
VPI
WAN
Web browser
Web page
Web site
WWW
5 (CAT 5) is used for 100BASE-T networks. See also 10BASE-T,
100BASE-T, Ethernet.
The direction of data transmission from the user to the Internet.
Virtual Circuit
A connection from your ADSL router to your ISP.
Virtual Circuit Identifier
Together with the Virtual Path Identifier (VPI), the VCI uniquely
identifies a VC. Your ISP will tell you the VCI for each VC they
provide. See also VC.
Virtual Path Identifier
Together with the Virtual Circuit Identifier (VCI), the VPI uniquely
identifies a VC. Your ISP will tell you the VPI for each VC they
provide. See also VC.
Wide Area Network
Any network spread over a large geographical area, such as a
country or continent. With respect to the SL6000, WAN refers to
the Internet.
A software program that uses Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) to download information from (and upload to) web sites,
and displays the information, which may consist of text, graphic
images, audio, or video, to the user. Web browsers use Hyper-
Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Popular web browsers include
Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. See also
HTTP, web site, WWW.
A web site file typically containing text, graphics and hyperlinks
(cross-references) to the other pages on that web site, as well as
to pages on other web sites. When a user accesses a web site,
the first page that is displayed is called the home page. See also
hyperlink, web site.
A computer on the Internet that distributes information to (and
gets information from) remote users through web browsers. A
web site typically consists of web pages that contain text,
graphics, and hyperlinks. See also hyperlink, web page.
World Wide Web
Also called (the) Web. Collective term for all web sites anywhere
in the world that can be accessed via the Internet.
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