Canon IR 2420 Network Manual page 107

G
Gateway Address
H
HTTP
I
Internet Protocol (IP)
6
IP address
IPv4
IPv6
L
Log on
6-10
Glossary
The default address of a network or Web site. It provides a single domain name and
point of entry to the site.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The client-server TCP/IP protocol used on the World
Wide Web for the transfer of HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) documents
across the Internet.
The underlying set of networking rules that describes how data is transmitted across
the Internet. Internet Protocol enables data from one computer to be split into
packets, and sent to another computer with a specific IP address.
Internet Protocol address. A network address used by IP (Internet Protocol) to specify
a computer or device on the Internet. Currently, two versions of IP are in use: IPv4
and IPv6.
Internet Protocol version 4. An IPv4 address is a 32-bit numeric address, usually
written as four numbers delimited by periods. For example, '128.121.4.5'.
Internet Protocol version 6. An IPv6 address is 128-bit long and consists of eight
groups of four hexadecimal digits delimited by colons. For example,
'2002:0db6:58b1:02c3:3308:7a2e:6309:2665'. In an IPv6 network, a computer or
device can use multiple addresses, as represented by link local address, stateless
address, etc.
Entering a Department or User ID and password as a means of user authentication to
start a computer session or access to a service.