Glossary - Philips WACS700 User Manual

Glossary

CDDB
Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition Service is a music CD database with access to ID3 tag information.
Network Connections
With WACS700 you can choose to make a wired or wireless (WiFi) connection to your Center or a
computer.
Both your Center or a computer act as a server device which can share data with your Station or other
devices.
Instead of using LAN cables for connection, WiFi uses specific radio signals to transmit data.
Ad-Hoc Network
A direct network connection between two devices (two computers, or a PC and WACS700).
Access Point (Infrastructure network)
A network connection between two or more devices (computers, or PCs and WACS700) with a central
network host (router, base station or PC).
DCHP
This service automatically assigns IP (Internet Protocol) addresses to devices active in a LAN (Local Area
Network) from the Center (your server device).
DNS (Domain Name System)
Firewall
A firewall acts as a barrier that helps protect your network from intruders from the Internet. The firewall
specifies what information can be communicated from the computers on your network to the Internet, and
from the Internet to the computers on your network.
IP address
A 12-digit ID used by devices connected to a network
Proxy address
The address of an intermediate computer, provided to you by your Internet Service Provider. Sometimes
needed for accessing the Internet.
SSID
The wireless network name (this is not the same as your computer network name).
Streaming
Playing media content from the Internet while it is downloading is called 'streaming'.
Subnet mask
This is a number ID used to identify a group of devices within a network
TCP/ IP
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