Chapter 7 – Glossary - Philips Streamium SL50i Instructions For Use Manual

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Access Point
Ad-Hoc Network
Base Station
Broadband
Codec
DHCP
Ethernet
Firewall
Gateway
Infrastructure network
MAC address
NAT (network address translation)
Router
Peer-to-peer network
Philips Media Manager
Proxy address
SSID
Streaming
Streamium
WEP / WPA
wireless base station (wireless router)
Wireless USB adapter (wireless network adapter)
Chapter 7 - Glossary
See 'Wireless Base Station'
A direct network connection between two devices (two computers, or a PC and the SL50i).
See 'Wireless Base Station'
The Internet bandwidth determines the speed of your Internet connection. Broadband Internet
is everything above 256 kbps.
A software format for compressing and de-compressing media.
If a network has a central host computer, Wireless Base Station or router that acts as a
DHCP server, this server allocates IP addresses, netmasks, and the gateway address to all
DHCP client computers and devices in the network automatically.
The most popular type of wired home network.
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.
The computer or network device that provides access to the Internet.
A network connection between two or more devices (computers, or PCs and the SL50i)
with a central network host (router, base station or PC). Also see 'Wireless Base Station'.
The unique 12-character hardware address of the (wireless) network adapter.
Sometimes used for identifying network hardware.
A security feature implemented in most Internet gateway routers to keep your home network
safe from intrusions from the Internet.
See 'wireless base station'
See 'ad-hoc network'
The software you need to install and have active on your computer to be able to use PC Link
for sending music files from the PC to the SL50i.
The address of an intermediate computer, provided to you by your Internet Service Provider.
Sometimes needed for accessing the Internet.
Service Set Identifier.The wireless network name (this is not the same as your computer
network name).
Playing media content from the Internet while it is downloading is called 'streaming'.
The Philips range of Internet enabled products.
Designate a type of wireless encryption.
A hardware device that interconnects your (wireless) home network to the Internet.
A hardware device that enables your PC for wireless transmission.