Glossary - Philips VOIP8551B/05 Manual

21 Glossary

A
Area Code
Area codes usually indicate geographical
areas within one country that are
covered by one or more telephone
exchanges. You may need this to return
local, national or international calls
received on the landline (for example,
area code 20 is added in front of the local
number if you are calling to London from
outside of the London area in UK).
C
Country Code
This is the international calling code for
your country (for example, 1 for US, 44
for UK or 33 for France).
Proper country code entry is required to
ensure landline functionality configured
to correspond to your country.
D
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(automating the configuration of devices
that use TCP/IP).
DNS
Domain Name System (an Internet
service that translates domain names into
IP addresses.
Example: domain name
www.example.com may translate to
198.103.243.5).
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G
Gateway Address
A default gateway is a router on a
computer network that serves as an
access point to another network.
In homes, the gateway is the ISP that
connects the user to the Internet.
I
IP Address
A unique number that devices use for
identification and communication
purpose with each other on a network
utilizing the Internet Protocol standard.
L
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display (a thin, flat display
device made up of any number of color or
monochrome pixels)
P
Ports
A port is an endpoint to a logical
connection. Port numbers range from 0
to 65536. (Example: ftp uses port 21).
PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet
(used mainly in ADSL services).
Proxy Server
A device that offers a network service to
allow clients to make indirect network
connections to other network services.
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