Kodak THEATRE HD PLAYER Extended User Manual page 81

Appendix
Bridge—A product that connects a local area network to another local area network
that uses the same protocol (for example, wireless, Ethernet or token ring). Wireless
bridges are commonly used to link buildings in campuses.
Client—An application on a computer or device connected to a network that requests
services (files, print capability) from another connected computer or device on the
network.
Device to device—See Ad Hoc.
DHCP—Dynamic Host configuration Protocol: a utility that enables a server to
dynamically assign IP addresses from a predefined list and limit their time of use so they
can be reassigned. Without DH P, all of the IP addresses of all the clients on the
network would have to be manually entered. With DH P, whenever a client connects to
the network, it automatically gets an IP address assigned to it.
DNS—Domain Name System (or Service, or Server): a program that translates domain
names to IP addresses by accessing a database maintained on a collection of Internet
servers. The program works behind the scenes to facilitate surfing the Web with alpha
versus numeric addresses. A DNS server converts a name like mywebsite.com to a series
of numbers like 107.22.55.26. Every Web site has its own specific IP address on the
Internet.
Domain name—The portion of a URL or Web address that identifies a specific Web
site. For example, the domain name portion of the URL http://www.kodak.com is
kodak.com. All domain names have a suffix that indicates the top level domain (TLD) it
belongs to. Examples:
■ com: US commercial business do: Dominican Republic
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