ZyXEL Communications Prestige 100L User Manual page 114

U-interface
UNIX
URL
Virtual ISDN
WAN
Warez
WWW
Glossary
setting up a connection session.
A 2-wire ISDN circuit - essentially today's standard one pair telephone company local
loop made of twisted-wire. The U interface is the most common ISDN interface and
extends from the central office.
A widely used operating system in large networks.
(Uniform Resource Locator) URL is an object on the Internet or an intranet that
resides on a host system. Objects include directories and an assortment of file types,
including text files, graphics, video, and audio. A URL is the address of an object that
is normally typed in the Address field of a Web browser. The URL is basically a
pointer to the location of an object.
This is an alternative way for a customer to get ISDN service. A customer can be
serviced out of a nearby central office which has ISDN capabilities but not charged
the extra mileage charges as they would with a foreign exchange. The phone
company does not add on charges because the costs are recouped from the large
volume of customers serviced out of the CO. A customer usually has to change
phone numbers if the CO where they receive their POTS service becomes ISDN
capable.
Wide Area Networks link geographically dispersed offices in other cities or around the
globe. Just about any long-distance communication medium can serve as a WAN
link, including switched and permanent telephone circuits, terrestrial radio systems,
and satellite systems.
A term that describes Pirated Software on the Internet. Warez include cracked games
or other programs that software pirates distribute on the Internet.
(World Wide Web) – Frequently used when referring to "The Internet", WWW has two
major meanings – First, loosely used: the whole constellation of resources that can
be accessed using Gopher, FTP, HTTP, telnet, USENET, WAIS and some other
tools. Secondly, the universe of hypertext servers (HTTP servers).
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