Glossary - Panasonic DP-C266 Operating Instructions Manual

Glossary

DHCP
Fax Communication Board
G3
(Group 3)
Internet FAX
LAN
(Local Area Network)
Modem
Protocol
SMTP
(Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol)
TCP/IP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - a standard method for assigning IP addresses
automatically to the devices on a TCP/IP network. As a new device connects, the DHCP
server assigns an IP address from a list of available addresses. The device retains this IP
address for the duration of the session - once the device disconnects the IP address
becomes available for use again.
In a multi-functional device, this is a Fax capability built onto a printed circuit board which
can send and receive facsimiles. The multi-functional device is normally able to scan a
document and transmit it over a phone line to another fax machine. Also, it can receive
faxes from other machines and print them out.
Refers to the standards and transmission capabilities of the current generation of facsimile
machines.
The Internet fax uses the Internet to send faxes. The transmission and reception take
place via store-and-forward mode on the Internet using Internet email. In store-and-
forward mode the facsimile protocol stops at the gateway to the Internet and is
reestablished at the gateway leaving the Internet.
A Local Area Network is a computer network system and printer limited to an immediate
area, such as an Office, Factory, and University used to integrate and exchange data.
A device that converts signals from your fax machine into signals that can be transmitted
over telephone lines.
A standard process, a set of rules and conditions that perform a particular function. A word
which is very common in PC and Internet Terminology.
Ex: FTP (File Transmission Protocol), IP Address (Internet Protocol Address), TCP/IP
(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), POP (Post Office Protocol)
An accepted standard used extensively on the Internet for transferring E-mail messages
between computers. The standard defines exactly how the message will be sent, any
controls, format of the message etc.
TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol and is quite simply a
standard set of protocols that govern the basic workings of the Internet that was
implemented in 1982.
The TCP part is all about ensuring that data is transmitted correctly between 2 computers.
If any errors occur these are detected and the data is retransmitted. The data transmitted
is split up into small portions called Data packets. The IP part of TCP/IP is how these data
packets are moved from one point to another. Each computer on the Internet has a unique
IP address and the data packets are moved from the source to the destination through
many different computers and this is controlled via TCP/IP. This protocol is used on the
Internet and also by computers which are part of a LAN.
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