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Glossary
URL
Universal Resource Locator
Globally unique address of a domain on the
Internet.
A URL is a subtype of the URI. URLs identify a
resource by its location on the Internet.
For historical reasons the term is often used
as a synonym for URI.
User name
User ID
Name/number combination for access e.g.,
to your VoIP account or your private address
directory on the Internet.
V
Voice codec
See Codec.
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
Telephone calls are no longer placed and
transmitted over the telephone network but
over the
Internet
(or other IP networks).
VoIP provider
A VoIP, SIP or
Gateway provider
is an Inter-
net service provider that provides a
Gate-
way
for Internet telephony. As the phone
works with the SIP standard, your provider
must support the SIP standard.
The provider routes calls from VoIP to the tel-
ephone network (analogue, ISDN and
mobile) and vice versa.
W
WAN
Wide Area Network
Wide-area network that is unrestricted in
terms of area (e.g., Internet).
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