Installation and Operation Guide

TS-3000i Web Clock Installation & Operation Guide A-5
Glossary of Terms
Term Description
10/100 Base-T
Maximum transmission speed of 10/100 megabits
over Ethernet.
ATVS Amano Time Validation System.
ATC-1000
Atomic Time Controller serves as a device
connecting to outside NIST time source with the
capability to validate the time on up to 4 PIX-3000xN
clocks.
CE
Mandatory European marking for certain product
groups to indicate conformity with the essential
health and safety requirements set out in European
Directives.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a protocol
used by networked devices (clients) to obtain the
parameters necessary for operation in an Internet
Protocol network.
DNS
Domain Name System serves as the phone book for
the Internet by translating human-readable computer
hostnames, e.g. www.atvs.com, into IP addresses,
e.g. 33.50.168.162. A DNS also stores other
information such as the list of mail servers that
accept email for a given domain.
Domain
Local for mDNS local area network clock discovery
and specific domain for uDNS with its wide area
discovery which requires a DNS server.
FINRA Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
FPR
Full Power Reserve, battery backup in case of power
failure.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol, is a network protocol used to
transfer data from one computer to another through a
network, such as the Internet.
NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated, American stock exchange.
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology,
NTP
Network Time Protocol. It is a TCP/IP protocol used
to synchronize the real time clock in computers,