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LinkMAX HSA300 ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Appendix D. Glossary
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5 (CAT 5) is used for 100BASE-T networks. See also 10BASE-T,
100BASE-T, Ethernet.
upstream The direction of data transmission from the user to the Internet.
USB Universal Serial Bus
A serial interface that lets you connect devices such as printers,
scanners, etc. to your computer by simply plugging them in.
HSA300 is equipped with a USB interface for connecting to a
stand-alone PC.
VC Virtual Circuit
A connection from your ADSL router to your ISP.
VCI Virtual Circuit Identifier
Together with the Virtual Path Identifier (VPI), the VCI uniquely
identifies a VC. Your ISP will tell you the VCI for each VC they
provide. See also VC.
VPI Virtual Path Identifier
Together with the Virtual Circuit Identifier (VCI), the VPI uniquely
identifies a VC. Your ISP will tell you the VPI for each VC they
provide. See also VC.
WAN Wide Area Network
Any network spread over a large geographical area, such as a
country or continent. With respect to HSA300, WAN refers to the
Internet.
Web browser
A software program that uses Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) to download information from (and also upload to) web
sites, and displays the information, which may consist of text,
graphic images, audio, or video, to the user. Web browsers use
Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Popular web browsers
include Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. See
also HTTP, web site, WWW.
Web page A web site file typically containing text, graphics and hyperlinks
(cross-references) to the other pages on that web site, as well as
to pages on other web sites. When a user accesses a web site,
the first page that is displayed is called the home page. See also
hyperlink, web site.
Web site A computer on the Internet that distributes information to (and
gets information from) remote users through web browsers. A
web site typically consists of web pages that contain text,
graphics, and hyperlinks. See also hyperlink, web page.
WWW World Wide Web
Also called (the) Web. Collective term for all web sites anywhere
in the world that can be accessed via the Internet.