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Definitions
Access Point Communication hub for users to connect to a wired LAN. APs are important for
providing heightened wireless security.
AES Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) - uses 128-bit encryption to secure data.
Airlink Physical radio frequency connections used for communications between units.
ARP Address Resolution Protocol – Maps Internet address to physical address.
Asynchronous Information that can be sent at random times, and not synchronized to a clock.
Transmission characters begin with a “start” bit and end with a “stop” bit.
AVL Automatic Vehicle Location. Optional feature that involves using GPS (Global
Positioning System) signals from the mobile unit by the Host PC.
Backbone The part of a network that connects most of the systems and networks together,
and handles the most data.
Bandwidth The transmission capacity of a given device or network.
Browser An application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the in-
formation on the World Wide Web.
BSC Base Station Controller - An async controller-modem designed for the radio base
station in mobile systems. A component of Paragon-III™.
CDip Windows based "Commands & Data over IP" radio-modem Software. This soft-
ware allows basic tests, unit configuration, and troubleshooting.
COM Port RS-232 serial communications ports of the Paragon-III wireless radiomodem.
Default Gateway A device that forwards Internet traffic from your local area network.
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - A networking protocol that allows ad-
ministrators to assign temporary IP addresses to network computers by "leasing"
an IP address to a user for a limited amount of time, instead of assigning perma-
nent IP addresses.
DNS Domain Name Server - translates the domain name into an IP address.
Domain A specific name for a network of computers.
Dynamic IP Addr A temporary IP address assigned by a DHCP server.
E-DBA Dataradio’s Enhanced Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation airlink protocol.
Ethernet IEEE standard network protocol that specifies how data is placed on and re-
trieved from a common transmission medium.
Firewall A set of related programs located at a network gateway server that protects the
resources of a network from users from other networks.
Firmware The programming code that runs a networking device.
Fragmentation Breaking a packet into smaller units when transmitting over a network medium
that cannot support the original size of the packet.
FTP File Transfer Protocol - A protocol used to transfer files over a TCP/IP network.