D-Link DI-634M Product Manual - Page 87

DI-634M User's Manual Appendix Broadcast - Transmitting data in all directions at once Browser - A program that allows you to access resources on the web and provides them to you graphically C Cable modem - A device that allows you to connect a computer up to a coaxial cable and receive Internet access from your Cable provider CardBus - A newer version of the PC Card or PCMCIA interface. It supports a 32-bit data path, DMA, and consumes less voltage Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance - CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect - CSMA/CD CAT 5 - Category 5. Used for 10/100 Mbps or 1Gbps Ethernet connections Client - A program or user that requests data from a server Collision - When do two devices on the same Ethernet network try and transmit data at the exact same time. Cookie - Information that is stored on the hard drive of your computer that holds your preferences to the site that gave your computer the cookie CSMA/CA - Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection D Data - Information that has been translated into binary do that it can be processed or moved to another device Data Encryption Standard - Uses a randomly selected 56-bit key that must be known by both the sender and the receiver when information is exchanged Data-Link layer - The second layer of the OSI model. Controls the movement of data on the physical link of a network Database - Organizes information so that it can be managed updated, as well as easily accessed by users or applications DB-25 - A 25 ping male connector for attaching External modems or RS-232 serial devices DB-9 - A 9 pin connector for RS-232 connections dBd - decibels related to dipole antenna dBi - decibels relative to isotropic radiator dBm - decibels relative to one milliwatt Decrypt - To unscramble an encrypted message back into plain text Default - A predetermined value or setting that is used by a program when no user input has been entered for this value or setting Demilitarized zone - DMZ. A single computer or group of computers that can be accessed by both users on the Internet as well as users on the Local Network, but that is not protected by the same security as the Local Network. DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Used to automatically assign IP addresses from a predefined pool of addresses to computers or devices that requests them Digital certificate - An electronic method of providing credentials to a server in order to have access to it or a network D-Link Systems, Inc. 87