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Virtual Path Identifier. Together with the VCI, defines a Virtual Channel

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Reference Manual for the Model DG834 ADSL Firewall Router VCI VPI WAN wide area network Windows Internet Naming Service WINS Virtual Channel Identifier. Together with the VPI, defines a Virtual Channel through an ATM network. Used by ATM switching equipment to route data through the network. Virtual Path Identifier. Together with the VCI, defines a Virtual Channel through an ATM network. Used by ATM switching equipment to route data through the network. See wide area network. WAN. A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local area networks. The Internet is a large WAN. WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving Windows-based computer names to IP addresses. If a remote network contains a WINS server, your Windows PCs can gather information from that WINS server about its local hosts. This allows your PCs to browse that remote network using Network Neighborhood. See Windows Internet Naming Service. 4 Glossary

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Reference Manual for the Model DG834 ADSL Firewall Router
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Glossary
VCI
Virtual Channel Identifier. Together with the VPI, defines a Virtual Channel
through an ATM network. Used by ATM switching equipment to route data
through the network.
VPI
Virtual Path Identifier. Together with the VCI, defines a Virtual Channel
through an ATM network. Used by ATM switching equipment to route data
through the network.
WAN
See
wide area network.
wide area network
WAN. A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local
area networks. The Internet is a large WAN.
Windows Internet
Naming Service
WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving
Windows-based computer names to IP addresses. If a remote network
contains a WINS server, your Windows PCs can gather information from that
WINS server about its local hosts. This allows your PCs to browse that remote
network using Network Neighborhood.
WINS
See
Windows Internet Naming Service.