D-Link DGL-4300 Product Manual - Page 58

B Backward Compatible - The ability for new devices to communicate and interact with older legacy devices to guarantee interoperability Bandwidth - The maximum amount of bytes or bits per second that can be transmitted to and from a network device Basic Input/Output System - BIOS. A program that the processor of a computer uses to startup the system once it is turned on Baud - Data transmission speed Bit rate - The amount of bits that pass in given amount of time bit/sec - bits per second BOOTP - Bootstrap Protocol. Allows for computers to be booted up and given an IP address with no user intervention Bottleneck - A time during processes when something causes the process to slowdown or stop all together Broadband - A wide band of frequencies available for transmitting data 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allows you to connect a computer up to a coaxial cable and receive Internet access from your Cable provider CardBus - A newer version of the PC Card or PCMCIA interface.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 58 Appendix D-Link Systems, Inc.