InHand ISE Series - Appendix 2 Glossary of Terms

IX. Appendix
Appendix One: Glossary of Terms
Abbreviation
Full English Name
Meaning
100Base-TX
100Base-TX
100 Mbps baseband Ethernet specification uses
two pairs of category 5 twisted-pair cables.
They can provide a maximum transmission rate
of 100Mbits per second.
10Base-T
10Base-T
10Mbps baseband Ethernet specification uses
two pairs of twisted-pair (category 3/4/5
twisted pair) connections, one of which will be
used for sending data and the other for
receiving data, They support a maximum
transmission rate of 10Mbits per second.
DDNS
Dynamic Domain
Name
Service
Dynamic Domain Name Service can assign and
retrieve the domain name of a dynamic, public
IP address.
DHCP
Dynamic Host
Configuration
Protocol
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
dynamically assigns the IP addresses, subnet
mask, gateway and other information to hosts
on a network.
DNS
Domain Name
Service
Domain Name Service resolves a domain name
into an IP address. DNS information is
distributed hierarchically between DNS servers
throughout the Internet. When we visit
a website, DNS server views the domain name
sending the request and searches for the
corresponding IP address. If the DNS server
can not find the IP address, it will submit the
request to the superior DNS server and
continue to search for the IP address. For
example, the IP address corresponding to the
domain name www.yahoo.com is
216.115.108.243.
Firewall
Firewall
A firewall protects your computer or local area
network from malicious attacks from internet.