Glossary 
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Glossary 
MAC Address: A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier assigned to 
network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment. 
MD5: The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm is a widely used as cryptographic hash function that 
produces a 128-bit (16-byte) hash value. 
DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network configuration protocol for 
hosts on Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Computers that are connected to IP networks must be 
configured before they can communicate with other hosts. 
FTP: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one 
host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. It is often used to upload 
web pages and other documents from a private development machine to a public web-hosting 
server. 
HTTP: The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol for distributed, 
collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication 
for the World Wide Web. 
HTTPS: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a combination of Hypertext Transfer 
Protocol (HTTP) with SSL/TLS protocol. It provides encrypted communication and secure 
identification of a network web server.   
TFTP: Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a simple protocol to transfer files. It has been 
implemented on top of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) using port number 69. 
AES: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a specification for the encryption of electronic data. 
URL: A uniform resource locator or universal resource locator (URL) is a specific character string 
that constitutes a reference to an Internet resource. 
XML: Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for 
encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.