Broadband Glossary

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, 0-9

A - Activation to Adware

• Activation
• ADSL
• ADSL modem
• Anti-virus software
• Adware

B - Bandwidth to Broadband

• Bandwidth
• Base station
• Broadband

C - Cable to Cookie

• Cable
• Cable modem
• Cache
• Contention rate
• Cookie

D - DHCP to Dynamic IP address

• DHCP
• Dial-up
• Download
• DNS
• DSL
• Dynamic IP address

E - Email to Ethernet

• Email
• Encryption
• Encryption strength
• Ethernet

F - Faceplate to Firmware

• Faceplate
• File sharing
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Firewall
• Firmware

G - Gateway to Gigabyte

• Gateway
• Gateway address
• Gigabyte

H - Hotspot

• Hotspot

I - Instant messaging to ISP

• Instant messaging
• Installation
• Internet
• IP address
• ISP

K - Kbps

• Kbps

L - LAN

• LAN

M - Megabit to MP3

• Megabit
• Megabyte
• Microfilter
• Modem
• MP3

N - NAT to Network ports

• NAT
• Network adapter
• Network ports

P - Peer-to-peer network to Port forwarding

• Peer-to-peer network
• Ping
• Pop-up
• Port forwarding

R - Remote working to Router

• Remote working
• Router

S - Satellite broadband to Static IP address

• Satellite broadband
• SDSL
• Server
• Spam
• Spam guard
• Spyware
• SSID
• Static IP address

T - Terabyte to Tweak

• Terabyte
• Trojan horse
• Tweak

U - URL

• URL

V - VDSL to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

• VDSL
• Video conferencing
• Video on Demand (VoD)
• Virtual circuit
• Virtual server
• Virus
• Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

W - WAN to WPA

• WAN
• Web browser
• WEP
• Wireless (WiFi)
• Wireless access point
• Wireless channel
• Wireless isolation
• Wireless network name
• Wireless security
• Wireless station access list
• WPA

0-9 - 802.11 and 802.11b to 802.3

• 802.11 and 802.11b
• 802.11g and 802.11n
• 802.3

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