Chapter 13 Appendix
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Glossary
A few brief explanations of the most important terms and abbreviations used in
the field of communications technology can be found below.
10/100 Base-T IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 or 100 MBit/s Ethernet
ARP Address Resolution Protocol: a protocol for mapping MAC
and IP addresses
Baud Measure for the speed of the data transfer rate
Bit/s Bits per second, the actual data rate
CIF Common Intermediate Format,
video format with 352 × 288/240 pixels
DNS Domain Name Service
FTP File Transfer Protocol
Full duplex Simultaneous data transmission in both directions (sending
and receiving)
G.711 Standard ITU-T audio coding algorithms
GOP Group of pictures
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ID Identification: a machine-readable character sequence
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
Internet Protocol The main protocol used on the Internet. Together with the
Transfer Control Protocol (TCP), it constitutes "TCP/IP"
IP See "Internet Protocol"
IP address A 4-byte number uniquely defining each device on the
Internet. It is usually written in dotted decimal notation with
periods separating the bytes, for example "209.130.2.193".
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
JPEG An encoding process for still images (Joint Photographic
Experts Group)
kBit/s Kilobits per second, the actual data rate
LAN See Local area network
Local area network A communications network serving users within a limited
geographical area, such as a building or a university campus.
It is controlled by a network operating system and uses a
transfer protocol.
M-JPEG Motion-JPEG; the video sequence is generated stringing
together JPEG-images
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