Motorola WPCI810G User Manual page 48

Glossary
DNS
Domain Name
Download
Driver
DSL
DSSS
Dynamic IP Address
WPCI810
The Domain Name System is the Internet system for converting
domain names (like www.motorola.com) to IP addresses. A DNS
server contains a table matching domain names such as
Internetname.com to IP addresses such as 192.169.9.1. When
you access the world-wide web, a DNS server translates the URL
displayed on the browser to the destination website IP address.
The DNS lookup table is a distributed Internet database; no one
DNS server lists all domain name to IP address matches.
A unique name, such as motorola.com, that maps to an IP
address. Domain names are typically much easier to remember
than are IP addresses. See DNS.
To copy a file from one computer to another. You can use the
Internet to download files from a server to a computer.
Software that enables a computer to interact with a network or
other device. For example, there are drivers for printers, monitors,
graphics adapters, modems, Ethernet, USB, HPNA, and many
others.
Digital Subscriber Line
Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum. DSSS is a transmission
technology used in WLAN transmissions where a data signal at
the sending station is combined with a higher data rate bit
sequence, or chipping code, that divides the user data according
to a spreading ratio. The chipping code is a redundant bit pattern
for each bit that is transmitted, which increases the signal's
resistance to interference. If one or more bits in the pattern are
damaged during transmission, the original data can be recovered
due to the redundancy of the transmission.
An IP address that is temporarily leased to a host by a DHCP
server. The opposite of Static IP Address.
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