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Bluetooth PC Card Bluetooth Introduction •
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Encryption
Security mechanism that prevents eavesdropping and maintains link privacy.
Master
The device that initiates a connection and, during this connection, controls all
traffic in a piconet.
Park mode
Economical, low-power "sub-mode" of standby. In park mode, a slave does not
participate in the piconet but remains synchronized to it. Park mode is used to
increase the number of slaves connected to a master.
Piconet
A wireless network formed by two or more Bluetooth devices.
Profile
Application that a Bluetooth device facilitates. For one device to communicate
with another, the two devices must have a shared profile. For instance, to
transfer files from one computer to another, both computers must feature the file
transfer profile.
Slave
A device in a piconet controlled by another device (the master).