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LAN See Local Area Network
Local Area Network Multiple computers linked together into a network to share information within a limited geographic area
(such as a building or a campus) controlled by a network operating system and using a transport protocol
MAC Address Media Access Control/hardware address
Mbps Megabits per second; the actual data rate
MPEG-1 Video compression standard, initially hardware-independent, now also possible with software
MPEG-2 Enhanced video compression standard, high-level compression facilitates images with studio quality,
meanwhile established as broadcasting standard
MPEG-4 Further development of MPEG-2, used for transmission of audiovisual data with very low transfer rates
(for example, via Internet)
NAT See Network Address Translator
Network Address Translator
A proposal for IP address re-use where the local IP address is mapped to a globally unique address
Parameter Values used for the configuration of the network system
Picture A video picture that has been digitized at a particular resolution
PPP See Point-To-Point Protocol
Point-To-Point Protocol A protocol allowing a computer using TCP/IP to connect directly to the Internet
Router A physical device that connects multiple LANs
QCIF Quarter CIF, video format with 176 x 144 pixels
Server Push A continuous stream sent from the transmitter to the web browser
Subnet Mask A mask that explains which part of an IP address is the network address and which part composes the
host address. It is usually expressed in dotted-decimal notation (for example, 255.255.255.192).
TCP Transfer Control Protocol
UDP User Datagram Protocol
URL Uniform Resource Locator
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair
WAN See Wide Area Network
Wide Area Network Multiple LANs connected together, usually over a great distance