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The global address
of documents and other resources on
the World
Wide
Web. The first
part of
the address indicates what protocol to use, and the
second part
specifies
the IP
address or the
domain
name where the resource
is
located.
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
Universal Plug and
Play is
an
architecture for pervasive peer-to-peer network
connectivity
of intelligent appliances, wireless
devices, and PCs of all
form
factors.
It is
designed to
bring easy-to-use, flexible, standards-based
connectivity to ad-hoc or
unmanaged networks whether in the home, in a
small business, public spaces, or attached to the Internet
Universal Plug and Play is a distributed, open networking architecture that
leverages TCP/IP and the Web technologies to enable seamless proximity
networking in addition to control and data transfer among networked
devices in the home, office, and public spaces.
Virtual Host
A network device, such as this router, or a server configured to perform
Network Address Translation (NAT).
Virtual Server
Transparently redirects specific service
requests (such as Web or FTP) to a
dedicated local server.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
Another way
of saying IP Telephony. It
involves
the transmission
of
telephone calls over a data network like the Internet. In other words, VoIP
can
send voice, fax and other information over the Internet, rather than
through the
(PSTN) or regular telephone network.