Creative 2030 用户手册

Glossary

This appendix explains the technical terms used in this manual.

Access Point

A networking device that transparently bridges wireless computers and laptops to a 

wired local network.

Ad-hoc mode

A small Peer-to-Peer network mode in which the wireless clients are connected to 

one another directly without using a Wireless Access Point. Some of the wireless 

clients are part of the network only for a limited duration while in some close 

proximity of the rest of the network. In IEEE 802.11b specification, the ad-hoc mode 

is referred to as the independent basic service set.

Antenna

A device that intercepts radio frequency waves from the atmosphere and converts 

them to corresponding voltage signals.

Bandwidth

A measure of the maximum rate of data transfer. Greater bandwidth allows the 

transfer of more information in a given period of time. For digital services, the 

bandwidth is usually expressed in bits or bytes per second.

Basic Service Set (BSS)

A group of Wireless Stations and an Access Point using the same ID (Service Set 

Identifier or SSID).

Binary

A number system that has only two digits 0 and 1.

Bridge

A hardware device that links two or more physical networks and manages the 

transfer of data between these networks. The two networks being connected can be 

alike or dissimilar.