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Glossary 
10BASE-T 
A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet 
networks with a data rate of 10 Mbps. Also known as 
Category 3 (CAT 3) wiring. See data rate, Ethernet
100BASE-T 
A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet 
networks with a data rate of 100 Mbps. Also known as 
Category 5 (CAT 5) wiring. See data rate, Ethernet
ADSL Asymmetric 
Digital Subscriber Line 
The most commonly deployed "flavor" of DSL for home users 
is asymmetrical DSL. The term asymmetrical refers to its 
unequal data rates for downloading and uploading (the 
download rate is higher than the upload rate). The 
asymmetrical rates benefit home users because they 
typically download much more data from the Internet than 
they upload. 
analog 
An analog signal is a signal that has had its frequency 
modified in some way, such as by amplifying its strength or 
varying its frequency, in order to add information to the signal. 
The voice component in DSL is an analog signal. See digital
ATM 
Asynchronous Transfer Mode 
A standard for high-speed transmission of data, text, voice, 
and video, widely used within the Internet. ATM data rates 
range from 45 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps. See data rate. 
authenticate 
To verify a user’s identity, such as by prompting for a 
password. 
binary 
The "base two" system of numbers, that uses only two digits, 
0 and 1, to represent all numbers. In binary, the number 1 is 
written as 1, 2 as 10, 3 as 11, 4 as 100, etc. Although 
expressed as decimal numbers for convenience, IP 
addresses in actual use are binary numbers; e.g., the IP 
address 209.191.4.240 is 
11010001.10111111.00000100.11110000 in binary. See bit, 
IP address, network mask
. 
bit 
Short for "binary digit," a bit is a number that can have two 
values, 0 or 1. See binary
bps bits 
per 
second 
bridging 
Passing data from your network to your ISP and vice versa 
using the hardware addresses of the devices at each location. 
Bridging contrasts with routing, which can add more 
intelligence to data transfers by using network addresses 
instead. The Wireless Gateway can perform both routing and 
bridging. Typically, when both functions are enabled, the 
device routes IP data and bridges all other types of data. See 
routing
broadband 
A telecommunications technology that can send different 
types of data over the same medium. DSL is a broadband 
technology. 
broadcast 
To send data to all computers on a network. 
DHCP 
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 
DHCP automates address assignment and management.