Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter WPC54GS-FR Manual De Usuario

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Software - Instructions for the computer. A series of instructions that performs a particular task is called a 
"program".

SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) - Market segment of professionals who work at home or in small offices.

SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) Firewall - A technology that inspects every incoming packet of information 
before allowing it to enter the network.

Spread Spectrum - Wideband radio frequency technique used for more reliable and secure data transmission.

SSID (Service Set IDentifier) - Your wireless network's name.

Static IP Address - A fixed address assigned to a computer or device that is connected to a network.

Static Routing - Forwarding data in a network via a fixed path.

Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network.

Switch - 1. A data switch that connects computing devices to host computers, allowing a large number of 
devices to share a limited number of ports. 2. A device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an 
electrical circuit.  

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) - A network protocol for transmitting data that requires acknowledgement 
from the recipient of data sent.

TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) - A set of instructions PCs use to communicate over a 
network.

Telnet - A user command and TCP/IP protocol used for accessing remote PCs.

TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) - A version of the TCP/IP FTP protocol that has no directory or password 
capability.

Throughput - The amount of data moved successfully from one node to another in a given time period.

TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) - a wireless encryption protocol that provides dynamic encryption keys for 
each packet transmitted.

Topology - The physical layout of a network.

TX Rate - Transmission Rate.