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Glossary
AXIS 5900 User’s Manual
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Section 17
Glossary
802.11b
A standard for wireless LAN communications operating within the 2.4 
GHz ISM band.
Access Point
A network attached device that acts as a bridge between the wireless LAN 
and the wired LAN and interconnects wireless clients.
AIX
Advanced Interactive eXecutive. A version of the UNIX operating system 
from IBM that runs on various IBM computers including Mainframe 
systems.
AppleTalk
A local area network protocol for communication between Apple 
Computer products and other computers and peripherals. 
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol. A protocol within the TCP/IP suite of 
network protocols that allows a host to find the physical address of a 
node on the same network. ARP cannot be used across routers.
Authentication
Verification of identity, for instance by use of digital signatures.
Auto-IP
A method to automatically set an IP address in the absence of a DHCP 
server. 
Bonjour
Bonjour enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services 
on IP networks without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS 
servers.
BOOTP
BOOT Protocol. A TCP/IP protocol, used for downloading start-up 
information such as the IP address to hosts on the network. BOOTP 
requires a BOOTP daemon on your system. A request made to an active 
BOOTP daemon initiates a search of the Boot Table for an entry matching 
the print server's Ethernet address. If a matching entry is found, the 
daemon downloads the IP address to the print server.
BSD
Berkeley Software Distribution. The University of California, Berkeley 
additions to the UNIX operating system.
Certificate Authority,
CA
An organization or company that issues digital certificates.