Planet Technology 802.11g Wireless ADSL 2/2+ Router ADW-4401A/Bv2 - Manual (Page 58)

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Dynamic IP Addresses
A dynamic IP address is an IP address that is automatically assigned to a client station
(computer, printer, etc.) in a TCP/IP network. Dynamic IP addresses are typically
assigned by a DHCP server, which can be a computer on the network or another piece
of hardware, such as the Router. A dynamic IP address
may change every time your computer connects to the network.
Encapsulation
The technique layer protocols in which a layer adds header information to the
protocol data unit (PDU) from the layer above. As an example, in Internet
terminology, a packet would contain a header from the physical layer, followed by a
header from the network layer (IP), followed by a header from the transport
layer (TCP), and followed by the application protocol data.
Ethernet
One of the most common local area network (LAN) wiring schemes, Ethernet has a
transmission rate of 10 Mbps.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol. The Internet protocol (and program) transfer files between
hosts.
Hop count
A measure of distance between two points on the Internet. It is equivalent to the
number of gateways that separate the source and destination.
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language - The page-coding language for the World Wide Web.
HTML browser
A browser used to traverse the Internet, such as Netscape or Microsoft Internet
Explorer.
http
Hypertext Transfer Protocol - The protocol carry world-wide-web (www) traffic
between a www browser computer and the www server being accessed.