Motorola WPCI810G - Manual (Page 55)

Section 5 Glossary
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WAN
A wide-area network provides a connection over a large
geographic area, such as a country or the whole world. The
bandwidth depends on need and cost, but is usually much lower
than for a LAN.
WAP
Wireless Access Point or Wireless Access Protocol. See also
Access Point.
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption protects the privacy of data
transmitted over a wireless LAN. WEP uses keys to encrypt and
decrypt transmitted data. The access point must authenticate a
client before it can transfer data to another client. WEP is part of
IEEE 802.11b.
Wi-Fi
Wireless fidelity (pronounced why'-fy) brand name applied to
products supporting IEEE 802.11b/g.
WLAN
Wireless LAN.
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access. A security regimen developed by IEEE
for protection of data on a WLAN.
WME
Wireless Media Extensions (WME) is another acronym commonly
used for WMM features.
WMM
Wi-Fi Multimedia, which optimizes sharing multimedia (such as,
voice, video) over the wireless network.
WWW
World Wide Web. An interface to the Internet that you use to
navigate and hyperlink to information.