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Appendix E: Glossary
DNS

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DNS

The Domain Name Service (DNS) is a general-purpose query service used for
translating fully-qualified names into Internet addresses. A fully-qualified name
consists of the hostname of a system plus its domain name. For example,

www

is the

host name of a Web server and

www.psionteklogix.com is the fully-qualified name of that

server. DNS translates the domain name

www.psionteklogix.com to some IP address, for

example

66.93.138.219

.

A domain name identifies one or more IP addresses. Conversely, an IP address may
map to more than one domain name.

A domain name has a suffix that indicates which top level domain (TLD) it belongs
to. Every country has its own top-level domain, for example

.de

for Germany,

.fr

for

France,

.jp

for Japan,

.tw

for Taiwan,

.uk

for the United Kingdom,

.us

for the U.S.A.,

and so on. There are also

.com

for commercial bodies,

.edu

for educational

institutions,

.net

for network operators, and

.org

for other organizations as well as

.gov

for the U. S. government and

.mil

for its armed services.

DOM

The Document Object Model (DOM) is an interface that allows programs and
scripts to dynamically access and update the content, structure, and style of
documents. The DOM allows you to model the objects in an HTML or XML
document (text, links, images, tables), defining the attributes of each object and how
they can be manipulated.

Further details about the DOM can be found at the

W3C

.

DTIM

The Delivery Traffic Information Map (DTIM) message is an element included in
some Beacon frames. It indicates which stations, currently sleeping in low-power
mode, have data buffered on the Access Point awaiting pick-up. Part of the DTIM
message indicates how frequently stations must check for buffered data.

Dynamic IP Address

See IP Address.

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