Polycom ViewStation - Manual (Page 242)

Glossary
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RJ-9 Four-conductor telephony jack, commonly
used for telephone handsets. Polycom uses
RJ-9 connectors for all of the Extension
microphone connections.
RJ-11 A six-conductor modular jack that is typically
wired with four conductors (four wires).
Polycom uses RJ-11 modular jacks for
access to the analog telephone network.
RJ-11 is used on all standard telephones in
the U.S. for connecting to a PSTN.
RJ-45 An eight-conductor modular jack commonly
used for data communications over standard
telephone wire.
Server A computer or even a software program that
provides services to clients – such as file
storage (file server), programs (application
server), printer sharing (print server), fax (fax
server), or modem sharing (modem server).
See also client.
Streaming The term streaming refers to a common
internet technology pioneered by Netscape
and Real Networks, rather than waiting for
an entire file to download to your computer,
portions of the file are buffered into memory
then begin playing. Streamed content can be
prerecorded or live.