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FR328S ProSafe Firewall with Dial Back-Up Reference Manual v2
Glossary 7
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WAN
See “Wide Area Network”
Web
Also known as World-Wide Web (WWW) or W3. An Internet client-server system to distribute information,
based upon the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP).
WEB Proxy Server
A Web proxy server is a specialized HTTP server that allows clients access to the Internet from behind a
firewall. The proxy server listens for requests from clients within the firewall and forwards these requests to
remote Internet servers outside the firewall. The proxy server reads responses from the external servers and
then sends them to internal client clients.
Wide Area Network
A WAN is a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area. Typically, a WAN consists of
two or more local-area networks (LANs).
Windows Internet Naming Service
WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving Windows-based computer names
to IP addresses. If a remote network contains a WINS server, your Windows PCs can gather information
from that WINS server about its local hosts. This allows your PCs to browse that remote network using the
Windows Network Neighborhood feature.
WINS
WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving Windows-based computer names
to IP addresses.