Western Digital WD ShareSpace User Manual - Manual (Page 196)

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WD SHARESPACE
USER MANUAL
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GreenPower technology yield average power savings of 4-5 watts over competitors'
drives while maintaining solid performance.
Host: The computer to which other computers and peripherals connect.
Host Adapter: A plug-in board that acts as an interface between a computer
system bus and a hard drive.
Host Interface: The point at which a host and a drive are connected to each other.
Host Transfer Rate: The speed at which a host computer can transfer data across
an interface.
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Protocol used by the World Wide Web to
transfer information between servers and browsers. See also Protocol.
HTTPS: Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer. A protocol that
provides a more secure means of configuring your device than HTTP, but may affect
the responsiveness of the user interface. All traffic between the managing computer
and the WD ShareSpace is encrypted. See also Protocol.
Hub: In a network, a device joining communication lines at a central location,
providing a common connection to all devices on the network.
Identity LED: Indicates which WD ShareSpace in the network is currently being
accessed via WD Discovery.
Interface: A hardware or software protocol to manage the exchange of data
between a device and a computer; the most common ones are EIDE (also known as
PATA), SATA, and SCSI. See also Protocol.
IP: Internet Protocol. A system that controls how data messages are separated into
packets, routed from the sender, and reassembled at the destination. See also
Protocol.
IP address: A 32-bit, binary number that uniquely identifies a computer connected
to the Internet.
LAN: Local Area Network. A system in which computer users in the same company
or organization are linked to each other and often to centrally-stored collections of
data in LAN servers.
LED: Light-emitting Diode. An electronic device that lights up when electricity is
passed through it.
Media Server: Device that stores and shares media files (digital audio, digital video,
and digital photos).
Media Storage: Device that stores media files (digital audio, digital video, and
digital photos).
Memory: A device or system capable of storing and retrieving data.