HP Media Vault User Manual

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Digital Media Player (DMP)
A consumer electronic device that communicates with the HP Media Vault and brings digital media streams—
such as photos, music, or video—to your entertainment center.

Digital Rights Management
Technology built into digital media, such as music and movies, that allows companies in charge of their
copyrights to decide how and where media can be used.

Domain Name System (DNS)
A server that associates network names with

IP addresses

.

Domain Extension
A domain extension is an optional part of a network name used to

logically

divide a large network into smaller

networks.

Drive partition
A

logical

division of a hard disk that create the appearance of having separate hard drives for file management,

multiple users, or other purposes.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
The

Protocol

used to assign

IP addresses

to network devices, such as computers. DHCP automatically assigns IP

addresses to network devices; the assigned address can change over time. Also see

Static IP Address

.

-E-

No terms begin with the letter E.

-F-

FAT32
The 32-bit version of the "File Allocation Table" file system developed by Microsoft, common to older versions of
the Windows operating systems. Also see

NTFS

.

File system
A way for files to be organized and stored in a computer. Some examples of file systems are

Reiser

,

FAT32

, and

NTFS

.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
A

protocol

to exchange files and information through the internet, usually used for downloading information.

Full access
Users have access to all Shared Folders and drives on a network

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