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Appendix Bosch Security Systems | 2006-12 | V2.5
Glossary
Brief explanations of some of the terms and abbreviations used in this manual
are given below.
10/100 Base-T IEEE-802.3 specification for 10 or 100 MBit/s Ethernet
802.1x The IEEE standard, 802.1x, provides a general method of
access control and authorization for IEEE 802-based networks.
An authenticator provides authentication by accessing an
authentication server (see RADIUS server) to check connection
requests, and grants or refuses access to the available services
(LAN, VLAN, WLAN).
ARP Address Resolution Protocol: a protocol for mapping MAC and
IP addresses
Baud Unit of measure for the speed of data transmission
Bit/s Bits per second, the actual data rate
CIF Common Intermediate Format,
video format with 352 × 288/240 pixels
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol allows a network device to
receive a dynamically allocated IP address and other network
parameters from a server in a network.
DNS Domain Name Service
FTP File Transfer Protocol
Full duplex Simultaneous data transmission in both directions (sending and
receiving)
GoP Group of Pictures
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol: protocol for transmission of data
over a network
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer ProtocoL Secure provides secure transfer of
data between web server and web browser.
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ID Identification: a machine readable character string
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
Internet Protocol The main protocol used on the Internet, normally in conjunction
with the Transfer Control Protocol (TCP):
TCP/IP
IP See Internet Protocol
IP address A 4-byte number uniquely defining each unit on the Internet.
It is usually written in dotted decimal notation, for example
"209.130.2.193"