112 A AppendixA.5 Glossary100BASE-TXAn extension of 10BASE-T and a predominant form of FastEthernet. Its transmission speedis 100 Mbps, a great jump in speed from 10 Mbps of 10BASE-T.10BASE-TThe 10Base-T system uses a twisted-pair cable, base band transmission and operates at10 Mbps. It is one of the IEEE802.3 standard for Local Area Networks (LAN).AddressInformation (unique identifier) that is assigned to recognize nodes (each computer orterminal) on the network. Individually assigned location of data in a memory is also calledaddress.Application softwareSoftware that acts as a tool to carry out operations on the computer. There are many typesof application software available, such as word processors, spreadsheets, graphicssoftware, and databases.Bi-directional communicationCommunication between two machines, mutual sending and receiving of information witheach other. By bi-directional communication, you can send print data from the computer aswell as send information, such as print status from the printer to the computer.BrowserSoftware to display and view at your computer, information on the Internet. Typicalbrowsers include Netscape Communicator and Internet Explorer.CD-ROMA compact disc (CD) with data such as software and graphics stored to be used by acomputer.ClickTo press the mouse button once and then release. In this manual, clicking the left mousebutton is known as “click” and clicking the right mouse button is known as “right-click”.To press the mouse button twice quickly and then release is known as “double-click”.CollateWhen printing multiple copies, the outputting of each set in the sequence of pages 1, 2,3,...1, 2, 3... is known as “collating”.DefaultSettings made during factory shipment and NV memory initialization.DHCPAbbreviation of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a protocol that automaticallyallocates IP address from DHCP server to DHCP client.DNSAbbreviation of Domain Name System, a data query service chiefly used on the Internet fortranslating host names into Internet addresses.
