Wave Cube WX-5095 Handbook - page 30
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9. Acronyms
Account Name Same as your Username
Account No.
Same as the first
X-Stream
serial number in your account
COM Port
RS232 Communication port on a PC, sadly disappearing on most home office PCs
CD Compact Disk
CE
Customer
Equipment
(eg.
X-Stream
)
DCE
Data Communication Equipment (eg.
X-Stream
)
DTE
Data Terminal Equipment (eg.
PC
)
DVD
Digital Versatile Disc
Ethernet
A
frame
-based
computer networking
technology that operates at 10/100
Mbit/s
for
local area
networks
FTP File Transfer Protocol, used to transfer data from one computer to another over the Internet, or
through an Ethernet network.
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to transfer or convey information on the
World Wide Web
LAN
Local Area Network, a
computer network
covering a small geographic area, like a home, office,
or group of buildings, most likely based on switched
IEEE 802.3
Ethernet
technology
LIU Line Isolation Unit, provides electrical isolation between CE and a telephone system
mA Milliamps
MAC Address Media Access Control address is a unique identifier of a computer networking device
Mbps
Mega (million) bits per second
Media Pool
A copy of files uploaded to your account.
MMC Multi Media Card, a small card based data storage medium
MOH
Music On Hold
MP3
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-1, Audio Layer 3
Password
Used (with your Username) to access your WaveCube account
PC
Personal Computer, or Potato Cake (in Melbourne)
PIR Passive Infrared Detector, a common type of motion detector used in security alarm systems.
POP Server
Post Office Protocol Server
RS232 Recommended Standard number 232 for connecting DTE & DCE data communication devices.
SD Card
Secure Digital Card, a small card based data storage medium
Serial
Another name for RS232, although not limited to this
SMTP Server Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Server
SOHO Small Office/Home Office
USB
Symbolized by
Universal Serial Bus, a serial communications computer bus to
interface devices
User
User
Account
details
Username
Used (with your Password) to access your WaveCube account
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol. This is packet switched voice rather than circuit switched voice.
WAN
Wide Area Network, a
computer network
that covers a broad area whose communications links
cross metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries