Bosch Appliances 8004 Home Security System User Manual


 
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Appendix Bosch Security Systems | 2006-07 | V1.5
Glossary
Brief explanations of some of the terms and abbreviations used in this manual
are given below.
10/100/1000 Base-T IEEE-802.3 specification for 10, 100 or 1000 MBit/s Ethernet
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
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
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”
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
JPEG An encoding process for still images
(Joint Photographic Experts Group)
kBit/s Kilobits per second, the actual data rate
LAN See Local area network
Local area network A communications network serving users within a limited
geographical area such as a building or university campus. It is
controlled by a network operating system and uses a transfer
protocol.
MAC Media Access Control
MIB Management Information Base; a collection of information for
remote servicing using the SNMP protocol