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WIRELESS NETWORK IP CAMERA User’s Guide
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HTML – A markup language used to structure text and multimedia documents and to set up
hypertext links between documents, used extensively on the World Wide Web.
HTTP – A protocol used to request and transmit files, especially web pages and webpage
components, over the Internet or other computer network.
Intranet – A privately maintained computer network that can be accessed only by authorized
persons, especially members or employees of the organization that owns it.
IP (Internet Protocol) –. The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet
networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol.
It provides packet routing, fragmentation and re-assembly through the data link layer.
IP Number (address) – A unique number used by a computer on the network to allow it to be
identified and found.
JPEG – A standard image format, used widely for photographs. Also known as JPG.
LAN (Local Area Network) –. A data communications network which is geographically limited
(typically to a 1 km radius), allowing easy interconnection of terminals, microprocessors and
computers within adjacent buildings. Ethernet and FDDI are examples of standard LANs.
PING – A protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for acknowledgment, often
used to check if another computer on a network is reachable.
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) – A method allowing one computer to connect to another, usually via
a modem over a phone line.
Protocol - A set of formal rules describing how to transmit data, especially across a network. Low-
level protocols define the electrical and physical standards to be observed, bit- and byte-ordering and
the transmission and error detection and correction of the bit stream. High-level protocols deal with
the data formatting, including the syntax of messages, the terminal to computer dialogue, character
sets, sequencing of messages etc.
SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol