TechnologyTerms

Term

YourDefinition

RealDefinition

Sentence

Bandwidth

Theamountofdatathatcanbesent

Amountofdatathatcanbe
transmitted1

Ourbandwidthisnotveryhighso
wecannotstreammovies.

Throttle

Switchtonextgear

Intentionalslowingofinternet
service2

Whilestreamingmoviesitis
frustratingwhentheserviceis
throttledslowingtheconnection.

LAN

Localareanetwork

Localareanetwork3
isagroup Myworkcomputerconnectsto
ofcomputersandassociated
theinternetthroughourLAN.
devicesthatshareacommon
communicationslineor
wirelesslinktoaserver.

WLAN

Widelocalareanetwork

Wirelesslocalareanetwork4
isawirelessdistribution
methodfortwoormore
devicesthatuse
highfrequencyradiowaves
andoftenincludeanaccess
pointtotheInternet.

IDF

Internetdifferentiationforum

Anintermediatedistribution
TheIDFroomislocatednext
frame(IDF)isafreestanding doortoourstorageroom.
orwallmountedrackfor
managingandinterconnecting
thetelecommunicationscable
betweenenduserdevicesand
amaindistributionframe
(MDF).
5

IfourschoolhadaWLANit
wouldallowotherdevicesto
connectnotjustourdesktop.

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.
(2011).BandwidththrottlingWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia.RetrievedJune23,2016,from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_throttling
.
3
(2002).WhatisLocalAreaNetwork(LAN)?WebopediaDefinition.RetrievedJune23,2016,from
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/local_area_network_LAN.html
.
4
(2011).WirelessLANWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia.RetrievedJune23,2016,from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_LAN
.
5
(2011).IntermediatedistributionframeWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia.RetrievedJune23,2016,from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_distribution_frame
.
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2

MDF

Minimaldifferentiationforum

Maindistributionframe
Short
formaindistributionframe,a
cablerackthatinterconnects
andmanagesthe
telecommunicationswiring
betweenitselfandany
numberofIDFs.Unlikean
IDF,whichconnectsinternal
linestotheMDF,theMDF
connectsprivateorpublic
linescomingintoabuilding
withtheinternalnetwork6

AtmyschooltheMDFroomis
locatedacrossfromtheprincipal
office.

POE

Poweroverearth

PoweroverEthernet(PoE)is
atechnologyforwired
EthernetLANs(localarea
networks)thatallowsthe
electricalcurrentnecessary
fortheoperationofeach
devicetobecarriedbythe
datacablesratherthanby
powercords.Doingso
minimizesthenumberofwires
thatmustbestrunginorderto
installthenetwork7

Inorderforourschooltosave
moneytheyinstalledaPOE
insteadofanotherACpower
cord.

Switch

Tochange

Anetworkswitchisa
Theofficeusedaswitchto
computernetworkingdevice
connectallofthecomputersand
thatconnectsdevicestogether printers.
onacomputernetwork8

Dongle

DongleLOL

Adongleisasmallpieceof
hardwarethatconnectsto
anotherdevicetoprovideit
withadditionalfunctionality.9

WeuseaDongletostream
videosonourTVwecallitour
chromecast.

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.
8
"NetworkswitchWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia."2011.24Jun.2016<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch
>
9
"DongleWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia."2011.24Jun.2016<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongle
>
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7

WAP

Wideareaprotection

WAP(WirelessApplication
Protocol)isaspecificationfor
asetof
communication
protocol
sto
standardizethewaythat
wireless
devices,suchas
cellulartelephones
andradio
transceivers,canbeusedfor
Internetaccess,including
email,theWorldWideWeb,
newsgroups,and
instant
messaging
.10

WAPmakesitpossibleformeto
haveemailaccessonmycell
phone.

8.02.11a,b/g/n,ac

Howstrongasignalis

Wirelessnetworkingstandard
11

Myrouterisa8.02.11a,b/g/n,ac
device.

mbps

Megabitspersecond

Whenspelled
Mbps
,shortfor

Thedownloadspeedonmy
computeris2mbps.

megabits

persecond,
a
measureof
datatransfer
speed(amegabitisequalto
onemillionbits).
Network
transmissions,forexample,
aregenerallymeasuredin
Mbps.12
gbps

Gigabitspersecond

Gbpsstandsforbillionsofbits Mynewcomputercannow
persecondandisameasure transferdataatgbpsinsteadof
ofbandwidthonadigitaldata mbps.
transmissionmediumsuchas
opticalfiber13

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>
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>
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http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/Mbps.html
>
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"WhatisGbps(billionsofbitspersecond)?DefinitionfromWhatIs.com."2012.24Jun.2016
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http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Gbpsbillionsofbitspersecond
>
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CAT5,6

Howmanycatsyouown

Category5cable,commonly
referredtoascat5,isa
twistedpair

cable
forcarrying
signals
.Thistypeof
cable
is
usedin
structuredcabling
for
computernetworks
suchas
Ethernet
.
frequencies
upto
14
100MHz
Category6cable,commonly
referredtoasCat6,isa
standardized
twistedpair
cablefor
GigabitEthernet
and
othernetwork
physicallayers
thatis
backwardcompatible
withthe
Category5/5e
and
[1]
Category3cable
standards.

ComparedwithCat5andCat
5e,Cat6featuresmore
stringentspecificationsfor
[1]
crosstalk
andsystemnoise.

Thecablestandardprovides
performanceofupto250MHz
15

Thecablelinerunningtomy
houseisaCAT5cable.

URL

Webaddress

AUniformResourceLocator
(URL),commonlyinformally
termedawebaddress(which
termisnotdefined
[1]
identically)
isareferenceto
a
webresource
thatspecifies
itslocationona
computer
network
andamechanismfor
retrievingit.16

WhenIfindawebpagehelpfulI
willoftensavetheURLasa
bookmark.

Hyperlink

Alinktoawebpage

computers:ahighlighted
wordorpictureinadocument

IfyouwanttoseewhereIgotmy
definitionsfromyoucanclickon

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>
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"WhatisURL(UniformResourceLocator)?WebopediaDefinition."2002.24Jun.2016<
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/U/URL.html
>
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15

orWebpagethatyoucan
clickonwithacomputer
mousetogotoanotherplace
inthesameoradifferent
documentorWebpage.17

thehyperlinksonthebottomof
thepageanditwilltakeyouto
thewebpagesIused.

domainname/suffix

Endingofawebpageaddress

Usedtoidentifyoneormore
IPaddresses

Ineedtobuyadomainnamefor
myblog.

Devices

Thephysicaldevice

Computers,tablets,phones

Whentheschoolinstalled
wirelessonourcampusitmadeit
easierforustouseavarietyof
devices.

Cloud

Internetstorage

atypeofcomputingthatrelies
onsharingcomputing
resourcesratherthanhaving
localserversordevicesto
handleapplications18

Sometimesusingthecloudatour
schoolisfrustratingbecauseit
hasmanyfiltersandblocksto
keepitsecure.

Server

Thedevicethatholdonlinedata

aserverisacomputer
programoradevicethat
providesfunctionalityforother
programsordevices,called
"clients".19

Itisafrustratingdayatschool
whenourdistrictsservergoes
downpreventingusfrom
accessingemailandattendance
programs.

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http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/hyperlink
.
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.
19
(2011).Server(computing)Wikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia.RetrievedJune23,2016,from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_(computing)
.
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