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Glossary
URL
Universal Resource Locator
Globally unique address of a domain on the Internet.
A URL is a subtype of the URI. URLs identify a resource by its location on the Internet. For
historical reasons the term is often used as a synonym for URI.
User ID
See User identification.
User identification
Name/number combination for access, e.g., to your VoIP account.
V
Voice codec
See Codec.
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
Calls are no longer established and transmitted via the telephone network, but via the
Internet (or other IP networks).
VoIP provider
A VoIP, SIP or gateway provider is an Internet service provider that provides a gateway for
Internet telephony. As the phone works with the SIP standard, your provider must support
the SIP standard.
The provider routes calls from VoIP to the telephone network (analogue, ISDN and mobile)
and vice versa.
W
WAN
Wide Area Network
Wide-area network that is unrestricted in terms of area (e.g., Internet).
WLAN
Wireless LAN
Wireless LANs enable network components to communicate with a network using radio
waves as the transport medium. A wireless LAN can be connected as an extension to a
wired LAN or it can form the basis for a new network. The basic element of a wireless net-
work is the cell. This is the area where the wireless communication takes place. A WLAN
can be operated in ad hoc mode or in the Infrastructure network.
WLAN is currently specified in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
WPA
Security standard in wireless networks.
WPA-PSK
WPA Pre-shared Key
Data encryption on wireless networks in which new keys are automatically generated at
regular intervals using a keyword (pre-shared key). The key is updated after a specified
period of time.
