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Glossary
Ubee DDW36C Advanced Wireless Gateway Subscriber User Guide • October 2015
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UPNP (Universal Plug and Play)
A set of networking protocols that permits networked devices to seamlessly discover each
other’s presence on the network to enable data sharing, communications, and
entertainment.
Upstream
A term to describe the direction of data from the customer to the network service provider.
URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)
A string of characters used to identify a name or a resource on the Internet.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
A uniform resource identifier (URI) that specifies where a known resource is available and
how to retrieve it.
WAN (Wide Area Network)
A long-distance link or computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area
that connects remotely located LANs. Typically, a WAN consists of two or more LANs.
The Internet is a large WAN.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
An encryption method used to protect your wireless data communications. WEP uses 64-
bit or 128-bit keys to provide access control to your network and security for everyday
transmissions. To decode data transmissions, all devices on the network must use an
identical key.
WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network)
A communications network that uses high frequency radio signals to allow wireless
devices to communicate with each other within a limited geographic area.
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)
A security protocol for wireless networks offering improvements over the WEP protocol in
the way it handles security keys and the way users are authorized.
WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)
A security protocol for wireless home networks. Created by the Wi-Fi Alliance, this
protocol allows home users to easily set up wireless security and add new devices without
needing to enter long passwords.
XML (Extensible Markup Language)
A markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is
both human-readable and machine readable.
XPress™
XPress™ is a
standards-based frame-bursting approach to improve 802.11g wireless LAN
performance developed by Broadcom.
