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Glossary
Ubee UBC1301-AA00 Advanced Wireless Voice Gateway Subscriber User Guide • March 2017
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DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
Allows one IP address (or computer) to be placed in between the firewall and the Internet
(usually for gaming and video conferencing). This allows risky, open access to the
Internet.
DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification)
An International telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-speed data
transfer over an existing cable TV system.
Domain
A subnetwork comprised of a group of clients and servers under the control of one
security database.
Domain Name
A descriptive name for an address or group of addresses on the Internet. Domain names
are in the form of a registered entity name plus one of a number of predefined top-level
suffixes, such as .com, .edu, .org.
DoS (Denial of Service) Attack
An attempt to make a machine or network resources unavailable to its intended users.
DNS (Domain Name System)
An Internet service that locates and translates domain names into IP addresses. Because
domain names are alphabetic, they are easier to remember. However, the Internet is
based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, a DNS service translates the
name into the corresponding IP address. The DNS system is actually its own network. If
one DNS server does not know how to translate a particular domain name, it asks another
one, and so on, until the correct IP address is returned.
Downstream
A term to describe the direction of data from the network service provider to the customer.
DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message)
Informs clients about the presence of buffered broadcast data on the access point.
Ethernet
A standard network protocol that specifies how data is placed on and retrieved from a
common transmission medium. It forms the underlying transport vehicle used by several
upper-level protocols, including TCP/IP, HTTP, and FTP.
Firewall
A highly effective method to block unsolicited traffic from outside the connected
computers in your gateway and local network.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
A network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another over a TCP-based
network.
