|
Word/phrase |
Definition |
|
Access
point |
Wired controller that receives and transmits
data to wireless adapters in computers |
|
Bluetooth |
Short range radio system |
|
Direct-sequence
spread spectrum (DSSS) |
Devices with this type of capability
can communicate by splitting each byte of data into parts and sending them
simultaneously on different frequencies |
|
Encryption
|
translation of data into a secret code |
|
Encryption
Key |
A password or table needed
to decipher encoded data |
|
Frequency-hopping
spread spectrum (FSSS) |
Devices with this type of capability
can send short bursts of data and change frequencies and then send another
burst of data. |
|
Home RF |
Home Radio Frequency |
|
IEEE
802.11 |
Institute of Electrical and
Electonics Engineers Wireless-Ethernet specification |
|
IrDA |
Infrared Data Association |
|
Point to
point |
Each computer can communicate
directly with any other computer on the network (HSW) |
|
Shared
wireless access protocol (SWAP) |
Hybrid standard that includes 6 voice
channels as well as 802.11 data channels. |
|
Stream
cipher |
RC4 encryption algorithm |
|
WECA |
Wireless Ethernet Compatability
Alliance |
|
Wi-Fi |
Wireless fidelity; meets WECA
standards for IEEE 802.11 |
|
Wi-Fi
Alliance |
nonprofit international association
formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of wireless Local Area Network
products based on IEEE 802.11 specification |
|
Wired
equivalent privacy (WEP) |
Standard on which encryption is
based |
|
Wireless
Local area network (WLAN) |
A type of network
that uses high-frequency radio waves rather than wires to communicate between
computers. |
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