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| A device that connects wireless communication devices together to form a wireless network. |
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| A thermal detecting the presence of electric waves which operates by increased resistance when subjected to the influence of electric waves. |
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| Refers to three different kinds of high-speed Internet connections; cable, DSL and satellite. |
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| When two hosts transmit on a network at once causing their packets to collide and corrupt each other. |
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| A type of networking technology for local area networks; coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second. |
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| Federal Communications Commission: An independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite. |
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| Food and Drug Administration: A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products. |
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| The number of repetitions per unit time of a complete waveform, as of an electric current. |
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| A unit of frequency equal to one billion hertz. |
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| A location with public wireless access points where you can connect your mobile computers to the Internet using standard Wi-Fi technology. |
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| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: A non-profit organization, the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology. |
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| The inhibition or prevention of clear reception of broadcast signals. |
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| Local area network: a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices. |
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| Megabit per second: a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,000,000 bits per second or 1,000 kilobits per second. |
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| personal digital assistant - a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock, etc. |
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| A standard procedure for regulating data transmission between computers. |
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| The wireless transmission through space of electromagnetic waves in the approximate frequency range from 10 kilohertz to 300,000 megahertz. |
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| Energy that travels as radio waves. |
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| A device in a network that handles message transfer between computers. |
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| Something set up or established by an authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality. |
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| Communicating at a distance by electric transmission, usually in Morse code. |
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| A wireless network allows computers to share printers, files or an internet connection without any wires between them. Wireless networking hardware uses radio frequencies to transmit information between the individual computers; each computer requires a wireless network adapter. A wireless network hub or router is used to bridge the wireless network to traditional Ethernet or home phone line networks, or provide a shared internet connection. |
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