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Ad-Hoc Network
Access Point
(Infrastructure network)
Broadband
Chroma Delay
Codec
DHCP
Ethernet
Firewall
Gamma
Gateway
Home Link/PC Link
Horizontal position
(Advanced TV Setting)
Infrastructure Network
MAC Address
NAT (Network Address
Translation)
Peer-to-peer
Philips Media Manager
Proxy address
SSID
STP
Streaming
Streamium
uPnP
Vertical position
(Advanced TV Setting)
WEP
Wireless Base Station
(wireless gateway router)
Wireless USB Adapter
(wireless network
adapter)
A direct network connection between two devices (two computers, or a PC and the
Streamium LCD TV).
A network connection between two or more devices (computers, or PCs and the
Streamium LCD TV) with a central network host (router, base station or PC).
The Internet bandwidth determines the speed of your Internet connection. Broadband
Internet is everything above 256 kbps.
Colour fine-tuning for different types of TV screens.
A software format for compressing and de-compressing media.
If a network has a central host computer, wireless base station or router that acts as a
DHCP server, this server allocates IP addresses, netmasks, and the gateway address to
all DHCP client computers and devices in the network automatically.
The most popular type of wired home network.
A firewall acts as a barrier that helps protect your network from intruders from the
Internet. The firewall specifies what information can be communicated from the
computers on your network to the Internet, and from the Internet to the computers
on your network.
Display intensity setting for different types of TV screens.
The computer or network device that provides access to the Internet.
Refer to accessing streaming content from the home network.
Shifts the horizontal position of the display on the TV screen.
See Access Point.
The unique 12-character hardware address of the (wireless) network
adapter. Sometimes used for identifying network hardware.
A security feature implemented in most Internet gateway routers and Wireless Base
Stations to keep your home network safe from intrusions from the Internet.
See Ad-Hoc Network.
The software you need to install and have active on your computer to be able to use
PC Link for sending music, photo and movie files from the PC to the Streamium LCD
TV.
The address of an intermediate computer, provided to you by your Internet Service
Provider. Sometimes needed for accessing the Internet.
The wireless network name (this is not the same as your computer network name).
Shielded Twisted Pair.The type of network cable you need to use.
Playing media content from the Internet while it is downloading is called ‘streaming’.
The Philips range of Internet enabled products.
Universal Plug and Play.
Shifts the vertical position of the display on the TV screen.
Designates a type of wireless encryption.
A hardware device that interconnects your wireless home network to the Internet.
The hardware device that you need to connect to your PC to be able to make wireless
contact with the Streamium LCD TV.
Chapter 17 – Glossary
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