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Powerline

: Powerline designates a type of wired network connection 

in which data is transferred via the domestic electricity network using 
optionally available adapters.

Proxy server

: Connection member between different networks.

PSK

: Stands fro Pre-Shared Key in conjunction with WLAN encryption. 

Clients that wish to connect to a wireless network secured with PSK 

must know this key.

RDS

: Abbreviation for Radio Data System. This enables the transfer of 

digital additional information via analogue VHF radio.

Router

: Device for connecting up several networks, e.g. home network 

and Internet.

Stereo

: Two-channel sound.

Switch

: Device for connecting several computers to a network.

UPnP AV

: Abbreviation for Universal Plug and Play - Audio/Video. Is 

used to control network devices from all manufacturers. Has become a 
widespread standard for home networking.

USB

: Universal Serial Bus. Serial bus system for connecting external 

devices (USB card reader, USB stick).

WEP

: Abbreviation for Wired Equivalent Privacy. Former standard process 

in the WiFi encryption, now outdated.

WLAN: Abbreviation for Wireless Local Area Network. Also abbreviated 

as wireless network.
WMA

: Abbreviation for Windows Media Audio, Microsoft own audio 

data format. As with MP3 files, the content is compressed here as well.

WPA

: Abbreviation for Wi-Fi Protected Access. Replaced WEP as standard 

encryption for wireless networks.

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Bluetooth

: wireless connection between devices that are usually not 

located far from one another.

DHCP

: Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. DHCP al-

lows automatic assignment of IP addresses with the aid of a DHCP server. 

DHCP server

: Network service which takes care of automatic assignment 

of IP addresses to clients.

DNS

: Abbreviation for Domain Name System. Numeral IP addresses are 

assigned to readable names (e.g. www.loewe-int.de). DNS servers are 
responsible for the resolution of readable addresses into the corres-
ponding IP addresses.

DLNA

: Abbreviation for Digital Living Network Alliance. Standard for 

cross-manufacturer control and communication of multimedia content 

between home network devices.

Wired network

: see LAN.

Wireless network

: see WLAN.

DRM

: Digital Rights Management. Processes to control copyright pro-

tected data.  To be used correctly, DRM protected contents require not 
only a DRM capable device but also the possession of a license issued 
by the provider (to be paid for).

Ethernet

: Cable linked data net technology for local networks (LANs). 

Also covers standards for e.g. plug connectors and transfer speeds.

FAT

: Abbreviation for File Allocation Table. File system on storage media.

FLAC

: Abbreviation for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Method for loss-free 

audio data compression. 

Gateway

: Transition to another network; in this case connection from 

the home network to the Internet. The network device that establishes 
this connection is normally used as a standard gateway. As a rule, the 
DSL router also represents the Internet gateway.

ID3 tags

: Additional information in the case of MP3-files. Data on In-

terpreter, title, album and album graphics etc. can be saved here. This 
data is then processed by the PC using an ID3 tag editor.

IP address

: IP addresses (Internet Protocol Addresses) are used to identify 

devices in an Internet Protocol (IP) network. IP addresses are made up 
of four groups of numbers of three digits each.

Channel (WLAN)

: Channel is understood to mean a certain part of the 

WLAN frequency band. Devices that want to communicate with each 
other have to use the same WiFi channel. In Europe the WiFi frequency 
band is currently divided into 13 channels.

LAN

: Abbreviation for Local Area Network. Mainly used as a name for 

networks with cabling (Ethernet).

MAC address

: Hardware address of a network adapter, e.g. the network 

card in the PC. It is issued permanently by the manufacturer and is used 
to uniquely identify devices in networks.

Mbit/sec

: Information about the transfer rate in networks in megabits, 

i.e. millions of characters per second. With WiFi the maximum speed is 
11 (IEEE 802.11b) or 54 (IEEE 802.11g) Mbit/sec, in wired nets 10 Mbit/
sec or 100 Mbit/sec (Fast Ethernet).

Media Server

: Stands for the device which multimedia contents are 

stored on, but is also the name for the service provided by the device 
that makes this data available to the network.

MP3

: Data format for compressed audio files.

Mono

: Single channel sound.

Multimedia content

: Videos, music files and photos are grouped together 

under this term.

NAS

: Abbreviation for Network Attached Storage. The term describes a 

hard disk which is independently linked to the network (i.e. without a PC).

NTFS

: Abbreviation for New Technology File System. File system deve-

loped by Microsoft for storage media.