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Section 5. Acronyms, Abbreviations and Glossary

ACRONYM/ABBREVIATION

MEANING

ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Compact Disc

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

EFTPOS

Electronic Funds Transfer Point of Sale

Fax

Facsimile

Gigabyte

IAD

Integrated Access Device

LAN

Local Area Network

LED

Light Emitting Diode

Mac®

Macintosh

Megabyte

Personal Computer (in this instance refers to both Microsoft® or

Apple® based systems)

Personal Identification Number

RAM

Random Access Memory

SMS

Short Message Service

SSID

Service Set Identifier (a wireless LAN identifier)

USB

Universal Serial Bus

WAN

Wide Area Network

Wi-Fi

Wireless

WPA-PSK

Wi-Fi Protected Access – Pre-Shared Key

The following table is a brief glossary of terms used in this document.

ACRONYM/ABBREVIATION

MEANING

Ethernet

The most common type of connection used by computer networks

in a LAN. Usually recognisable by the cable connecting the

computer to a port at a workstation.

Router

This is a hardware device that ‘routes’ data from one network to

another. Usually has a number of ports allowing multiple

computers to connect to it.

Port

In this context, a port refers to the connection points at the back

(or front) of computers and other hardware devices that allow

other hardware devices to connect to via cabling. Common ports

are USB and Ethernet.

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