Broadband Glossary

 

This page is our broadband glossary where we list a few terms identified with internet service and what they mean. On the off chance that you have any ideas for how we can improve this page, or if there are any terms that you figure we ought to incorporate, kindly go ahead and get in touch with us and let us know. We'll add the terms and their definitions at the earliest opportunity.

 

  • 3G – Used to depict a wireless network. Download speeds should be in any event 384kbps to be marked 3G, or third era wireless innovation.
  • 4G – Used to portray the fourth era of wireless innovation. Two fourth era wireless innovations exist (as of now), LTE and WiMax.
  • ASDL – Implies "asymmetric digital subscriber line.” This is the standard line utilized for DSL internet, and implies that the upload and download lines are an alternate size or bandwidth. Normally the download bandwidth is bigger, since download speeds are viewed as more significant (for a great many people) than upload speeds.
  • Bandwidth – How much information can be moved at one at once; in Mbps. Regularly mistook for internet speed.
  • Bandwidth Throttling – Term used to depict an internet service provider narrowing the measure of bandwidth somebody gets. For instance, assuming your ordinary internet speed is 7 Mbps, your internet service provider may choke your bandwidth to 3 Mbps.
  • Broadband – Another word utilized to depict high speed internet service.
  • Cable Internet – Cable is a high-speed connection that empowers you to get to the internet. It utilizes a similar sort of cable (connection) with access cable TV.
  • Cloud storage – Third party servers that are made accessible for digital (data/file) stockpiling. For instance, you can store your family photographs and significant records.
  • Coverage Map – A map that shows you where you can go (or live) and still approach the internet or a 3G or 4G wireless network. Every internet provider will have an exceptional coverage map.
  • Data – An overall term to depict content that somebody may up/download to their PC or telephone through the internet, like recordings, messages, web pages and music.
  • Data Allowance – The measure of content an individual can up/download during a charging cycle. Typically estimated in GB or MB.
  • Data Cap – The most extreme measure of Data an individual can up/download during a charging cycle prior to having their bandwidth choked, internet shut off or confronting overage expenses.
  • Dial Up – A sort of internet connection that uses the telephone lines. Dialup is the slowest type of internet access, just as the least expensive.
  • Dongle – Another term for USB or stick. All the more regularly utilized in European nations.
  • DSL – A sort of internet connection that uses the telephone lines to send data. DSL came after dialup and was the foremost high speed internet connection. Speeds top out at 5-7 Mbps.
  • Facebook – A social network stage where clients can interface with loved ones from everywhere the world.
  • Fiber Optics – A sort of internet connection that is comprised of flimsy glass filaments to send data.
  • FiOS – Verizon's fiber optics internet connection.
  • GBps – A contraction for gigabytes per second.
  • Gbps – A contraction for gigabits per second.
  • Hotspot – A region where there is a wireless (wi-fi) web signal.
  • Internet Service Provider – An organization that gives internet access.
  • ISP – A contraction for internet service provider.
  • Latency – The measure of deferral for data to make a full circle. Normally estimated in ms (milliseconds) when utilized when discussing internet connections.
  • LTE – A contraction for long term evolution. An innovation utilized for mobile internet.
  • MBps – A contraction for megabytes per second.
  • Mbps – A contraction for megabits per second.
  • Modem – A piece of equipment that changes simple waves to computerized so it can show on your PC. A modem associates you to the internet.
  • Naked DSL – Naked DSL is having an internet connection utilizing DSL, however without having a telephone line.
  • Overage Fees – Fees surveyed for surpassing your data recompense or the internet service provider’s data cap.
  • Pay As You Go – A prepaid option in contrast to purchasing internet service (rather than a month-to- month plan).
  • Peak Usage Time – The hour of day when the vast majority are utilizing the internet all the while, normally after work.
  • Ping Rate – Another word to portray latency.
  • Pinterest – A content sharing assistance that permits individuals to "pin" pictures, recordings and different items to their own page or pin board, and offer that with others.
  • Router – A discretionary piece of hardware that sits between your modem and PC that takes the sign and sends it to different PCs on your network wirelessly.
  • SIM Card – A truncation for subscriber identity module. Used to distinguish and validate internet and cell phone users.
  • SMS – A truncation for short message service. Another term utilized for instant message.
  • Tether– To take your mobile phone or tablet and transform it into a "hotspot" for your different gadgets. An approach to get to the internet with a gadget that doesn't have internet access, by interfacing it to a gadget that does.
  • Twitter – A social media stage where customers can follow different customers (or be followed) and impart by making short bits no longer than 140 characters in length.
  • USB – A truncation for universal serial bus. Used to either store documents or interface with the web.
  • VoIP – Stands for voice over internet protocol. An approach to converse with somebody on the telephone utilizing an amplifier or web camera over the internet.
  • Wi-Fi – A term utilized for wireless internet or wireless signal.