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22 Cards in this Set
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A wireless device that acts as a station to receive and transmit signals between other wireless devices.
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access point (AP)
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A low-power wireless data and voice transmission technology.
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Bluetooth
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A telecommunication technology that uses telephone lines.
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digital subscriber lines (DSL)
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A wireless wide are network technology for transmissions between buildings.
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fixed broadband wireless
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A fixed broadband wireless technology that uses infrared beams at speeds up to 1.25 Gbps over a distance of 4 miles.
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free space optics (FSO)
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A wireless wide area network technology used by cellular telephones and handheld devices.
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Global Systems for Mobile (GSM) communications
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A location where wireless data service is available.
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hotspot
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Bluetooth software that helps identify other Bluetooth devices and creates links between them to send/receive data.
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link manager
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A small browser program that runs on a cellular telephone or handheld device.
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microbrowser
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A Bluetooth network that contains one master and at least one slave.
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piconet
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Small tags that function like electronic barcodes.
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radio frequency identification (RFID)
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A WLAN access point installed without permission.
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rogue access point
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A wide area network technology that transmits at 1.544 Mbps.
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T-1
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A device that translates between WML and HTML.
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WAP gateway
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Driving around with a wireless device searching for a wireless signal.
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war driving
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Another name for a wireless local area network.
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Wi-Fi
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A fixed broadband wireless technology that sends and receives signals between antennas over longer distances.
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WiMax
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A local area network (LAN) in which the devices are not connected by wires.
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wireless local area network (WLAN)
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A programming language designed to display text-based web content to a cell phone or handheld device.
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Wireless Markup Language (WML)
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A card that is inserted into a device that enables it to communicate on a wireless network.
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wireless network interface card (wireless NIC)
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Wireless technologies that have a limited transmission range of up to 3.3 meters.
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wireless personal area network (WPAN)
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Wireless technologies that have a transmission range from 500 feet to 75 miles or more.
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wireless wide area network (WWAN)
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