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Glossary
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URL
Universal Resource Locator
Globally unique address of a domain on the
Internet.
A URL is a subtype of the URI. URLs identify a
resource by its location on the Internet.
For historical reasons the term is often used
as a synonym for URI.
User name
User ID
Name/number combination for access e.g.,
to your VoIP account or your private address
directory on the Internet.
V
Voice codec
See Codec.
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
Telephone calls are no longer placed and
transmitted over the telephone network but
over the Internet (or other IP networks).
VoIP provider
A VoIP, SIP or Gateway provider is an Inter-
net service provider that provides a
Gateway for Internet telephony. As the
phone works with the SIP standard, your
provider must support the SIP standard.
The provider routes calls from VoIP to the tel-
ephone network (analogue, ISDN and
mobile) and vice versa.
W
WAN
Wide Area Network
Wide-area network that is unrestricted in
terms of area (e.g., Internet).
