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Voip Vocab
VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. Using VoIP, voice information is converted into digital packets and sent over the Internet, and then converted back into analog signals before reaching the phone receiver at the other end. There are some basic vocabulary words and ideas that will help in understanding how they system works. For instance, backbone refers to the high capacity internet infrastructure that typically connects major service providers such as your web hosting provider or internet service provider. Internet service providers with a large backbone connection offer better potential for a reliable VoIP connection than one with a smaller backbone. For example: When your internet service provider says it has an "ultra fast backbone connection", it is referring to the fact that its main communications channel with the internet is very fast to facilitate a large volume of communications.
Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data that can be transferred by a connection. VoIP is related to this term because the more bandwidth your internet connection has, the more reliable your VoIP connect can potentially be. For instance, your internet service provider may claim to offer you a cable internet connection with up to 8MB bandwidth, which means the maximum amount of data you can send through that connection is 8MB.
A local area network is a collection of computer interconnected within a small proximity. A typical example of a LAN would be a home with a computer in each bedroom, networked together to share resources such as printers, hard drive storage, etc. Many homes and offices that use VoIP are in fact LAN's as there are more than one computer networked together within that building or space.
Byte is the most base unit of data volume measurement, from which larger sums are built upon such as kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes and so on. VoIP technology typically uses hundreds or thousands of bytes within seconds for a conversation to take place. For
Cable is a type of internet connection that is used almost exclusively in residential environments. Cable uses the data transmission capacity of commonly available television coax cable to provide broadband internet connectivity. Cable internet bandwidth is typically measured in MB.
