This Week on Webopedia: How Do Wireless Networks Work?

Friday, September 03, 2010

This Week on Webopedia Volume 14, Number 35   PC Pulse - The top 15 terms from the last week   How Do Wireless Networks Work?   Webopedia's Security Category   Terms of the Day   New Terms   118 Twitter Definitions Worth Tweeting About   This Week on internet.com  PC Pulse Here are the top 15 terms our users were interested in last week: URL computer operating system Wi-Fi OEM CPU RAM Internet SSID BIOS IP address subnet mask application phishing SSL How Do Wireless Networks Work? A wireless network or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) serves the same purpose as a wired one ? to link a group of computers. Because "wireless" doesn't require costly wiring, the main benefit is that it's generally easier, faster and cheaper to set up. By comparison, creating a network by pulling wires throughout the walls and ceilings of an office can be labor-intensive and thus expensive. But even when you have a wired network already in place, a wireless network can be a cost-effective way to expand or augment it. In fact, there's really no such thing as a purely wireless network, because most link back to a wired network at some point. Learn more about wireless networks and networking in this Webopedia "Did You Know...?" article. Webopedia Items Webopedia's Security Category Want to know more about biometrics, encryption, or viruses? Visit Webopedia's Security Category for terms and related links. Webopedia's Official Facebook Page Be a Webopedia fan on Facebook and interact with the Editors, post messages on the 'Webopedia Wall', plus add comments on articles, discuss technology, or even suggest topics for inclusion in Webopedia. Webopedia Search Box Available Put this customizable search box on your Web site, and give your users access to more than 8,800 computer, Internet and technical terms and definitions.  Webopedia's Tech Support Area Internet.com offers these links to help you get the tech support you need. Read the descriptions of each tech support Web site and choose the one that best suits your needs. Add Webopedia's Term of the Day to your iGoogle page Learn a new term every day with Webopedia, the only online dictionary you need for computer and Internet technology definitions. Already know that one? Look up a term, check out the most recent additions to our ever-growing list of definitions or take a look at our most popular definitions, all served up ad-free. Webopedia Terms of The Day - From The Last Week September 03, 2010: gigabit September 02, 2010: Ethernet September 01, 2010: punchdown block August 31, 2010: open rate August 30, 2010: direct digital marketing August 29, 2010: obsolete August 28, 2010: EPEAT Receive The Webopedia "Term of the Day" via our XML/RSS feed, through our Daily Newsletter, on our Facebook page, or you can visit the TOTD page on Webopedia.com. New Terms information technology degree Organic SEO search engine services website optimization Partner Relationship Management business analytics customer experience social CRM email marketing marketing automation Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator CompTia Security+ 118 Twitter Definitions Worth Tweeting About As with any new social medium, there is an entire vocabulary that users of the Twitter service adopt. Many of the new lingo Twitter-based terms and phrases are used to describe the collection of people who use the service, while other terms are used in reference to describe specific functions and features of the service itself. Also, there are a number of "chat terms," which are basically shorthand abbreviations that users often include in their tweets. Lastly, our guide also provides descriptions to a number of Twitter tools and applications that you can use to enhance your Twitter experience. Here are definitions to 118 Twitter-related abbreviations, words, phrases, and tools that are associated with the Twitter microblogging service. Cloud Computing 101: Get Free eBook! Cloud computing can cut costs, speed implementations, and scale quickly. Download this Internet.com eBook now. Click Here. Interested in placing your TEXT AD HERE? Click Here   This Week on internet.com 3 Web Tools for Better Graphics These three, easy-to-use Web resources can help you clean up a photo, put a little funk in your fonts and quickly browse photos on image and social media sites across the Web. Salesforce.com Adds Business Contact Service to CRM Salesforce CRM customers can now receive real-time updates as business contact and company information changes. Palisade Bows Compliance in the Cloud for SMBs How do you ensure your business complies with industry regulations when it's not big enough to have an IT person? Palisade Systems says it can solve that problem for many SMBs. How to Succeed Like Apple Oddly, Apple and other tech companies have succeeded by ignoring their customers.

You are subscribed to an Internet.com newsletter as theonlinenewsletter@hotmail.com. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please click here.

If you wish to be removed from all future Internet.com emails, please click here.

To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at:

Internet.com
Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept.
307 5th Ave., 14th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.