Glossary

Note: these aren't the definitions you'd find in a book. If that's what you want, then go look in a book. These are they way I would explain the terms to someone. I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know of anything that's misleading or just plain wrong, but I'm not trying to be too strict. Life is tough enough. Sometimes, I may show some sarcasm, though.

ADSL

Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line. This is a new telco technology for delivering high speed bandwidth to the home. It is "asymetric" because it goes a lot faster in one direction than another, which is fine if what you're doing is web browsing. You can get data rates up to 1.5 Mbits/sec, though for home applications, 128KB is good, fast, and very economical. You can get a phone connection over the same line at the same time.