XBOX 360 E User Guide
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P PERSONAL SETTINGS: A player’s preferred settings on a particular game, console, or network setup. PLAYLIST : A list of songs with a particular theme. PREFERRED PLAYER : The opposite of “avoid player.” On Xbox Live, allows you to prefer particular players to play with. It is a part of the Xbox Live feedback system. R RECREATION ZONE : A Gamer Zone dedicated to gamers who just want to relax and play. Winning is not the main objective here, fun is. REPUTATION : Positive or negative feedback generated...
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XBOX GUIDE: A HUD interface that grants players access to their personal settings, gamer card, music, and Xbox Live. XBOX GUIDE BUTTON : Large dome-shaped button on Xbox 360 controllers. It activates the Xbox Guide. XBOX LIVE : The original Xbox and Xbox 360’s online component. XNA ™ : A set of Microsoft tools that allows its users to create new and original content for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. XBOX.COM’S GLOSSARY OF XBOX LIVE®TERMS The following terms were supplied by Microsoft and are a great...
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Traditionally, this work has been done by a piece of hardware called a bridge. Currently, many routers do this work instead, and bridges aren’t needed. You might still hear talk of bridges from some salespeople. Windows XP and Windows XP Service Pack 2 both have network bridging capabilities built in. BROADBAND: a. High-speed Internet service. b. Non-data cable TV services (for example, AT&T Broadband). A data connection of greater than 56 kilobytes per second (kps). The most common broadband...
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DSL: Digital Subscriber Line. A broad class of technologies that allow broadband Internet access at much higher speeds than dial-up. Most DSL used by consumers is ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), so you will often see that term used instead of DSL. DYNAMIC IP ADDRESS : IP address that is assigned on demand every time a user accesses the Internet. E ETHERNET: A popular network technology that transmits information between computers at speeds of 10–100 million bits per second (mbps). ETHERNET IN...
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H HIGH-SPEED: See broadband. HOME NETWORK : A local area network (LAN) at home consisting of two or more devices connected through a router. HOST NAME : A human-readable name assigned to a computer or device. In some cases, networking software will display these names to users so that they can access resources on remote computers. HUB : A common connection point that provides multiple Ethernet ports for devices in a network. For example, an Ethernet hub that has four ports will allow you to connect four...
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L LAN: Local Area Network. A computer network connecting devices that are geographically close together (for example, in the same building). A network you set up in your house to connect your PC in the den and your Xbox console in the living room is a LAN. LATENCY : Latency is the time a computer spends waiting before a download (or other data request) starts. It’s slightly different from bandwidth. Bandwidth is the time required to move the data. If you have a low-latency or “low ping” connection, your...
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P PCI CARD: Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) and Universal Serial Bus (USB) connections are two ways to plug equipment into your computer. PCI MODEM, INTERNAL PCI MODEM : An expansion card that provides analog (dial-up) modem, cable modem, or DSL modem functionality. PCI SLOT : Slot on the main board inside the computer specifically for PCI cards. PORT : The jack or connection point for a cable. PPP : Point-to-Point Protocol. The protocol used for transmitting data between your computer and the...
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S SERVER: A computer or device on a network that manages network resources. For example, you connect to Xbox Live servers when you sign in to Xbox Live. SSID : An SSID is the name of a wireless local area network (WLAN). All wireless devices on a WLAN must employ the same SSID in order to communicate with each other. STANDARD CABLE : Also known as a straight-through cable. An Ethernet cable that has an identical sequence of colored wires on each end. Also see crossover cable. SUBNET MASK : A 32-bit...
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W WAN: Wide Area Network. A network that covers a large area by interconnecting multiple LANs. WEP : Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the old standard for security and data protection on a wireless network. The current standard is WPA, which is much stronger but is not yet supported on all devices. Windows Media Center : Windows Media Center offers the ultimate integration of gaming and room-to-room entertainment—including watching or recording TV shows, viewing your digital photos, and listening to...
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Disc Tray Button Y Button B Button A Button Guide Button Power On/OffButton DVD/HD-DVD controls (Functions will depend on DVD or HD-DVDcompatibility) Media Center Button Numerical Pad Directional Arrows (Correspond to D-pad and left stick controls) TV Controls Record Button X Button 215 What Is Old Is New Again TAKE CONTROL Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading \ expressly prohibited.