Audio Channels: separate video channels offering crystal-clear,
100 percent digital audio music encompassing each different musical
preference and genre
Bandwidth: measures the amount of information that can flow
between two points in a certain period of time, the broader the
bandwidth, the faster the information can flow.
Caller ID: Qwest product used to identify callers by name and
telephone number (service integrated with Qwest Choice™ TV for
subscribers with Qwest Caller ID™)
Choice OnLine: the first package of Choice OnLine with Internet access at up to 256 Kbps
Choice OnLine Deluxe:: the second package of Choice OnLine with Internet access at up to 1.5 Mbps, and
serves multiple computers
Choice TV: advanced digital television service offered by Qwest
Configuration: the set-up and internal processing of computer
hardware and software
Dedicated Connection: one, single always-on line connected to
a computer that allows constant Internet availability at all times
Deluxe Premium Plus: the second package of Choice TV offering
29 premium movie channels
Digital Gateway Box: the digital box that connects televisions,
personal computers, stereo equipment, VCRs and telephones throughout
the customer's home using one central location and hookup in VDSL
markets
Digital Network: description of data which is stored or transmitted
as a sequence of discrete symbols using electronic or
electromagnetic signals (opposite is analog)
Download: transfer data or code from a larger "host' system over a
digital communication link to a smaller 'client' system
E-mail: messages, usually text, sent from one person to another via
computer, can also be sent automatically to a large number of
addresses (Mailing List)
Ethernet: very common method of networking computers in a LAN
using a component known as a card; ethernet will handle about
10,000,000 bits-per-second and can be used with almost any kind of
computer
Full Choice®: the most popular Qwest Choice TV package offering
basic theme channels, plus access to Pay-Per-View and music channels.
Homepage: web page relating to an individual, institution or subject
area with a URL consisting of a hostname, e.g.
www.qwest.com/vdsl
Icon: a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a
program, command, data file or concept in a graphical user interface
Integrated Services: capability of providing multiple services using
the same platform (used with the Qwest Choice™ TV & OnLine services-Caller
ID and Voice Messaging)
Interactive Programming Guide: the new channel guide that
allows users to select specific channels, times or themes in viewing
or recording
Internet: worldwide network of computer networks that use the
TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and
exchange information
Kbps: standard measure of data rate and transmission capacity
equaling 1000 bytes per second
Licensing Authorities: the different counties petitioned by Qwest in
order to gain franchise rights to provide cable in that area
Mbps: unit of measurement for data storage equaling 1,048,576
bytes per second
Netiquette: etiquette on the Internet
One-Stop Shop: the convenient and fast Qwest customer bill
including Internet service, telephone service, portable phone and
other services consolidated onto one monthly bill
Parental Control: the option giving parents the ability to monitor and
block specific channels and shows from children viewing
Pay-Per-View: immediate, one-touch ordering available with Choice
TV & OnLine remote used to order movies on a view now, pay later
system
Premium Plus: selected entertainment channel package for Choice
TV subscribers offering choices of different premium movie channels
Search Engine: website used to search different directories of the
Internet for specific requested information
Subscriber Website: specific website created by Qwest for its
Choice TV & OnLine subscribers
Surfing: [from the 'surf' idiom for rapidly flipping TV channels] to
search the Internet using a WWW browser
Theme Packages: different television channel clusters, grouped
by genre, such as family, sports, news, etc that can be ordered
together or a la carte
URL: the World Wide Web uses Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
to specify the location of files on other servers
VDSL (Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line): the technology used by Qwest to deliver high-speed Internet connections and crystal-clear television programming, known as Qwest Choice™ TV & OnLine
Voice Messaging: Qwest product used to record telephone messages
(service integrated with Qwest Choice™ TV for subscribers of
Qwest Voice Messaging™)
