GLOSSARY
Bandwidth
The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies available for network signals. Also synonymous with wire speed, the actual speed of the data transmission along the cable.
Class I Repeater
Fast Ethernet repeater that is principally used to connect different physical signaling systems (e.g.,
Class II Repeater
Fast Ethernet repeater that typically supports a single physical signaling system (e.g.,
Collision
A condition in which packets transmitted over the cable interfere with each other. Their interference makes both signals unintelligible.
Collision Domain
Single CSMA/CD LAN segment.
CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect is the communication method employed by Ethernet and Fast Ethernet.
End Station
A workstation, server, or other device that does not act as a network interconnection.