SMC Networks SMC7003USB manual RJ-45 Connector, Splitter, Transmission Control Protocol TCP

GLOSSARY

RJ-45 Connector

A connector for twisted-pair wiring.

Splitter

A hardware device used in G.dmt to split the data and voice traffic before passing it on to the network and phone system.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

Protocol suite that includes TCP as the primary transport protocol, and IP as the network layer protocol.

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

A commonly used protocol for establishing and maintaining communications between applications on different computers. TCP provides full-duplex, acknowledged, and flow-controlled service to upper-layer protocols and applications.

UTP

Unshielded twisted-pair cable.

Virtual channel Identifier (VCI)

A 16-bit field in the header of an ATM cell. The VCI, together with VPI, is used to identify the next destination of a cell as it passes through a series of ATM switches on its way to its destination.

Virtual Path Identifier (VPI)

A 8-bit field in the header of an ATM cell.

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