Agilent Technologies J3919A, J3972A manual Actlu, Actpu

Glossary

This glossary contains definitions of terms, abbreviations, and acronyms that are used in this manual. The terms are not necessarily Agilent specific, but are for data communications in general.

10Base-T

10 Mbps, BASEband operation, unshielded Twisted-pair wiring used for Ethernet networks.

100Base-FX

100Base-FX uses multimode fiber-optic cable to carry traffic ten times faster than 10Base-T. It is used primarily to connect Hubs and switches together on Fast Ethernet networks.

100Base-TX

100Mbps, BASEband operation, unshielded Twisted-pair wiring used for Fast Ethernet networks. 100Base-TX is ten times faster than 10Base-T.

ACTLU

Activate Logical Unit

ACTPU

Activate Physical Unit

Adaptation Layer

The adaptation layer maps services from their original format (such as variable length frames) into fixed-size cells. Different adaptation layers are needed for different services.

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

The Address Resolution Protocol is at the Network Layer in the OSI model. ARP provides a mechanism for finding the physical address (Internet Address) of a target host on the same physical network, given only the target's Internet address.

Admin Tool

A Sun Solaris system administration program with a graphical user interface.

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