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Glossary
10/100BaseT 10-Mbps baseband Ethernet specification that uses
two pairs of twisted-pair cabling: one pair for
transmitting data and the other for receiving data.
10/100BaseT has a distance limit of approximately
100 meters per segment.
100BaseT 100-Mbps baseband Fast Ethernet specification that
uses UTP wiring. Like 10/100BaseT, 100BaseT
sends link pulses over the network segment when
no traffic is present. These link pulses contain more
information than those used in 10/100BaseT.
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line.
ARP Address Resolution Protocol. Enables routers to
obtain the Ethernet address for a known IP address.
See also Inverse ARP.
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol. Used during network booting by
a network node to determine the IP address of its
Ethernet interfaces.
DLCI Data-Link Connection Identifier. Value that specifies
a PVC or SVC in a Frame Relay network. In the
basic Frame Relay specification, DLCIs are locally
significant (connected devices might use different
values to specify the same connection). In the LMI
extended specification, DLCIs are globally significant
(DLCIs specify individual end devices).
E1 Network connection with a capacity of 2.048, divided
into 32 separate channels (or DS0s).
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable read only
Memory. Nonvolatile memory chips that can be
erased using electrical signals and reprogrammed.
Ethernet Physical connection commonly used for LANs.
Runs over a variety of cable types and provides
bandwidth of 10 Mbps. Invented by Xerox
Corporation and developed jointly by Xerox, Intel,
and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Fast Ethernet Any of a number of 100 Mbps Ethernet
specifications.
Frame Relay a network interface providing high-speed packet
transmission with minimum delay. Uses variable-
length packets called "frames.” Contrast with
"packet."