APPENDIX C.ACRONYMS AND

ABBREVIATIONS

Term

Definition

 

 

10Base-T

10Mbps twisted-pair Ethernet

100Base-TX

100Mbps twisted-pair Fast Ethernet

100Base-FX

100Mbps fiber optic Fast Ethernet

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ASIC

Application Specific Integrated Circuit

CAT5

Category 5

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

LAN

Local Area Network

MAC

Media Access Control

LED

Light Emitting Diode

MDI

Media Device Interface

MDI-X

Media Device Interface-crossover cable wiring

RFC

Request for Comment

UTP

Unshielded Twisted Pair

end-switch

A switch that terminates a branch. Also known

 

as a leaf switch.

 

 

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