Crossover Cable | A type of |
| one end have been reversed in order to match |
| pinouts on a hub or switch. |
CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision De- |
| tection; a network communications protocol in |
| which each transmission source (i.e., station, |
| server, switch, etc.) monitors the main data chan- |
| nel for traffic before and during transmission, |
| postponing transmission when the data channel is |
| in use. |
D |
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Duplex (full & half) | The transmission of data over a network in both |
| directions. |
| transmission of data over a network channel in |
| both directions. |
| sion in both directions but one at a time, not |
| simultaneous. |
E |
|
Ethernet | A particular type of LAN described in a standard |
| (802.3) established by the IEEE, with 10Mbps |
| data transmission. |
F |
|
Fast Ethernet | An extension of Ethernet LAN (defined in stan- |
| dard 802.3u) to allow 100Mbps transmissions. |
H |
|
Hub | The central device in a |
| connect each station to the network. |
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