Internet/Print Server User’s Guide
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Bandwidth | The range of frequencies available across a | |
| communications channel; in one sense, the | |
| “size” or “speed” of the communications | |
| channel. | |
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Category 3, 4, 5 | Communication cabling standards referring | |
| to the quality of the transmission medium | |
| and whether or not the cable includes | |
| transmission shielding. | |
Collision | Simultaneous data transmission on a net- | |
| work medium, resulting in a garbled (and | |
| unreadable) transmission. See “CSMA/CD.” | |
Collision Domain | A section of a network isolated from other | |
| sections by a switch, bridge, or hub that de- | |
| tects and resolves collisions locally so that | |
| there is less impact on the entire network. | |
CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Colli- | |
| sion Detection; a network communications | |
| protocol in which each transmission source | |
| (i.e., station, server, switch, etc.) monitors | |
| the main data channel for traffic before and | |
| during transmission, postponing transmis- | |
| sion when the data channel is in use. | |
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DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. | |
| DHCP is a protocol that allows IP addresses | |
| to be dynamically assigned as computers are | |
| turned on. | |
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