APPENDIX C. ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS

Term

Definition

 

 

10Base-T

10 Mbps twisted-pair Ethernet

100Base-TX

100 Mbps twisted-pair Fast Ethernet

100Base-FX

100 Mbps fiber option Fast Ethernet

1000Base-SX

1000 Mbps fiber option short-wavelength

 

Gigabit Ethernet

1000Base-LX

1000 Mbps fiber option long-wavelength

 

Gigabit Ethernet

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

BootP

Bootstrap Protocol

CAT5

Category 5

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision

 

Detection

DCE

Data Communications Equipment (modem)

DSR

Data Send Ready

DTE

Data Terminal Equipment

DTR

Data Terminal Ready

ESD

Electrostatic Discharge

FCS

Frame Check Sequence

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IP

Internet Protocol

LAN

Local Area Network

MAC

Media Access Control

MDI

Media Dependent Interface

LED

Light Emitting Diode

MDI

Media Device Interface

MIB

Management Information Base

RFC

Request for Comment

RMON

Remote Monitoring

RXD

Receive Data

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