Appendix C: Glossary and Acronyms
bps bits per second
A measurement of transmission speed across a data connection.
BRI
Basic Rate ISDN
broadband
Broadband transmission shares the bandwidth of a particular medium (copper or fiber optic) to integrate multiple signals. The channels take up different frequencies on the cable, integrating voice, data, and video over one line.
channel
A generic term for an individual data stream. Service providers can use multiplexing techniques to transmit multiple channels over a common medium.
Cat5
Twisted pair cable for carrying signals for 10/100 Ethernet, telephony, and video. Cat5 was superseded by Cat5e.
Cat5e
Twisted pair cable for carrying signals for Gigabit Ethernet, telephony, and video.
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