IBM 09-0572-000 manual Ieee

2GLOSSARY

IEEE 802.5

The standard for the token ring access method and Physical layer specifications developed by a subcommittee of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802 committee.

Input/Output (I/O)

The method, medium, or device (such as a keyboard, monitor, floppy disk, hard disk, network adapter, or printer) used to transfer data to a PC or from the PC back to a device, a network, and so on.

ISA

Industry Standard Architecture.

LAN

Local area network. A communications network within a limited physical area (up to about 6 miles or 10 kilometers) that provides high-speed (over 1 Mbps) data transmission. The basic components of a LAN are the boards that plug into each PC to connect it to the network, cabling, server hardware, and software for network control.

Lobe

All network components in a specific lobe area that physically connect to a specific MAU or wiring hub.

Lobe cable

The section of cable that attaches a ring station or network device to a MAU or wiring hub.

MAU

Multistation access unit.

NDIS

Network Driver Interface Specification. A software specification used in many operating systems, such as Microsoft’s LAN Manager, to create drivers for network adapters. NDIS drivers support multiple protocols and multiple adapters and can be unloaded from memory to conserve conventional DOS RAM space.