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MDI . Medium Dependent Interface.
MDI port . The port that acts as the electrical and jumper . A connector between two pins on a network
mechanical interface between the
adapter that enables or disables an adapter option,
segment and the medium attachment unit.
feature, or parameter value.
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logical . |
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M
NDIS . Network Driver Interface Specification.
NetBIOS . Network BIOS. An operating system
math coprocessor . In
interface for application programs used on IBM perso microprocessor that supplements the operations of the
computers that are attached to the IBM
Network. See also BIOS.
perform complex mathematical operations in parallel with other operations.
MAU . Medium attachment unit.
Mbps . Megabits per second.
Mbps . Million bits per second.
MBps . Megabytes per second.
node address . The address of an adapter on a LAN.
nonvolatile . (1) Pertaining to a storage device whose contents are not lost when power is cut off. (T)
(2) Contrast with volatile.
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