Appendix C

Glossary of Terms

The following terms are used throughout this guide.

Term

Meaning

Notes

10/100/1000

10, 100 and 1000Mbps on the same

The port will be

 

port.

running at the

 

 

negotiated speed.

 

 

See LEDs on the

 

 

handle to determine

 

 

the speed of

 

 

operation

 

 

 

1000BaseT

Physical layer spec. for 1000Mbps

 

 

Ethernet over various wiring specs.

 

 

 

 

100BaseT

Physical layer spec. for 100Mbps

 

 

Ethernet over various wiring specs.

 

 

 

 

10BaseT

IEEE 802.3 physical layer spec. for

 

 

10Mbps Ethernet over 2 pairs of

 

 

UTP wire

 

 

 

 

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple

 

 

Access/Collision Detect. Protocol

 

 

for carrier transmission access in

 

 

Ethernet networks.

 

 

 

 

Gigabit

1000Mbps technology based on the

 

Ethernet

10BaseT Ethernet CSMA/CD

 

 

network access method.

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

IEEE-standard data link protocol

 

 

that specifies how data is placed on

 

 

and retrieved from a common

 

 

transmission medium.

 

 

 

 

Fast Ethernet

100Mbps technology based on the

 

 

10BaseT Ethernet CSMA/CD

 

 

network access method.

 

 

 

 

Hub

Connects 2 or more devices

 

 

together in order for them to

 

 

communicate on a network

 

 

 

 

NIC

Network Interface Card,

 

 

i.e. ITI-5100G

 

 

 

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