Term

Definition

Backplane

The main BUS that carries information in the device.

Bandwidth

Specifies the amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time. For digital

devices, bandwidth is defined in Bits per Second (bps) or Bytes per Second.

 

 

 

Bandwidth Assignment

Indicates the amount of bandwidth assigned to a specific application, user, and/or interface.

Baud

Indicates the number of signaling elements transmitted each second.

Best Effort

Indicates that traffic is assigned to the lowest priority queue, and packet delivery is not guaranteed.

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol. Enables information sharing, routing information between

groups of routers.

 

 

 

Boot Version

Indicates the boot version.

BootP

Bootstrap Protocol. Enables a workstation to discover its IP address, an IP address of a

BootP server on a network, or a configuration file loaded into the boot of a device.

 

 

 

 

Bridge Protocol Data Unit. Provide bridging information in a message format. BPDUs

BPDU

are sent across switch information with in Spanning Tree configuration. BPDU packets

 

contain information on ports, addresses, priorities, and forwarding costs.

 

 

Bridge

A device that connects two networks. Bridges are hardware-specific, however they are

protocol-independent. Bridges operate at Layer 1 and Layer 2 levels.

 

 

 

Broadcast Domain

Device sets that receive broadcast frames originating from any device within a designated

set. Routers bind broadcast domains, because routers do not forward broadcast frames.

 

 

 

 

An excessive amount of broadcast messages simultaneously transmitted across a

Broadcast Storm

network by a single port. Forwarded message responses are heaped onto the network,

 

overloading network resources or causing the network to time out.

 

 

Broadcasting

A method of transmitting packets to all ports on a network.

Burst

A packet transmission at faster than normal rates. Bursts are limited in time and only

occur under specific conditions.

 

Burst Size

Indicates the burst size transmitted at a faster than normal rate.

C

 

CBS

Committed Burst Size. Indicates the maximum number of data bits transmitted within a

specific time interval.

 

 

 

CDB

Configuration Data Base. A file containing a device’s configuration information.

 

Classless Interdomain Routing. Based on route aggregation. Routers group routes

CIDR

together, and reduce the amount of routing information carried by the core routers.

 

Several IP networks appear to networks outside the group as a single, larger entity.

CIR

Committed Information Rate. Indicates the rate (Bps) that data is transmitted using frame

relay services (FRS). The rate is averaged over a minimum time increment.

 

 

 

 

An aspect of Quality of Service system that is comprised of an IP ACL and/or a MAC

Class Map

ACL. Class maps are configured to match packet criteria, and are matched to packets in

 

a first-fit fashion.

 

 

 

Class of Service (CoS). The 802.1p priority scheme. CoS provides a method for tagging

Class of Service

packets with priority information. A CoS value between 0-7 is added to the Layer II header

 

of packets, where zero is the lowest priority and seven is the highest.

 

 

 

Creates new addresses on the internet. The new addresses are distributed to ISPs for

Classless Inter-Domain

their customers’ use. CIDR reduces the Internet routers’ burden by combining routes.

Routing

One IP address represents thousands of addresses serviced by a major backbone

 

provider.

 

 

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TP-Link TL-SL3428 Backplane, Bandwidth Assignment, Baud, Best Effort, Boot Version, BootP, Bridge, Broadcast Domain

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