Transcend Information III manual Glossary, AUI cable

GLOSSARY

10BASE2

The IEEE standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband network on thin coaxial cable.

10BASE5

The IEEE standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband network on thick coaxial cable.

10BASE-T

The IEEE standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband network on twisted-pair cable.

AUI

Attachment Unit Interface Connector. Also called the DIX (DEC-Intel-Xerox) connector. This is a female 15-pin D connector used with an external transceiver.

AUI cable

Also known as the transceiver cable. The AUI cable is used to connect an external transceiver to a computing device.

AutoLink

3Com autoinstallation and autoconfiguration software for NetWare DOS clients. It automatically configures the adapter by selecting the correct interrupt level and I/O Base Address, checking for the network connection, and detecting the correct frame type.

Auto Select Media Type

A 3Com utility that detects the type of network cable connected to the adapter and automatically selects that connection for data transmission. This function is implemented by all NetWare ODI, Windows for Workgroups, NDIS 2.01, and Windows NT and Windows 95 drivers.