Glossary
10Base2 | A cable used for networking. It is a coaxial cable |
| consisting of a center wire and a shield separated by |
| an insulating material. It is commonly called |
| Thinnet. |
10Base5 | A cable used for networking. It is a coaxial cable |
| consisting of a center wire and a shield separated by |
| an insulating material. It is often called Thicknet. |
| An implementation of the Ethernet IEEE standard |
| on 24 gauge |
| medium, at 10 megabits per second. It is composed |
| of two insulated wires twisted together. |
| cable can be shielded or unshielded. Shielded cable |
| provides more protection from noise than |
| unshielded cable. |
802.3 | Defined by the IEEE, these standards govern the |
| use of the CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple |
| Access/Collision Detection) network access |
| method used by Ethernet networks. |
802.5 | Defined by the IEEE, these standards govern the |
| use of the Token Ring network access method. |
ALAP | An acronym for AppleTalk Link Access Protocol. |
| In an AppleTalk network, this link access (or data |
| |
| LocalTalk. |
ANSI | An acronym for American National Standards |
| Institute. This is the principal group in the United |
| States for determining standards. ANSI represents |
| the United States in the ISO. |
AppleShare | Apple Computer's network system implementing |
| the AppleTalk protocol. |
