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Chapter 7 - Glossary

7 Glossary

10BASE-T

A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet

networks with a data rate of 10 Mbps. Also known as

Category 3 (CAT 3) wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet.

100BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet

networks with a data rate of 100 Mbps. Also known as

Category 5 (CAT 5) wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet.

1000BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet

networks with a data rate of 1000 Mbps.

binary

The “base two” system of numbers, which uses only two

digits, 0 and 1, to represent all numbers. In binary, the

number 1 is written as 1, 2 as 10, 3 as 11, 4 as 100, etc.

Although expressed as decimal numbers for convenience,

IP addresses in actual use are binary numbers; e.g., the IP

address 209.191.4.240 is 11010001.10111111.00000100.11

110000 in binary. See also bit, IP address, network mask.

bit

Short for “binary digit,” a bit is a number that can have two

values, 0 or 1. See also binary.

bps

bits per second

CoS

Class of Service. Defined in 802.1Q, the value range is

from 0 to 7.

broadcast

To send data to all computers on a network.

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