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Appendices
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Appendix C Glossary
10BaseT - An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs. 100BaseTX - IEEE
physical layer specification for 100 Mbps over two pairs of Category 5 UTP or STP
wire.
1000BASE-T - A 100 Mbps technology based on the Ethernet/CD network access
method. Provides half-duplex (CSMA/CD) and full-duplex 1000 Mbps Ethernet
service over Category 5 links as defined by ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A. Topology rules
for 1000BASE-T are the same as those used for 100BASE-T. Category 5 link lengths
are limited to 100 meters by the ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A cabling standard. Only one
CSMA/CD repeater will be allowed in a collision domain.
802.11b - An IEEE wireless networking standard that specifies a maximum data
transfer rate of 11 Mbps and an operating frequency of 2.4 GHz.
802.11g - An IEEE wireless networking standard that specifies a maximum data
transfer rate of 54 Mbps, an operating frequency of 2.4 GHz, and backward com-
patibility with 802.11b devices.
Access Point - Device that allows wireless-equipped computers and other devices
to communicate with a wired network. Also used to expand the range of a wireless
network.
Adapter - Printed circuit board that plugs into a PC to add to capabilities or con-
nectivity to a PC. In a networked environment, a network interface card (NIC) is
the typical adapter that allows the PC or server to connect to the intranet and/or
Internet.
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) - A new standard for transmit-
ting at speeds up to 7 Mbps over a single copper pair.
Auto-negotiate - To automatically determine the correct settings. The term is
often used with communications and networking. For example, Ethernet 10/100
cards, hubs, and switches can determine the highest speed of the node they are
connected to and adjust their transmission rate accordingly.
Ad-hoc - A group of wireless devices communicating directly with each other
(peer-to-peer) without the use of an access point.