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Appendix C
Glossary of Terms
The following terms are used throughout this guide.
Term Meaning Notes
10/100/1000 10, 100 and 1000Mbps on the same
port. The port will be
running at the
negotiated speed.
See LEDs on the
handle to determine
the speed of
operation
1000BaseT Physical layer spec. for 1000Mbps
Ethernet over various wiring specs.
100BaseT Physical layer spec. for 100Mbps
Ethernet over various wiring specs.
10BaseT IEEE 802.3 physical layer spec. for
10Mbps Ethernet over 2 pairs of
UTP wire
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple
Access/Collision Detect. Protocol
for carrier transmission access in
Ethernet networks.
Gigabit
Ethernet 1000Mbps technology based on the
10BaseT Ethernet CSMA/CD
network access method.
Ethernet IEEE-standard data link protocol
that specifies how data is placed on
and retrieved from a common
transmission medium.
Fast Ethernet 100Mbps technology based on the
10BaseT Ethernet CSMA/CD
network access method.
Hub Connects 2 or more devices
together in order for them to
communicate on a network
NIC Network Interface Card,
i.e. ITI-5100G