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BOCAHUB-24Plus
Glossary
10Base-T
. Twisted pair cabling using an RJ-45 connector.
10BASE5
. Original Ethernet using coaxial cable.
10BASE2
. Also known as “cheapernet”. Another name for Thin
Ethernet using a BNC connector.
802.3.
Defined by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers), these standards regulate the use of the CSMA/CD (Carrier
Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection network access method
used by Ethernet networks.
Address.
A unique identifier assigned to networks and workstations
so that each device can be separately designated to send and receive
messages.
AUI Connector
. Attachment Unit Interface; 15-pin “D” connector for
use with external transceivers, such as 10BASE5 or fiber optics.
Backbone.
Cable on which two or more stations or networks may be
attached.
BNC Connector.
BNC jacks and plugs connect network hardware via
thin Ethernet cable. A BNC barrel connector joins two lengths of thin
Ethernet cable.
Boot PROM.
(Boot Programmable Read-Only Memory). A ROM chip
usually mounted on the network interface card that enables a
personal computer to load the operating system from the network.
Bus topology
. A network topology in which nodes are connected to a
single cable with terminators at each end.
Client.
A node that requests network services from a server.
