Cabletron Systems Cabletron BRIM-F6, Networking Manual

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Glossary-1
Glossary
This glossary provides brief descriptions of some of the recurrent terms in the main text, as well as
related terms used in discussions of the relevant networking discussions. These descriptions are not
intended to be comprehensive discussions of the subject matter. For further clarification of these terms,
you may wish to refer to the treatments of these terms in the main text.
Words in the glossary description text listed in boldface type indicate other entries in the glossary
which may be referred to for further clarification.
100BASE-FX
IEEE standard which details the operating and performance
characteristics of fiber optic cabling in Fast Ethernet networks.
100BASE-TX
IEEE standard which deals with the use and performance of UTP cabling
in Fast Ethernet networks.
10BASE2
IEEE standard which governs the operation of devices connecting to
Ethernet thin coaxial cable.
10BASE5
IEEE standard which governs the operation of devices connecting to
Ethernet thick coaxial cable.
10BASE-FL
IEEE standard which governs the operation of devices connecting to
Ethernet fiber optic cable. Supersedes previous FOIRL standard.
10BASE-T
IEEE standard which governs the operation of devices connecting to
Ethernet Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cable.
A/B Ports
FDDI ports which provide connection, in pairs, to the dual
counter-rotating ring.
Application
1: A software operation performed by a workstation or other network
node
. 2: A layer of the OSI Model.
Architecture
A collective rule set for the operation of a network. Architectures describe
the means by which network devices relate to one another. Architecture
types include Mainframe-Terminals, Peer-to-Peer, and Client-Server.
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A networking technology that is based on
the use of connections between communicating devices that are set up,
used, and then eliminated.