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Glossary
T
TB See
terabyte .
TCP See
transmission control protocol .
TCP/IP See
transmission control protocol/Internet protocol .
technical support
Single point of contact for a customer when assistance is needed in
managing or troubleshooting a product. Technical support provides
assistance twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, including
holidays. The technical support number is
(800) 752-4572
or
(720)
566-3910
.
Synonymous with
customer support .
Telecommunications
Industry Association
TIA. A member organization of the Electronic Industries Association
(EIA), TIA is the trade group representing the communications and
information technology industries.
See also
Electronic Industries
Association .
telnet
The Internet standard protocol for remote terminal connection over a
network connection.
terabyte
TB. One thousand (1,000) gigabytes; one terabyte of text on paper
would consume 42,500 trees. At 12 characters per inch, 1 TB of data in
a straight line would encircle the earth 56 times and stretch some 1.4
million miles equalling nearly three round trips from the earth to the
moon.
TIA See
Telecommunications Industry Association .
TKRG See
token ring controller adapter card .
token
A sequence of bits passed from one device to another on a token ring
network that signifies permission to transmit over the network. The
token consists of a starting delimiter, access control field, and end
delimiter. If a device has data to transmit, it appends the data to the
token
(D)
.
token ring
A local area network (LAN) configuration where devices attach to a
network cable in a closed path or ring. A token (unique sequence of
bits) circulates on the ring to allow devices to access the LAN for data
transmission
(D)
.
See also
ring topology .