SMC Networks 6924MT, Installation Manual

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LOSSARY
Glossary-2
Bandwidth
The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies available for
network signals. Also synonymous with wire speed, the actual speed of the
data transmission along the cable.
Class I Repeater
Fast Ethernet repeater that is principally used to connect different physical
signaling systems (e.g., 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-FX) and that has an
internal delay such that only one repeater of this type can reside within a
single collision domain when maximum cable lengths are used.
Class II Repeater
Fast Ethernet repeater that typically supports a single physical signaling
system (e.g., 100BASE-TX, or 100BASE-FX) and that has a smaller
internal delay so that two such repeaters can reside within a single collision
domain when maximum cable lengths are used.
Collision
A condition in which packets transmitted over the cable interfere with each
other. Their interference makes both signals unintelligible.
Collision Domain
Single CSMA/CD LAN segment.
CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect is the communication
method employed by Ethernet and Fast Ethernet.
End Station
A workstation, server, or other device that does not act as a network
interconnection.