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Appendix C - Glossary
Glossary
10BASE-T Networking
standard for twisted-pair
cabling capable of carrying data at
10Mbps; also called Twisted Pair
Ethernet
100BASE-TX Networking standard for two pairs of
high-quality twisted-pair wires carrying
data at 100Mbps
10BASE-F
Networking standard for fiber-optic
cabling capable of carrying data at
10Mbps
100BASE-FX Networking standard for fiber-optic
cabling capable of carrying data at
100Mbps
adapter
(network)
Expansion card that enables a computer
to attach to a network
ASIC
Application-specific integrated circuit; a
chip designed for a particular
application and built by connecting an
existing arrangement of circuit building
blocks in new ways; ASICs are
commonly used in networking devices
to maximize performance with
minimum cost
auto-
discovery
Process by which a network device
automatically searches through a range
of network addresses and discovers all
known types of devices present in that
range