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ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network. Evolving switched network
standard that provides end-to-end digital voice and data
communication services.
kb or kilobit 1,024 bits. Commonly referred to as 1 thousand bits.
kB or kilobyte 1,024 bytes. Commonly referred to as 1 thousand bytes.
kbps or kb/s Kilobits per second. An abbreviation meaning thousands of bits
per second.
Load Balancing Services A management add-on to Citrix WinFrame and MetaFrame
servers that allows administrators to group multiple WinFrame
and/or MetaFrame servers into scalable “server farms” to
deliver the best application performance and server resource
utilization.
Mb or megabit 1,048,576 bits. Commonly referred to as 1 million bits.
Mbps or Mb/s Megabits per second.
MetaFrame The world’s first Server-based Computing software for Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server Edition multi-user
software (co-developed by Citrix).
MIB Management Information Base. A database of managed objects
accessed by network management protocols.
Modem (Mo)dulator/(dem)odulator. Data communication equipment
(DCE) devices that provide connections for computers into the
public switched telephone network (PSTN). They convert
(modulate) the digital signals of computers into analog signals
that can be transmitted over telephone lines. A modem at the
other end of the link then demodulates the signals back to digital
bits.
Modular terminal Desktop client that works with existing standard monitors.
Network An interconnected group of nodes; a series of points, nodes, or
stations connected by communications channels; the assembly
of equipment through which connections are made between
data stations.