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LOSSARY
10BASE-2
The IEEE standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband
network on thin coaxial cable.
10BASE-5
The IEEE standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband
network on thick coaxial cable.
10BASE-T
The IEEE standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband
network on twisted-pair cable.
100BASE-T
The IEEE standard for 100 megabit per second CSMA/CD over
two pairs of Category 5 UTP or STP wire.
AUI
Attachment Unit Interface Connector. Also called the DIX
(DEC
â
-Intel
â
-Xerox
â
) connector. This is a female 15-pin
D connector used with an external transceiver.
AUI cable
Also known as the transceiver cable. The AUI cable is used to
connect an external transceiver to a computing device.
AutoLink
3Com autoinstallation and autoconfiguration software for
NetWare DOS clients. It automatically configures the adapter
by selecting the correct interrupt level and I/O base address,
checking for the network connection, and detecting the
correct frame type.
Auto Select Media Type
A 3Com utility that detects the type of network cable connected
to the adapter and automatically selects that connection for