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Appendix C: Glossary and Acronyms
bps
bits per second
A measurement of transmission speed across a data connection.
BRI
Basic Rate ISDN
broadband
Broadband transmission shares the bandwidth of a particular medium
(copper or fiber optic) to integrate multiple signals. The channels take up
different frequencies on the cable, integrating voice, data, and video over
one line.
channel
A generic term for an individual data stream. Service providers can use
multiplexing techniques to transmit multiple channels over a common
medium.
Cat5
Twisted pair cable for carrying signals for 10/100 Ethernet, telephony,
and video. Cat5 was superseded by Cat5e.
Cat5e
Twisted pair cable for carrying signals for Gigabit Ethernet, telephony,
and video.
