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store-and-
forward
switching feature where the receiving
port receives the entire incoming frame
and stores it in the buffers before
forwarding it to the destination port;
unlike cut-through switching, this
method checks for runts and error
frames and forwards only the good
packets to the destination
switch
device that filters and forwards packets
between LAN segments
switch
motherboard
main board inside a switch where the
switching circuitry is located
switching
fabric
a term used to specify the maximum
bandwidth of a switch at the backplane
UTP
unshielded twisted pair; cabling with
wires that are twisted around each other;
the individual wires are uninstalled
VLAN
virtual LAN; a process that defines
network segment membership through
the use of software; VLANs allow the
network administrator to resegement the
network without physically rearranging
the devices or network connections
wire speed
the ability to handle the fastest rate of
traffic that a generator can deliver
without dropping packets; on a
100Mbps connection, wire-speed traffic
is 148,809 packets per second using 64
byte frames or 8,127 packets per second
using 1,518 byte frames