Terms related to network hardware, including definitions about cables or file servers and words and phrases about routers and switches.
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- 1000BASE-T - 1000BASE-T is Gigabit Ethernet (1 gigabit is 1000 megabit...
- 100BASE-T - In 100 Mbps (megabits per second) Ethernet (known as Fast E...
- 802.11 Fast Guide - This table lists highlights of the most pop...
- 802.11a - 802.11a is one of several specifications in the 802.11 family a...
- 802.16 - 802.16 is a group of broadband wireless communications standards ...
- AA - This page provides a description of the abbreviations and meanings of eac...
- ABBH - In designing and assessing telephone networks, one approach is to mea...
- acceleration hardware - Acceleration hardware is a general ...
- access point base station - Access point base station i...
- acoustic coupler - An acoustic coupler is a hardware device that...
- ACR - Attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio (ACR), also called headroom, is the diff...
- amateur teleprinting over radio - AMTOR (amateur ...
- AMTOR - AMTOR (amateur teleprinting over radio) is a digital communications...
- AMTOR (amateur teleprinting over radio)
- analog telephone adapter - An analog telephone adaptor (...
- analog telephone adapter (ATA) - An analog telepho...
- appliance - A network PC (sometimes called an appliance) is a term used...
- appliance computing - Appliance computing is an Internet-base...
- application delivery controller - An application ...
- ARCNET - ARCNET is a widely-installed local area network (LAN) technology ...
- ARM server - An advanced RISC machine (ARM) server is an enterprise-cl...
- AS/400 - The AS/400 - formally renamed the 'eServer iSeries/400,' but stil...
- AS/400 (IBM iSeries, AS/400e, eServer iSeries/400)
- AS/400e - The AS/400 - formally renamed the 'eServer iSeries/400,' but st...
- AS400 - The AS/400 - formally renamed the 'eServer iSeries/400,' but still ...
- AS400e - The AS/400 - formally renamed the 'eServer iSeries/400,' but stil...
- asynchronous - In general, asynchronous (pronounced "ay-SIHN-kro-nuh...
- ATA - An analog telephone adaptor (ATA) is a device used to connect a standar...
- attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio - Attenuation-to-cr...
- attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio (ACR) or headroom
- average bouncing busy hour - In designing and assessin...
- average bouncing busy hour (ABBH) - In designin...
- backbone - A backbone is a larger transmission line that carries data ga...
- backup domain controller - Primary domain controller (PD...
- bandwidth - Bandwidth is generally either (1) the amount of data that c...
- baseband - Describes a telecommunication system in which information is ...
- Bayonet Neil-Concelman - A BNC (Bayonet Neil-Concelman, or...
- BBCs - Buffer credits, also called buffer-to-buffer credits (BBCs), allow da...
- BDC - Primary domain controller (PDC) and backup domain controller (BDC) are ...
- beaming - In infrared transmission, beaming is the communication of data ...
- BIOS rootkit - A BIOS-level rootkit is programming that exists in a ...
- blade PC - A blade PC, also called a PC blade, is a computer that is ent...
- blade PC (or PC blade) - A blade PC, also called a PC blad...
- BMAN - BMAN (Broadband Metropolitan Area Network) is a telecommunications se...
- BMAN (Broadband Metropolitan Area Network)
- BNC - A BNC (Bayonet Neil-Concelman, or sometimes British Naval Connector) co...
- BNC (Bayonet Neil-Concelman or British Naval Co...
- BOB - A Branch Office Box (BOB) is a server appliance that has been optimized...
- branch in a box - A Branch Office Box (BOB) is a server appliance...
- branch office box - A Branch Office Box (BOB) is a server appli...
- branch office box (BOB) - A Branch Office Box (BOB) is a ...
- branch-in-a-box - A Branch Office Box (BOB) is a server appliance...
- BRE Environmental Assessment Method - BREEAM ...
- BREEAM - BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is an environmental ...
- BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method)
- bridge - In telecommunication networks, a bridge is a product that connect...
- British Naval Connector - A BNC (Bayonet Neil-Concelman, ...
- Broadband Metropolitan Area Network - BMAN (B...
- broadband voice gateway - A broadband voice gateway is a ...
- brouter - A brouter (pronounced BRAU-tuhr or sometimes BEE-rau-tuhr) is a...
- brownfield deployment - In networking, a greenfield deploym...
- buckypaper - Buckypaper is a strong and lightweight substance manufact...
- buffer credits - Buffer credits, also called buffer-to-buffer cred...
- buffer credits or buffer-to-buffer credits (BBCs)
- buffer-to-buffer credits - Buffer credits, also called b...
- burn-in - Burn-in is a test in which a system or component is made to run...
- bus network - A bus network is an arrangement in a local area network...
- cable - Coaxial cable is the kind of copper cable used by cable TV companie...
- cable head-end - A cable head-end (or headend) is the facility at ...
- cable modem - A cable modem is a device that enables you to hook up y...
- cache engine - A cache server is a dedicated network server or servi...
- cache server - A cache server is a dedicated network server or servi...
- CAN - A corporate area network (CAN) is a separate, protected portion of a co...
- carrier hotel - A carrier hotel, also called a colocation center, i...
- carrier hotel (colocation center) - A carrier h...
- Carrier Sense Multiple Access - CSMA/CA (Carrier Se...
- Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
- CAT 1 - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industri...
- CAT 2 - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industri...
- CAT 3 - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industri...
- CAT 4 - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industri...
- CAT 5 - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industri...
- CAT 5E - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic Indust...
- CAT 6 - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industri...
- CAT 7 - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electronic Industri...
- catastrophic failure - Catastrophic failure is a complete, s...
- catchment area - In the context of communication networks, a catch...
- Categories of twisted pair cabling systems
- Category 5 - ANSI/EIA (American National Standards Institute/Electroni...
- CCK - Complementary Code Keying (CCK) is a modulation scheme used with wirele...
- Centrino - Centrino is a technology package from Intel that provides bui...
- certification - In information technology as in other fields such a...
- channel bonding - RAIN (also called channel bonding, redundant ar...
- Channel Service Unit - A CSU/DSU (Channel Service Unit/Data ...
- Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
- channelized T-1 - Integrated T1 (also called channelized T is a d...
- channelized T1 - Integrated T1 (also called channelized T is a dig...
- Cheapernet - Thicknet and Thinnet (sometimes called ThickWire and Thin...
- chiral fiber - Chiral fiber is a specialized optical fiber medium wi...
- CIR - committed information rate