Cabletron Systems bridges Manuel D’Utilisation

Glossary-1

This glossary provides brief descriptions of some of the recurrent terms in the main text, as well as 
related terms used in discussions of the relevant networking discussions. These descriptions are not 
intended to be comprehensive discussions of the subject matter. For further clarification of these terms, 
you may wish to refer to the treatments of these terms in the main text.

Words in the glossary description text listed in boldface type indicate other entries in the glossary 
which may be referred to for further clarification.

IEEE standard which details the operating and performance 
characteristics of fiber optic cabling in Fast Ethernet networks.

IEEE standard which deals with the use and performance of UTP cabling 
in Fast Ethernet networks.

 standard which governs the operation of devices connecting to 

Ethernet thin coaxial cable.

 standard which governs the operation of devices connecting to 

Ethernet thick coaxial cable.

 standard which governs the operation of devices connecting to 

Ethernet fiber optic cable. Supersedes previous FOIRL standard.

 standard which governs the operation of devices connecting to 

Ethernet Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cable.

 ports which provide connection, in pairs, to the dual 

counter-rotating ring.

1: A software operation performed by a workstation or other network 
node

. 2: A layer of the OSI Model.

A collective rule set for the operation of a network. Architectures describe 
the means by which network devices relate to one another. Architecture 
types include Mainframe-Terminals, Peer-to-Peer, and Client-Server.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A networking technology that is based on 
the use of connections between communicating devices that are set up, 
used, and then eliminated.