IBM 09-0572-000 User Manual

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LOSSARY

The standard for the token ring access method and Physical 
layer specifications developed by a subcommittee of the 
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802 
committee.

The method, medium, or device (such as a keyboard, 
monitor, floppy disk, hard disk, network adapter, or printer) 
used to transfer data to a PC or from the PC back to a device, 
a network, and so on. 

Industry Standard Architecture.

Local area network. A communications network within a 
limited physical area (up to about 6 miles or 10 kilometers) 
that provides high-speed (over 1 Mbps) data transmission. 
The basic components of a LAN are the boards that plug into 
each PC to connect it to the network, cabling, server 
hardware, and software for network control.

All network components in a specific lobe area that 
physically connect to a specific MAU or wiring hub.

The section of cable that attaches a ring station or network 
device to a MAU or wiring hub.

Multistation access unit.

Network Driver Interface Specification. A software 
specification used in many operating systems, such as 
Microsoft’s LAN Manager, to create drivers for network 
adapters. NDIS drivers support multiple protocols and 
multiple adapters and can be unloaded from memory to 
conserve conventional DOS RAM space.