Руководство Пользователя для Netopia 2e-w

Glossary

Cayman 2E-W User’s Guide

November 2000

asynchronous 
communication

Network system that allows data to be sent at irregular intervals by 
preceding each octet with a start bit and following it with a stop bit. 
Compare synchronous communication. 

AUI

Attachment Unit Interface. Connector by which a thick (802.3) 
Ethernet transceiver cable is attached to a networked device. 

backbone

The segment of the network used as the primary path for 
transporting traffic between network segments.

baud rate

Unit of signaling speed equal to the number of number of times per 
second a signal in a communications channel varies between states. 
Baud is synonymous with bits per second (bps) if each signal 
represents one bit. 

binary

Numbering system that uses only zeros and ones. 

bps

Bits per second. A measure of data transmission speed. 

BRI

Basic Rate Interface. ISDN standard for provision of low-speed 
ISDN services (two B channels (64 kbps each) and one D channel 
(16 kbps)) over a single wire pair. 

bridge

Device that passes packets between two network segments 
according to the packets' destination address. 

broadcast

Message sent to all nodes on a network. 

broadcast address

Special IP address reserved for simultaneous broadcast to all 
network nodes. 

buffer

Storage area used to hold data until it can be forwarded. 

carrier

Signal suitable for transmission of information.

CCITT

Comité Consultatif International Télégraphique et Téléphonique or 
Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone. 
An international organization responsible for developing 
telecommunication standards. 

CD

Carrier Detect.