Glossary

1000BaseT:

Gigabit Ethernet on unshielded twisted pair wire.

100BaseT:

100 Mb/s Ethernet on unshielded twisted pair wire.

10BaseT:

10 Mb/s Ethernet on unshielded twisted pair wire.

2B+D:

Two 64 kb/s B channels and one 16 kb/s D channel are transported by basic rate ISDN.

2B1Q:

2-Binary 1-Quaternary line code is used for BRI and HDSL. Binary information is represented by four amplitude levels.

3B2T:

A baseband line code where three binary bits are encoded into two ternary symbols.

4B3T:

A baseband line code where four binary bits are encoded into three ternary symbols.

AAA:

Authentication, authorization, and accounting—three security functions that occur when a user gains access to a networked system.

AAL2:

ATM Adaptation Layer 2—The ATM adaptation ...

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