B
- backoff
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For CSMA/CD Ethernet, a period of time that a station must wait before retransmitting after participating in a collision. The period is a randomly selected multiple of the slot time.
- balanced cable
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A metallic cable designed with symmetric transmission elements so that their induced magnetic fields will cancel each other out.
- base page
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The first 16-bit message exchanged during Ethernet Auto-Negotiation. Also called the base link code word.
- baseband
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Communication via pulses serially impressed on a medium. Only one signal can be on the medium.
- Bayonet Neil-Concelman (BNC)
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A type of connector used for thinnet Ethernet.
- Beacon frame
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A frame transmitted by a station on a Token Ring or FDDI ring that has ...
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