Networking Self-Teaching Guide: OSI, TCP/IP, LANs, MANs, WANs, Implementation, Management, and Maintenance

Appendix C. Glossary

1BASE5

A baseband Ethernet system operating at 1 Mbps over one pair of UTP cable.

10BASE-T

A baseband Ethernet system operating at 10 Mbps over two pairs of Category 3 UTP cable.

100BASE-T

Baseband Ethernet transmission of 100 Mbps.

100BASE-TX

A baseband Ethernet system operating at 100 Mbps over two pairs of STP or Category 5 UTP cable.

1000BASE-SX

A baseband Ethernet system operating at 1000 Mbps over two multimode optical fibers using shortwave laser optics.

access domain

A set of nodes among which MAC arbitration can occur.

access point

A node that is configured to transmit and receive radio signals in a wireless LAN (WLAN).

access priority

The priority used to determine access privileges on a shared LAN segment relative to other nodes that have frames queued.

active monitor

A node in a Token Ring LAN that is responsible for handling many boundary conditions and housekeeping functions.

adapter

The interface between a node and the network.

address

A unique identifier of a node or network interface.

ad hoc

A method of allowing wireless nodes to communicate directly with one another.

aggregated link

A set of two or more physical links that appear to higher-layer entities as if they were a single higher-capacity link.

aggregator

The entity that performs the operations required to make multiple physical links function as an aggregated link.

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

A protocol that maps the IP address to the MAC address of a node or an interface.

aging process

A process used in a spanning ...