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Preliminary Spec. ver
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KS8910 100/10 Mbps ETHERNET TRANSCEIVER
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GLOSSARY
This glossary contains a brief explanation of technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in this document.
ETHERNET AND NETWORKING ACRONYMS AND TERMS
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10BASE5 - 500-meter-per-segment Ethernet using half-inch diameter thick coaxial cable. Up to 100 nodes.
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10BASE2 - 185-meter-per-segment Ethernet, using RG-58 50-ohm thin coaxial cable similar to that used for
community-antenna television. Up to 30 nodes. Also, Cheapernet or Thinnet.
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10BASE-T - 24-gauge, unshielded, twisted-pair 10-Mbit/s Ethernet.
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100BASE-FX - 100-Mbit/s Ethernet using fibre optic cable.
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100BASE-T - Twisted-pair 100-Mbit/s Fast Ethernet, over one of the following media: 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-
FX, 100BASE-T4, or 100BASE-T2.
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100BASE-T2 - 100-Mbit/s Ethernet using two pairs of Category-3, 4, or 5 generic twisted balanced cable.
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100BASE-T4 - 100-Mbit/s Ethernet using four pairs of Category-3, 4, or 5 generic twisted balanced cable.
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100BASE-TX - 100-Mbit/s Ethernet using two pairs of Category-5 balanced cable or 150 Ohm sielded
balanced cable.
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100BASE-X - 100-Mbit/s Ethernet 100BASE-TX or 100BASE-FX.
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100BASE-VG - IEEE 802.12 Network Protocol. See AnyLAN.
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AnyLAN - Also 100BASE-VG AnyLAN.100-Mbit/s alternative to Ethernet and Token Ring. Also, IEEE 802.12.
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ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines. From Bell Communications Research Inc. Uses as few as four-
wire twisted pair.
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Alignment error - When the Mac receives a frame that is not an integer number of bytes long, and the CRC is
invalid. Synonym: framing error. See also, dribble.
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ARP - Address Resolution Protocol. Maps an Internet address to a physical address. Not all networks need it.
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AUI - Attachment Unit Interface layer of LAN CSMA/CD. Connects the DTE to the MAU. See OSI. Used with
thick Ethernet, involving a drop cable.
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Babble - Transmit continuously for more than 1500 bytes.
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Big endian - The byte at memory address 0 contains the most-significant bits. Used by IBM 370, Motorola
68000, Pyramid, and TCP/IP protocol header integers.
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Bridge - A store-and-forward device connecting physical networks that merely passes all packets. Unlike a
gateway, strictly speaking, it performs no protocol conversion, and unlike a router, it does not switch packets to
the appropriate network (although some bridges can learn where various hosts reside and route packets).
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Broadcast address - A distinguished, predefined multicast address that always denotes the set of all stations
on a given local area network. All ones in the destination address field shall be predefined to be the broadcast
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