HP 9000 Series 700 Manual page 204

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baud rate
binary mode
block mode
bridge
broadcast
configuration
CPU/LAN
Processor Board
CSMA/CD
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B
The measure of the speed at which information travels between devices, most
commonly used in reference to terminal speed settings. Baud represents signal
events per second. When one bit represents each signal change, baud is the same as
"bits per second."
A data-transfer scheme in which no special character processing is performed. All
characters are considered to be data and are passed through with no control actions
being taken.
A terminal processing mode in which groups, or "blocks," of data are transmitted all
at once.
A device used to connect LAN segments. Bridges are protocol-transparent and do
not alter the data they receive but simply transmit it to the other network.
Communication method for sending a message to all devices on a link
simultaneously. Broadcast may be implemented with hardware (for example as in
Ethernet) or with software.
C
1) The way in which computer equipment is physically interconnected and set up to
operate as a system. 2) The layout of the computer system, including the system
table, memory, and buffer sizes, that tells which peripheral devices are (or can be)
connected to the computer and how they can be accessed. 3) The process of
defining the characteristics of a network in software.
Each DTC has a processor board that handles the overall management of the DTC.
The processor board is the central processing unit (CPU) of the DTC and contains
the firmware and downloaded software responsible for much of the data
communications processing done by the DTC. It also provides the DTC with its
connection point to the LAN via an attachment unit interface (AUI) cable and a
medium attachment unit (MAU) for ThickLAN connection, or a
BNC T-Connector for ThinLANconnection.
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detect, transmission access method
used by the IEEE 802.3 LAN standard.