HP 9000 Series 700 Manual page 210

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MAU
medium attachment
unit (MAU)
MDP
MIB
modem
multicast
multiplexer (MUX)
network
network address
network directory
network
management
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See Medium Attachment Unit.
A device attached to a ThickLAN coaxial cable that provides the physical and
electrical connection from the AUI cable to the coaxial cable.
Modem Distribution Panel; a distribution panel that serves as the electrical and
physical interface between a DTC 16TN or a DTC 72MX MUX board
(asynchronous processor board), and up to eight asynchronous devices for direct or
modem connections. Also called ADP.
Management information base. A database of information about a network node
which is used by the SNMP manager.
Modulator/demodulator. A device that modulates and demodulates signals.
Primarily used for modulating digital signals onto carriers for transmission and for
performing the inverse function at the receiving end. Modems are essential for
transmitting and receiving digital signals over telephone lines.
A technique that allows copies of a single packet to be passed to a selected subset of
all possible destinations. Some hardware, for example Ethernet, supports multicast
by allowing a network interface to belong to one or more multicast groups.
Broadcast is a special form of multicast in which the subset of devices to receive a
copy of a packet consists of the entire set.
A device that allows multiple communication links to use a single channel.
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A group of computers connected so that they can exchange information and share
resources.
This can be either 1) the network portion of an IP address as opposed to the node
portion, or 2) when referring to X.25 networks, a node's X.25 address.
A file containing information required for one node to communicate with other
nodes in 1) an internetwork, 2) an X.25 network, or 3) a network that contains non-
HP nodes.
The collective tasks required to design, install, configure, maintain, and if necessary,
change a network.