Glossary - ADTRAN Express L768 Owner's Manual

Glossary

10Base2
IEEE 802.3 specification, similar to Ethernet, using thin coaxial cable
that runs at 10 Mbps, with a maximum distance of 185 meters per seg-
ment. Also known as Thin Ethernet or Thinwire Ethernet.
10BaseT
IEEE 802.3 specification, using unshielded twisted-pair cabling and
running at 10 Mbps.
AEP
AppleTalk Echo Protocol. Allows a node on an AppleTalk network to
send a packet to another node and in return, receive an echoed copy
of the packet.
B-Channel
64 kbps bearer channel used for voice, circuit, or packet switched data.
bearer service
As defined by CCITT standards, a type of telecommunication service
that provides the capability for the transmission of information be-
tween user-to-network interfaces. Bearer services defined for ISDN
are circuit mode and packet mode.
BOOTP
The Bootstrap Protocol allows a network node to determine certain
startup information such as its IP address.
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