Glossary - Arris Touchstone TM722 User Manual

Getting
Safety Started
Battery
Installation Installation

Glossary

The following is a list of common cable and networking terms.
A/B Cable
Amp-hour (Ah)
Category 5 (Cat5)
Coaxial cable (coax)
CPE
Cross-over
DHCP
Touchstone TM722 Telephony Modem User's Guide
USB Ethernet
Drivers Configuration
A USB cable that has a narrow rectangular connector on one end (A) and a
notched square connector (B) on the other end.
A measure of battery capacity. For example, a 1.0Ah battery can nominally
supply one Ampere of current for one hour.
A high-quality type of cable, used for Fast Ethernet (100BaseT) connections.
When purchasing Ethernet cables, always look for Category 5 cable.
A thin wire, used to connect your television and Telephony Modem to the
cable TV system. You can buy coax from any electronics retailer and many
discount stores.
Customer Premise Equipment. This is the equipment that is plugged in to the
telephony modem; typically a computer, hub, or router.
An Ethernet cable used to connect two hubs (or a hub and a cable modem)
together. Also, some Ethernet hubs may have built-in cross-over on one or
more ports (which eliminates the need for a cross-over cable).
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. An IP protocol used to provide an IP
address and location of services (such as DNS and TFTP) needed by a device
connecting to the network. DHCP allows the cable company to configure your
computer's networking software for you.
Usage Troubleshooting Glossary
68