Digital Equipment DEC 3000 500X AXP Owner's Manual page 266

thickwire Ethernet network
See AUI.
thickwire
An IEEE standard 802.3-compliant Ethernet network made
of standard Ethernet cable. Also called standard Ethernet.
Contrast with ThinWire.
ThinWire Ethernet network
A Digital trademark used to describe its 10BASE2 Ethernet
products. See also 10BASE2. Compare with thickwire Ethernet
network.
three-dimensional graphics
Images that are displayed on the screen in 3D. 3D graphics
require the use of the PXG+ or the PXG Turbo+ option and
Software PEX (software PEX server). Software PEX allows a 3D
application to run without specialized 3D hardware.
turn off
The sequence of steps that stops the flow of electricity to a
system or its components.
twisted-pair cable
A cable made by twisting together two insulated conductors.
twisted-pair Ethernet network
See 10BASE-T Ethernet network.
TURBOchannel module
High-performance interconnection hardware that allows you to
use a variety of Digital and third-party graphics, multimedia,
and communications options. The TURBOchannel module is
a synchronous asymmetrical I/O channel that connects option
modules to the system module. With this connection, the system
module and an option module have read or write access to
each other, but option modules have no access to other option
modules.
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