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LOSSARY
RJ-45 Connector
A connector for twisted-pair wiring.
Splitter
A hardware device used in G.dmt to split the data and voice traffic before
passing it on to the network and phone system.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Protocol suite that includes TCP as the primary transport protocol, and IP
as the network layer protocol.
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
A commonly used protocol for establishing and maintaining
communications between applications on different computers. TCP
provides full-duplex, acknowledged, and flow-controlled service to
upper-layer protocols and applications.
UTP
Unshielded twisted-pair cable.
Virtual channel Identifier (VCI)
A 16-bit field in the header of an ATM cell. The VCI, together with VPI,
is used to identify the next destination of a cell as it passes through a series
of ATM switches on its way to its destination.
Virtual Path Identifier (VPI)
A 8-bit field in the header of an ATM cell.
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