Glossary - Digital Equipment DECpc AXP 150 User Information

Glossary

The glossary defines some of the technical terms used in this
manual.
10BASE-T
An IEEE standard 802.3-compliant Ethernet network made of
twisted pair Ethernet cables. See also twisted pair.
802.3
An Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
standard describing the physical and data link layers of a local
area network based on bus topology and Carrier Sense Multiple
Access/Collision Detect (CSMA/CD).
ANSI
American National Standards Institute. An organization that
develops and publishes standards for the computer industry.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
back up
To make a backup copy.
backup
A copy of data on one media type saved on a similar or different
media type. When you make a backup copy, you can recover data
after an accidental loss.
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