3Com EtherLink 3C590 User Manual page 67

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LOSSARY
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture. A 16-bit extension of the
original IBM PC bus architecture. The IBM Personal
Computer AT bus.
Loopback
A type of diagnostic test in which the transmitted signal is
returned to the sending device after passing through all, or a
portion of, a data communications link or network. A
loopback test permits the comparison of a returned signal
with the transmitted signal.
NDIS
Network Driver Interface Specification. Defines the LAN
Manager network driver architecture and interfaces that let a
DOS or OS/2 system support network adapters. This
architecture provides a standardized way to write drivers for
network adapters.
NetWare
A series of network operating systems and related products
made by Novell, Inc.
Network adapter
A circuit board (module) that goes inside each workstation
and server on the network. It allows the device to listen and
talk to other stations and nodes on the network.
ODI driver
Open Data-Link Interface. A MAC-level specification
developed by Novell and Apple . Drivers complying with
this specification can work with NetWare 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x. Like
NDIS, ODI drivers support multiple protocols and adapters,
and can be unloaded from memory to conserve
conventional DOS RAM space.