SMC Networks 8028L2 - annexe 1 Management Manual page 385

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LOSSARY
Universal Time Coordinate. UTC is a time scale that couples Greenwich
UTC
Mean Time (based solely on the Earth's rotation rate) with highly accurate
atomic time. The UTC does not have daylight saving time.
Virtual LAN. A Virtual LAN is a collection of network nodes that share the
VLAN
same collision domain regardless of their physical location or connection
point in the network. A VLAN serves as a logical workgroup with no
physical barriers, and allows users to share information and resources as
though located on the same LAN.
A protocol used to transfer files between devices. Data is grouped in 128-
XM
ODEM
byte blocks and error-corrected.
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