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Glossary
system services
processor
technical support
Telecommunications
Industry Association
terabyte
token ring
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SSP. In a director or switch, the central controlling processor.
Controls the RS-232 maintenance port and the Ethernet port of a Fibre
Channel director or switch.
T
See terabyte.
TB
transmission control
TCP See
transmission control protocol/Internet
TCP/IP See
Single point of contact for a customer when assistance is needed in
managing or troubleshooting a product. Technical support provides
assistance twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, including
holidays. The technical support number is (800) 752-4572 or (720)
566-3910. Synonymous with
TIA. A member organization of the Electronic Industries Association
(EIA), TIA is the trade group representing the communications and
information technology industries. See also
Association.
The Internet standard protocol for remote terminal connection over a
telnet
network connection.
TB. One thousand (1,000) gigabytes; one terabyte of text on paper
would consume 42,500 trees. At 12 characters per inch, 1 TB of data in
a straight line would encircle the earth 56 times and stretch some 1.4
million miles equalling nearly three round trips from the earth to the
moon.
Telecommunications Industry
TIA See
A sequence of bits passed from one device to another on a token ring
token
network that signifies permission to transmit over the network. The
token consists of a starting delimiter, access control field, and end
delimiter. If a device has data to transmit, it appends the data to the
token (D).
A local area network (LAN) configuration where devices attach to a
network cable in a closed path or ring. A token (unique sequence of
protocol.
protocol.
customer support.
Electronic Industries
Association.