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Glossary
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NUMERICS
8B/10B
A data encoding scheme developed by IBM, translating byte-wide
data to an encoded 10-bit format.
10BaseT
An implementation of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi-
neers (IEEE) Ethernet standard on 24-gauge unshielded twisted-pair
wiring, a baseband medium at 10 Mbps.
An implementation of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi-
100BaseT
neers (IEEE) Ethernet standard on 24-gauge unshielded twisted-pair
wiring, a baseband medium at 100 Mbps.
A
See
alternating
current.
AC
access
The ability and means necessary to store data in, to retrieve data
from, to transfer data into, to communicate with, or to make use of
any resource of a storage device, a system, or area such as random
access memory (RAM) or a register.
access control
A list of all devices that can access other devices across the network
and the permissions associated with that access. See also
persistent
binding; zoning.
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