3Com ETHERLINK III LAN PC CARD User Manual page 76

2 G
LOSSARY
IEEE 802.3
A subcommittee of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) 802 committee. Establishes standards for
interface and protocol specifications for Ethernet in
accordance with the ISO model.
Input/output (I/O)
The method, medium, or device (such as a keyboard,
monitor, floppy disk, hard disk, network adapter, or printer)
used to transfer data to a computing system or from the
computing system back to a device, a network, etc.
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, developed by
Microsoft and 3Com. A software specification used in
network operating systems, such as IBM LAN Server or
Microsoft LAN Manager, to create drivers for network
adapters. NDIS drivers support multiple protocols and
multiple adapters and can be unloaded from memory to
conserve conventional DOS RAM space.
ODI
Open Data-Link Interface. A MAC-level specification
developed by Novell and Apple
specification can work with NetWare 2.x, 3.x, or 4.x. Like NDIS,
the ODI driver supports multiple protocols and adapters, and
can be unloaded from memory to conserve conventional
DOS RAM space.
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