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Appendix
Appendix
C. Glossary
10BASE-T
A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate
of 10 Mbps. Also known as Category 3 (CAT 3) wiring. See also data rate,
Ethernet.
100BASE-T
A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate
of 100 Mbps. Also known as Category 5 (CAT 5) wiring. See also data rate,
Ethernet.
ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
The most commonly deployed “flavor” of DSL for home users. The term
asymmetrical refers to its unequal data rates for downloading and uploading
(the download rate is higher than the upload rate). The asymmetrical rates
benefit home users because they typically download much more data from the
Internet than they upload.
ATM authenticate)
To verify a user’s identity, such as by prompting for a password.
Binary
The “base two” system of numbers, that uses only two digits, 0 and 1, to represent
all numbers. In binary, the number 1 is written as 1, 2 as 10, 3 as 11, 4 as 100,
etc. Although expressed as decimal numbers for convenience, IP addresses in
actual use are binary numbers; e.g., the IP address 209.191.4.240 is
11010001.10111111.00000100.11110000 in binary. See also bit, IP address,
network mask.
Bit
Short for “binary digit,” a bit is a number that can have two values, 0 or 1. See
also binary.
bps
bits per second