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Token to UTP

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EMM-E6 User’s Guide

Token

A particular type of frame which informs a station in the
Token Ring and FDDI network architectures that it may
transmit data for a specified length of time. Once that time
has expired, the station must stop transmitting and pass the
token along to the next station in the network.

Token Ring

A network architecture which requires that stations only
transmit data when they have been given permission by the
reception of a Token, and dictates that stations will receive
information at pre-determined intervals and in a definite
series.

Topology

The physical organization of stations and devices into a
network.

Transceiver

A device which transmits and receives. A transceiver
provides the electrical or optical interface to the network
media, and may convert signals from one media for use by
another.

Trap

See Alarm.

User

Any person who utilizes a workstation or node on the
network. Anyone who will complain if the network is not
operating.

UTP

Unshielded Twisted Pair. A type of network media which
consists of a number of individual insulated cable strands
which are twisted together in pairs.

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