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APPENDIX F. ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS
Term Definition
10Base-T 10 Mbps twisted-pair Ethernet
100Base-TX 100Mbps twisted-pair Fast Ethernet
1000Base-X 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet
1000Base-SX 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet, short-wave laser
over multi-mode fiber
1000Base-LX 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet, long-wave laser
over single- or multi-mode fiber
1000Base-CX 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet, over shielded,
balanced copper
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
BootP Bootstrap Protocol
BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit
CAT5 Category 5
CoS Class of Service
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detec-
tion
DCE Data Communications Equipment (modem)
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DSR Data Send Ready
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTR Data Terminal Ready
GBIC Gigabit Interface Converter
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IP Internet Protocol
LAN Local Area Network
MAC Media Access Control
LED Light Emitting Diode
MDI Media Device Interface