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Glossary

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Out-of-band

Communications with a network device using
some medium other than the network itself.

P

Packet

An addressed segment of data transmitted on a
network.

Preamble

Data bits at the beginning of each block of data,
used for synchronization.

R

Repeater

LAN signal regenerator. An Ethernet hub is a
type of repeater.

S

Segment

Part of an Ethernet or other network on which all
traffic is common to all nodes. See

ollision

Domain.”

SNMP

The Simple Network Management Protocol; an
industry-standard protocol for remotely moni-
toring and controlling network devices from a
Network Management System (NMS). SNMP re-
quests are usually transmitted using TCP/IP,
though other means are possible.

T

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol;
a suite of transport and network layer communi-
cations protocols.