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Glossary

ThinNet

UCS 1000 R4.2 Administration 585-313-507

Issue 3 April 2000 690

ThinNet

A 5-mm (10BASE2) coaxial cable used to provide interLAN communications.

time-division multiplex

A method of serving a number of simultaneous channels over a common
transmission path by assigning the transmission path sequentially to the channels,
with each assignment being for a discrete time interval.

Tip/Ring

Analog telecommunications using four-wire media.

token ring

A ring type of local area network that allows any station in the network to
communicate with any other station.

trace

A command that can be used to monitor the execution of a script.

traffic

The flow of information or messages through a communications network for voice,
data, or audio services.