3Com AccessBuilder 500 User Manual - page 108

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ISDN

 Integrated Services Digital Network. A multi-channel digital 

end-to-end telecommunications network that provides a virtually error 

free transmission of data.

ISO

 International Standards Organization. Refer to 

Open Systems 

Interconnection

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Kbps

 A measurement of data transmission speed in kilo bits per second.

Keep alives

 A message sent by one network device to inform another 

network device that the virtual circuit between them is still active.

LAN

 Local area network, a network that covers a group of local 

workstations and peripherals that require to share information.

Learn

 A bridge learns addresses received at any of its interfaces and 

adds them to its filter address table.

MAC

 Medium access control, a protocol for determining which device 

has access to the network at any one time.

Mbps

 A measurement of data transmission speed in megabits per 

second.

MAN

 Metropolitan area network, a network that covers a city.

MIB

 Management information base.

NETBIOS

 Network Basic Input/Output System, a standard for 

supporting network communications that is independent of the 

underlying network transport type.

NetWare

 Novell’s Network Operating System (NOS) line.

Network

 A method of connecting computers and other devices 

together with cabling so that they can communicate with each other.

NIC

 Network interface card, an expansion card that enables a PC to 

communicate on a network.