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(computing) An early thin form of Ethernet cable
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(computing) An early form of Ethernet cable
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(networking) A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
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(computing) A network device that acts as both a bridge and a router by routing packets for known protocols and forwarding all others, as a bridge would.
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(computer hardware) A device for connecting two disparate hardware buses.
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(networking) A (computer) network topology in which the nodes are all connected at different points to a line called a bus.
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(Internet) A modem that provides data communication via radio frequency channels over any of a variety of cable types to establish a cable internet connection.
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(computer hardware) A twisted pair cable for carrying signals, particularly for Ethernet-based computer networks.
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(networking) A mechanism in Ethernet to detect when two computers are sending frames at the same time, and also to deal with such collisions when they happen.
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(telecommunications) A hub.
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(computing, networking) A high-capacity switch usually at the core or backbone of a computer network, aggregating network traffic to the Internet or a WAN.
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(computing, of an Ethernet cable) Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other.
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(networking) A cable, especially an Ethernet cable, that allows two devices of the same kind, such as two computers, to be connected directly.
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(engineering) The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a different, compatible device.
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A contention protocol for computers to send messages over the segment of an Ethernet network.
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(networking, Ethernet) Abbreviation of (short haul) copper.
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(electronics) To connect a network or other peripheral in sequence from one node to another through the connected devices.
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Any cable allowing baseband transmissions in binary from a transmitter to a receiver.
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(telecommunications) The transmission path originating from the interface of the access provider's side of a telecommunications circuit Demarcation Point within a premise and ending at the termination point prior to the interface of the edge Customer Premises Equipment. This may include in-segment equipment, media converters and patch cords as required to complete the circuit's transmission path to the edge CPE.
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To connect a computer to a modem.
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An identification number engraved on a disc and worn, formerly used for identification of Inuit individuals in Canada.
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(computing, computer hardware) A connector used to attach a mobile electronic device simultaneously to multiple external resources.
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(electronics) A device that enables communication in two directions over a single path.
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(networking, telecommunications) The entity at one end of a connection.
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Alternative letter-case form of Ethernet [A set of network cabling and network access (CSMA/CD) protocol standards for bus topology computer networks invented by Xerox but now controlled by the 802.3 subcommittee of the IEEE.]
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(networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
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(computing) A 40-pin parallel cable used between personal computers and storage devices.
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(computing) A hardened device on a network that spans two dissimilar security zones and provides a controlled means of access between them.
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Ethernet mode LX transmission (laser fibre optic)
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(computing, networking) an obsolete EUI used to address hardware interfaces within existing IEEE 802-based networking applications
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(computing, networking, Internet) A device in the Internet that provides transport policy enforcement, such as a firewall.
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(telecommunications) In the Open Systems Interconnection-Reference Model (OSI-RM), the transfer of data from one layer (N) to the next higher layer (N+1).
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A card that allows a computer to be connected to a network.
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A computer hardware component designed to allow computers to communicate over a computer network.
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(telecommunications) The central subsystem of a particular mobile phone operating company in a GSM network.
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(computing) The physical arrangement of a network; the way in which cables are arranged in order to connect computers in a network.
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(networking) The transmission of voice, data, video and any other form of information in packets over the same network.
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(computing) A means of directly connecting two pieces of equipment (computer, printer, etc.) using a serial cable.
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(computing) A special variety of router used to route packets in a VLAN environment.
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(Internet) The path outbound from the LAN (Local Area Network) to the WAN (Wide Area Network).
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(networking) The practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port in a storage area network.
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as of a signal through a device or network.
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(computing, Internet) The forwarding of a network port from one device to another; especially, such forwarding when done to provide an external user with access to a port on a private IP address.
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(computing, networking) A configuration option on a NAT-enabled router that controls communication between internal and external host machines on an IP network.
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(computing, telecommunications) An emulation of a point-to-point connection over a packet-switching network.
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(computing) A particular type of cable used to connect consoles to computers.
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(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.
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(computing) A particular high-speed serial cable
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(computing, networking) A type of tunnelling protocol that creates a virtual "wire" that transparently encapsulates another protocol as if were an anonymous point-to-point low-level link.
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(computing) A network switch that can be set up to operate with other network switches.
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(telecommunications, computing, networking) A division of one physical interface into multiple logical interfaces.
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(computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
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(networking) An interface on a network switch.
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(networking) A network backbone connection equivalent to 28 T1 lines, typically fiber optic.
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(telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
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10BASE5, a form of Ethernet using a stiff cable
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10BASE2, a form of Ethernet using a thin coaxial cable
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10BASE2, a form of Ethernet using thin coaxial cable
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(telecommunications) To provide simultaneous network access to multiple clients by sharing a set of circuits, carriers, channels, or frequencies.
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(computing, networking) To transmit something through a tunnel (wrapper for insecure or unsupported protocol).
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(computing) Any of various network or communications controllers that plug into a USB port of a personal computer.
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(electronics) unshielded twisted pair — a type of cable used for computer networking and telecommunications
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(computing) A networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened by a network message.
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(telecommunications) A combination of EPON and GPON.
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