ThickNet also known as 10BASE5 or IEEE 802.3-1985 is an Ethernet standard that requires a specialized coaxial cable to transmit Ethernet frames at a rate of 10Mbps. It derives its nickname which is a portmanteau of Thick Ethernet from the thick coaxial cable it uses which is 0.375 inches in diameter. The designation 10BASE5 assigned...

ThinNet also known as 10BASE2 IEEE 802.3 or CheaperNet is an early Ethernet standard that makes use of industry-standard RG-58 coaxial communications cables connected to BNC T-connectors. The standard has been nicknamed as such due to the thin and relatively inexpensive coaxial cables or thinwire" used which are 5 millimeters...

IEEE which stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is an international non-profit professional organization started in 1963 as the merging of two organizations the Institute of Radio Engineers IRE and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers AIEE with the objective of advancing technology in electrical electronics...

PhoneNet developed by Farallon Computing now known as Netopia is an implementation of the AppleTalk physical layer. It made use of standard unshielded twisted-pair telephone wire in the form of four-conductor patch cords with 6 position modular connectors same as used in the popular RJ11 telephone connectors . These modulators were connected...

LocalTalk is a system of shielded twisted-pair cabling with 3-pin Mini-Deutsches Institut fü r Normung Mini-DIN connectors. The cabling plugs into self-terminating transceivers and operates at a data transmission rate of 230.4 kbps. Originally released as AppleTalk Personal Network LocalTalk is one implementation of the physical layer...

HTTP which stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol is a protocol devised for wired communication and networking over intranets or the World Wide Web although it was originally developed with the objective of providing a means of publishing and retrieving hypertext pages. It may be implemented on top of any other protocol although most commonly...

LAN which stands for Local Area Network is a medium-sized computer network featuring data transmission rates that are faster in comparison to Wide Area Networks WAN and unlike WANs leased telecommunication lines are unnecessary in LANs. Introduced in the late 1970 s LANs are generally used for the home or office or a group of buildings. Of...

ISDN which stands for Integrated Services Digital Network originally Integriertes Sprach- und Datennetz which is German for Integrated Speech and Data Net" is a set of telecommunications protocols developed by Professor Jaxin Hall of Sussex UK in the late 1980 s used for establishing and disconnecting circuit-switched...

The OSI model which is shorthand for Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model is an abstract computer network protocol design divided into seven layers developed in 1977 by the American National Standards Institute ANSI working group on Distributed Systems DISY as part of the OSI initiative. Each layer is a collection of related functions...

Advanced Encryption Standard AES also known as US FIPS PUB 197 is a block cipher which has been adopted as an encryption standard by the U.S. government superseding the Data Encryption Standard DES . It is also known as Rijndael which is a portmanteau of the surnames of the two Belgian cryptographers Vincent Rijmen and Joan Daemen who developed...

A Handshake is a term in information technology and telecommunications that refers to the automated process of negotiation that dynamically sets the parameters such as information transfer rate coding alphabet parity and interrupt procedure of a communications channel that has been established between two devices. The process of handshaking...

1000BASE-T or IEEE 802.3ab is a Gigabit Ethernet wiring standard for Local Area Networks LAN that uses copper-based networking hardware as its medium. It is one of the most widely used standards of Ethernet over twisted pair. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association IEEE-SA Standards Board approved it as a standard...

100BASE-T is a subset of Fast Ethernet that refers collectively to a number of Ethernet wiring standards that carry signals at 100Mbps over twisted pair cables. Its IEEE-designated identifier is derived from its characteristics. 100" refers to its rate of transmission of Ethernet signals at 100Mbps. BASE" is shorthand for baseband...

10BASE-T is an Ethernet standard for local area networks LAN that requires only one copper twisted pair cable of Category 3 CAT-3 or higher either unshielded twisted pair UTP or shielded twisted pair STP for a maximum network segment length of 100 meters for UTP or 200 meters for STP. Its designation provides a quick summary of the characteristics...

10BASE5 is an Ethernet standard that requires a specialized coaxial cable to transmit Ethernet frames at a rate of 10Mbps. It is also known as Thick Ethernet" or Thicknet" because of the thick coaxial cable it uses which is 0.375 inches in diameter. Its designation provides a quick summary of the characteristics of its physical...

10BASE2 or IEEE 802.3 is an early Ethernet Standard that makes use of industry-standard RG-58 coaxial communications cables connected to BNC T-connectors. 10BASE2 gets its identifier assigned by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics engineers IEEE from the following characteristics 10" means it has a maximum transmission speed...

Gigabit Ethernet as defined by the IEEE 802.3-2005 standard is a term referring to the different types of technologies developed with the ability to transmit Ethernet frames at a minimum of 1 Gbps. Gigabit Ethernet is available over four different physical layers which are the following coaxial cable twisted pair cable balanced copper cable and...

Twisted pair cabling is a type of networking hardware formed by twisting two copper wires together in order to minimize electromagnetic interference EMI from outside sources as well as crosstalk between the two wires. Twisted pair cables are commonly used among small and medium-sized data networks because they are cheaper in comparison to other network...

WAN which stands for Wireless Area Network is a computer network that spans a wide geographical range crossing metropolitan regional or national boundaries using routers and public communications links. A WAN is used to connect local area networks LAN as well as other types of networks such as campus area networks CAN personal area networks...

Fast Ethernet refers to a set of Ethernet standards that are able to transmit data at a minimum of 100Mbps over the original 10 Mbps Ethernet speed. Introduced in 1995 Fast Ethernet was the fastest version of Ethernet for three years. It was later superseded by Gigabit Ethernet which could transmit data at a rate of at least 1 Gbps. The adapter...