April 2007

  • cross-bar switch

    In a network, a cross-bar switch is a device that is capable of channeling data between any two devices that are attached to it up to its maximum number of ports.17 Apr 2007

  • mrouter (multicast router)

    An mrouter, or multicast router, is a router program that distinguishes between multicast and unicast packets and determines how they should be distributed along the Multicast Internet (sometimes k...17 Apr 2007

  • one-armed router

    A one-armed router is a router that routes traffic between virtual local area networks (VLANs).17 Apr 2007

  • dynamic port numbers (private port numbers)

    The dynamic port numbers (also known as the private port numbers) are the port numbers that are available for use by any application to use in communicating with any other application, using the In...17 Apr 2007

  • port mirroring (roving analysis port)

    Port mirroring, also known as a roving analysis port, is a method of monitoring network traffic that forwards a copy of each incoming and outgoing packet from one port of a network switch to anothe...17 Apr 2007

  • NWay

    NWay is a telecommunications protocol used with Ethernet networking devices (such as router and switch) to automatically negotiate the highest possible common transmission speed between two devices.17 Apr 2007

  • ingress

    Ingress (pronounced IHN-grehs, from Latin ingressus or stepping into) is the act of entering something.17 Apr 2007

  • Molex

    In business since 1938, Molex manufactures electronic, electrical, and optical fiber connectors.17 Apr 2007

  • routing switch

    In a network, a 'routing switch' is a device that combines the functions of a switch, which forwards data by looking at a physical device address, and a router, which forwards packets by locating a...17 Apr 2007

  • near-end crosstalk (NeXT)

    Also see NeXT, a computer company that developed a personal computer with an advanced user interface and operating system.17 Apr 2007

  • time-to-live (TTL)

    TTL also stands for transistor-to-transistor logic.17 Apr 2007

  • CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing or supernetting)

    CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing, sometimes known as supernetting) is a way to allocate and specify the Internet addresses used in inter-domain routing more flexibly than with the original syst...17 Apr 2007

  • ATM (asynchronous transfer mode)

    ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) is a dedicated-connection switching technology that organizes digital data into 53-byte cell units and transmits them over a physical medium using digital signal te...17 Apr 2007

  • High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI)

    High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) is a short-distance communications interface that is commonly used to interconnect routing and switching devices on local area networks (LANs) with the higher-spe...17 Apr 2007

  • autonomous system (AS)

    On the Internet, an autonomous system (AS) is the unit of router policy, either a single network or a group of networks that is controlled by a common network administrator (or group of administrat...17 Apr 2007

  • stackable hub

    A stackable hub is a hub designed to be connected and stacked or positioned on top of another hub, forming an expanding stack.17 Apr 2007

  • unicast

    Unicast is communication between a single sender and a single receiver over a network.17 Apr 2007

  • split

    Among Internet Relay Chat (IRC) users, a split is a condition where two or more IRC servers are temporarily unable to communicate.17 Apr 2007

  • root server system

    On the Internet, the root server system is the way that an authoritative master list of all top-level domain names (such as com, net, org,and individual country codes) is maintained and made availa...17 Apr 2007

  • path

    In a computer operating system, a path is the route through a file system to a particular file.17 Apr 2007