Network Elements Vocabulary

Ad hoc RF Network

Backbone

BNC

bridge

bus topology

cable tester

Channel Service Unit (CSU)

client

client/server network

coaxial cable

crosstalk

Data Service Unit (DSU)

DIX

electromagnetic interference

expansion slots

Fast Ethernet

gateway

ground loop

host

hub

internetwork

ISDN terminal adapter

logical topologies

mesh topologies

modem

mutiplexing

mutipoint RF network

network

network attached storage

network operating system

N-series connector

peer-to-peer network

physical media

physical topology

plenum-rated coating

radio frequency interference

ring topology

RJ

router

segment

server

shielded twisted pair (STP)

star topology

straight tip (ST)

subscruber connector (SC)

terminator

Thick Ethernet (Thicknet)

Thin Ethernet (Thinnet)

Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR)

topology

unshielded twisted pair (UTP

vampire tap

wireless access point (WAP)

wireless bridge

workgroup

workstation