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ETWORK DIAMETER
Wire distance between two end stations in the same collision domain.
REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLY (RPS)
A backup power supply unit that automatically takes over in case the primary
power supply should fail.
RJ-45 CONNECTOR
A connector for twisted-pair wiring.
SWITCHED PORTS
Ports that are on separate collision domains or LAN segments.
TIA
Telecommunications Industry Association
TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL/INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP/IP)
Protocol suite that includes TCP as the primary
transport
protocol,
and IP as the
network layer protocol.
UTP
Unshielded twisted-pair cable.
VIRTUAL LAN (VLAN)
A Virtual LAN is a collection of network nodes that share the same collision
domain regardless of their physical location or connection point in the network.
A VLAN serves as a logical workgroup with no physical barriers, allowing users to
share information and resources as though located on the same LAN.
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