Dictionary: Local Area Networks LAN

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1

10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE)

10 Gigabit Fibre Channel (10GFC)

3

3-way handshake

4

4 binary, 3 ternary (4B/3T)

4 binary, 5 binary (4B75B)

4 wire shielded cable

5

5 binary, 6 binary (5B/6B)

8

8 binary, 10 binary (8B/10B)

8 binary, 6 ternary (8B/6T)

802.11 frame

A

absorption

acceptance angle

access cable

access control (AC)

access control field (ACF)

access control list (ACL)

access method

access point (AP)

access registrar (AR)

active member address (AMA)

active monitor (AM)

adapter fault tolerance (AFT)

adaptive frequency hopping (AFH)

adaptive load balancing (ALB)

adaptive wireless path protocol (AWPP)

adhesion splice

ad-hoc network

adjusted ring length (ARL)

advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP)

advanced connectivity system (ACS)

advanced digital recording (ADR)

advanced encryption standard counter mode & CBC-MAC (AES-CCM)

advanced intelligent tape (AIT)

alien crosstalk (AXT)

alien far end crosstalk (AFEXT)

alien near end crosstalk (ANEXT)

alignment technique

all plastic fiber (APF)

American wire gauge (AWG)

angle polished convex (APC)

angled polish

aperture

aramid fiber

arbitrated interframe space (AIFS)

arbitrated loop physical address (AL_PA)

archiving

armoring

asynchronous

asynchronous connectionless (ACL)

attached resources computer network (ARCnet)

attachment unit interface (AUI)

attenuation (ATT)

attenuation to crosstalk ratio (ACR)

attenuator

audio protocol

audio server

audio video control transport protocol (AVCTP)

audio video distribution transport protocol (AVDTP)

audio video remote control profile (AVRCP)

augmented RJ (ARJ)

auto loader

automated tape library (ATL)

automatic spanning tree (AST)

autonegotiation protocol (ANP)

autoparity

AV.link

axial displacement

B

back channel

back off

back scattering

back scattering technique

backbone (BB)

backup

bandwidth length product

barker code

baseband (BB)

baseband protocol

basic communication access method (BCAM)

basic imaging profile (BIP)

basic service set (BSS)

bayonet Neil Concelmann (BNC)

beacon

beamforming

bend load

bending coupler

bending radius

Berkeley RAID level

biconic connector

biconical polish

binary digit (Bit)

binary exponential backoff (BEB)

bits per second (bps)

blind fiber

bluefin

Bluetooth

Bluetooth address

Bluetooth communication

Bluetooth interference aware scheduling (BIAS)

Bluetooth layer model

Bluetooth network

Bluetooth network encapsulation protocol (BNEP)

Bluetooth profile

Bluetooth protocol stack

Bluetooth security

Bluetooth special interest group (SIG)

Bluetooth standard

boundary ray

breakout cable

bridge

broadband

broadband cable network

broadband network

broadband powerline (BPL)

broadband topology

broadband transmissions

building distribution point

building distributor (BD)

building entrance facilities (BEF)

building wiring

bus terminator

butt joint

bypass

byte (B)

byte per second (Bps)

C

cable conduit

cable core

cable distribution network

cable ducts

cable jacket

cable laying guidelines

cable loss

cable modem (CM)

cable modem termination system (CMTS)

cable retransmission facility (CRF)

cable sharing

cable tester (CAT)

cable tray

cabling

cabling principles

cabling standard

cabling system

call management server (CMS)

Cambridge Ring

campus distributor (CD)

campus wiring

carrier sense multiple access (CSMA)

carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA)

carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD)

carrier to noise ratio (CNR)

cartridge memory (CM)

cascading

category (Cat)

Centrino

chaiappliance plug-and-play

channel

channel access code (CAC)

channel quality driven data rate (CQDDR)

checksum

chirp spread spectrum (CSS)

chromatic dispersion (CD)

cladding

cleaning tape

clear to send (CTS)

cleaver

CMG connector

CMIP over logical link control (CMOL)

CMOL managed objects

coating

coaxial cable (COAX)

coexistence technical advisory group (CTAG)

collapse

collapsed backbone

collision domain

color code

common management information protocol (CMIP)

common management information service (CMIS)

Communauté Européenne (CE)

communication network for manufacturing application (CNMA)

community antenna television (CATV)

complementary code keying (CCK)

conductor resistance

configurations field

conical connector

connector (Conn)

consolidation point (CP)

consumer electronic powerline communication alliance (CEPCA)

consumer electronics association (CEA)

consumer electronics control (CEC)

content addressed storage (CAS)

content switch

continuous data protection (CDP)

continuous variable slope delta modulation (CVSD)

controlled access unit (CAU)

copper distributed data interface (CDDI)

cordless telephone profile (CTP)

counter mode with CBC-MAC protocol (CCMP)

coupling resistance

coverage

credit method

crimp

crimp splice

crossover cable

crosstalk (XT)

crosstalk

cut through

cutoff wavelength

cyclic redundancy checksum (CRC)

cyclic reservation multiple access (CRMA)

D

data cable

data center Ethernet (DCE)

data link layer (DLL)

data link provider interface (DLPI)

data outlet

data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS)

decibel (dB)

decibel mW (dBm)

decibel W (dBW)

dedicated Token Ring (DTR)

delay (DEL)

demand priority access method (DPAM)

destination address (DA)

dial-up networking profile (DUNP)

dielectric

differential mode delay (DMD)

differential phase shift keying (DPSK)

differential quaternary phase shift keying (DQPSK)

diffraction

diffused coupler

digital audio and video council (DAVIC)

digital data storage (DDS)

Digital Equipment, Intel, Xerox (DIX)

digital home standard (DHS)

digital linear tape (DLT)

digital living network alliance (DLNA)

digital tape format (DTF)

DIN connector

direct access file system (DAFS)

direct attached storage (DAS)

direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)

direct sequence UWB (DS-UWB)

directional coupler

director

disaster recovery (DR)

disk backup

disk to disk (D2D)

disk to disk to tape (D2D2T)

disk to tape to tape (D2T2T)

dispersion

dispersion compensating fiber (DCF)

dispersion compensation

dispersion shifted fiber (DSF)

displacement angle

distributed Bragg reflector (DBR)

distributed coordination function (DCF)

distributed double loop computer network (DDLCN)

distributed interframe space (DIFS)

distributed loop computer network (DLCN)

distributed multi link trunk (DMLT)

distribution cabinet

distribution system (DS)

distribution technology

DLNA interoperability guideline

downstream

drop cable

DSLhome

DSSS data frame

dual attached station (DAS)

dual attachment concentrator (DAC)

DVB cable (DVB-C)

DVB multimedia home platform (DVB-MHP)

DVB return channel for cable (DVB-RCC)

DVB return channel terrestrial (DVB-RCT)

dynamic frequency selection (DFS)

E

E/O converter

E-2000 connector

early token release (ETR)

eccentricity

EIA/TIA 568

electronic dispersion compensation (EDC)

electronics industry association (EIA)

emitting area

empty slot

EN 50173

encapsulation

ending delimiter (ED)

energy efficient Ethernet (EEE)

enhanced data rate (EDR)

enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA)

enhanced distributed coordination function (EDCF)

enhanced wireless consortium (EWC)

ensation

enterprise system connection (ESCON)

equal level far end crosstalk (ELFEXT)

error correcting code (ECC)

ESCON connector

Ethernet

Ethernet alliance

Ethernet architecture

Ethernet automatic protection switching (EAPS)

Ethernet frame

Ethernet length restrictions

Ethernet passive optical network (EPON)

Ethernet performance

Ethernet physical layer

Ethernet powerlink (EPL)

Ethernet switching

Ethernet transmitting media

Ethernet virtual private line (EVPL)

Euro data over cable service interface specification (EuroDOCSIS)

European committee of domestic equipment manufacturers (CECED)

explorer frame

extended data availability and protection (EDAP)

extended service set (ESS)

extended service set ID (ESSID)

extended superband

F

fabric

fail-over

fair queuing (FQ)

fan out unit

far end crosstalk (FEXT)

far field communication (FFC)

fast Ethernet (FE)

fast Ethernet channel (FEC)

fast infrared (FIR)

fast link pulse (FLP)

fast packet keying (FPK)

fast token ring

fastback

fax profile (FaxP)

FC connector

FC service class

FDDI access control

FDDI follow on LAN (FFOL)

FDDI frame

FDDI greenbook

FDDI MAC standard (FDDI-MAC)

FDDI standard

FDDI station

FDDI token

FDDI topology

femtocell

ferrule

FHSS frame

fiber core

fiber coupler

fiber distributed data interface (FDDI)

fiber distributed data interface II (FDDI II)

fiber optic cable

fiber optic connector

fiber optic connector

fiber optic inter repeater link (FOIRL)

fiber optic medium attachment unit (FOMAU)

fiber optics (FO)

fibers

fibre alliance

fibre channel (FC)

fibre channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL)

fibre channel association (FCA)

fibre channel avionics environment (FC-AE)

fibre channel bridge

fibre channel connection (FICON)

fibre channel frame

fibre channel industry association (FCIA)

fibre channel media

fibre channel over IP (FCIP)

fibre channel port

fibre channel protocol (FCP)

fibre channel reference model

fibre channel security protocol (FC-SP)

fibre channel switch

fibre channel switched (FC-SW)

fibre channel systems initiative (FCSI)

fibre channel topology

field installable subminiature assembly (FSMA)

field replaceable unit (FRU)

file transfer profile (FTP)

fire behavior

fire load

floor distributor (FD)

foiled twisted pair (FTP)

form factor

frame

frame check sequence (FCS)

frame control (FC)

frame size

frequency converter

frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS)

front panel data port (FPDP)

full duplex Ethernet (FDE)

full duplex FDDI

full duplex Gigabit Ethernet

full duplex switched Ethernet (FDSE)

full duplex Token Ring (FDT)

fusion splice

G

Galaxy connector

gamma factor

GARP multicast registration protocol (GMRP)

gate controller (GC)

gauge

gaussian frequency shift keying (GFSK)

gender changer

generic access profile (GAP)

generic attribute registration protocol (GARP)

generic AV distribution profile (GAVDP)

generic object exchange profile (GOEP)

GG45 connector (GG45)

GG45 socket

giga bits per second (Gbps)

gigabaud link module (GLM)

Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)

Gigabit Ethernet Alliance (GEA)

gigabit interface converter (GBIC)

gigabyte system network (GSN)

glass optical fiber (GOF)

gradient index (GI)

gradient index fiber (GIF)

group velocity

guard band

H

handfree profile (HFP)

hands free profile (HFR)

handshake

hard polymer clad silica fiber (HPCF)

HCF controlled channel access (HCCA)

head end

header (HDR)

headset profile (HSP)

helical scan

hermaphroditic connectors

hierarchical storage management (HSM)

high definition audio-video network alliance (HANA)

high performance parallel interface (HIPPI)

high performance radio link (HIPERLINK)

high performance radio local area network (HiperLAN)

high speed network (HSN)

high speed serial data connection (HSSDC)

higher speed study group (HSSG)

home agent (HA)

home application program interface (Home-API)

home audio video interoperability (HAVi)

home gateway (HG)

home gateway initiative (HGI)

home network (HN)

home phoneline networking Alliance (HPNA)

home radio frequency (HomeRF)

HomePlug

homeRF standard

horizontal wiring

host bus adapter (HBA)

host channel adapter (HCA)

host controller interface (HCI)

hotspot

hub

human interface device profile (HID)

hybrid cable

hybrid coordination function (HCF)

hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC)

hybrid ring control (HRC)

hybrid wireless mesh protocol (HWMP)

hyper band

I

IBM cable

IBM cabling system (ICS)

IBM data connector (IDC)

idle sense multiple access (ISMA)

IEEE 802

IEEE 802.1

IEEE 802.10

IEEE 802.11

IEEE 802.11a

IEEE 802.11b

IEEE 802.11e

IEEE 802.11g

IEEE 802.11i

IEEE 802.11n

IEEE 802.11p

IEEE 802.11r

IEEE 802.11s

IEEE 802.12

IEEE 802.14

IEEE 802.15

IEEE 802.15.4

IEEE 802.17

IEEE 802.18

IEEE 802.19

IEEE 802.1AB

IEEE 802.1q

IEEE 802.2

IEEE 802.21

IEEE 802.3

IEEE 802.3 1000Base-CX

IEEE 802.3 1000Base-LH

IEEE 802.3 1000Base-LX

IEEE 802.3 1000Base-SX

IEEE 802.3 1000Base-T

IEEE 802.3 1000Base-ZX

IEEE 802.3 100Base-FX

IEEE 802.3 100Base-T

IEEE 802.3 100Base-T2

IEEE 802.3 100Base-T4

IEEE 802.3 100Base-TX

IEEE 802.3 100Base-VG

IEEE 802.3 100Base-X

IEEE 802.3 10Base-2

IEEE 802.3 10Base-5

IEEE 802.3 10Base-F

IEEE 802.3 10Base-FB

IEEE 802.3 10Base-FL

IEEE 802.3 10Base-FP

IEEE 802.3 10Base-T

IEEE 802.3 10Broad-36

IEEE 802.3 1Base-5

IEEE 802.3af

IEEE 802.3ah 2Base-TL

IEEE 802.3at

IEEE 802.3u

IEEE 802.4

IEEE 802.5

IEEE 802.7

IEEE 802.8

IEEE 802.9

IEEE P1901

impedance (Z)

index paste

indoor fibers

industrial Ethernet

industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM)

InfiniBand (IB)

information access service (IAS)

information field (I)

information lifecycle management (ILM)

infrared (IR)

infrared data association (IrDA)

infrared LAN (IR-LAN)

in-house cable

inquiry access code (IAC)

insertion loss (IL)

instant copy

institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE)

insulation

insulation displacement connection (IDC)

insulation resistance (IR)

integrated communications cabling system (ICCS)

integrated services LAN (ISLAN)

integrated voice data LAN (IVDLAN)

inter access point protocol (IAPP)

inter packet gap (IPG)

inter repeater link (IRL)

inter switch link (ISL)

intercom profile (IntP)

interference

interframe gap (IFG)

interframe space (IFS)

Internet connection sharing (ICS)

Internet fibre channel protocol (iFCP)

Internet small computer system interface over IP (iSCSI)

Internet storage name service protocol (ISNS)

IP over fibre channel (IPFC)

IrDA communications (IrCOMM)

IrDA layered model

IrDA link access protocol (IrLAP)

IrDA link management protocol (IrLMP)

IrDA local area network (IrLAN)

IrDA mobile communication (IrMC)

IrDA object exchange (IrOBEX)

IrDA physical layer (IrPHY)

IrDA tiny transport protocol (IrTTP)

IrDA transport protocol (IrTP)

ISO/IEC 11801

isochronous MAC (IMAC)

J

jabber

jam signal

journaling

jukebox

just a bunch of disks (JBOD)

K

K28.5

Kevlar

L

LAN access control

LAN access profile (LAP)

LAN management protocol (LMP)

LAN reference model (LAN/RM)

LAN segment

LAN switch

LAN switching

LAN telephony

laser diode (LD)

laser intensity modulation direct overwrite (LIMDOW)

latency

launch angle

launch cable

layer 2 switch

LC connector

leaky feeder signal transmission

leaky modes

length field (LTH)

light absorption

light emitting diode (LED)

line of sight (LOS)

linear tape open (LTO)

link aggregation

link class

link layer discovery protocol (LLDP)

link manager protocol (LMP)

link training

listen before talking (LBT)

listen while talking (LWT)

load balancing

lobe attachment module (LAM)

lobe cable

local area network (LAN)

local injection and detection (LID)

logical link control (LLC)

logical link control and adaptation protocol (L2CAP)

logical unit name (LUN)

long distance modem (LDM)

long time backup

longitudinal track method

loop

loop initialization primitive (LIP)

loose tube fiber

loss of frame (LOF)

low rate wireless personal area network (LR-WPAN)

LX.5 connector

M

MAC address

machine learning

macro radio cell

Mammoth drive

managed Ethernet service (MES)

manufacturing message format standard (MMFS)

massive array of idle disks (MAID)

master key (MK)

master slave operation

material dispersion

maximum drive distance (MDD)

media center

media independent interface (MII)

media interface adapter (MIA)

media interface connector (MIC)

media terminal adapter (MTA)

medium

medium access control (MAC)

medium attachment unit (MAU)

medium dependent interface (MDI)

mega bits per second (Mbps)

mesh access point (MAP)

mesh deterministic access (MDA)

message integrity check (MIC)

metro Ethernet forum (MEF)

metro fibre channel protocol (mFCP)

Michael hash

micro radio cell

micro segmentation

mie scattering

min BNC connector

mini MT connector

Mitrix networks

mobile broadband wireless access (MBWA)

modal dispersion

mode

modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD)

modular molded jack (MMJ)

Mowgli data channel protocol (MDCP)

MT RJ connector

MU connector

multi dimensional multiple access (MDMA)

multi link trunk (MLT)

multiband OFDM alliance (MBOA)

multichannel linear recording (MLR)

multifiber loose buffer

multimedia home platform (MHP)

multimode fiber (MMF)

multipath push-on (MPO)

multiple input multiple output (MIMO)

multiple input single output (MISO)

multiplexer (MUX)

multistation access unit (MSAU)

N

nanoNET

national electrical manufacturer association (NEMA)

near end crosstalk (NEXT)

near field communication (NFC)

neighbour information frame (NIF)

NetBIOS extended user interface (NetBEUI)

network address

network allocation vector (NAV)

network areas

network attached storage (NAS)

network attached storage device (NASD)

network data management protocol (NDMP)

network driver interface specification (NDIS)

network element layer (NEL)

network integrated multimedia middleware (NMM)

new fiber

next active upstream neighbour (NAUN)

NFC data exchange format (NDEF)

NFC forum

nominal velocity of propagation (NVP)

non dispersion shifted fiber (NDSF)

non line of sight (NLOS)

non return to zero (NRZ)

non return to zero inverted (NRZ-I)

non zero dispersion shifted fiber (NZDSF)

non-uniform memory access (NUMA)

normal link pulse (NLP)

null attachment concentrator (NAC)

numerical aperture (NA)

O

object exchange (OBEX)

object push profile (OPP)

open link

open PLC European research alliance (OPERA)

open services gateway initiative (OSGi)

operations support system interface (OSSI)

optical coupler

optical fiber (OF)

optical fiber control (OFC)

optical loss budget (OLB)

optical multimode (OM)

optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR)

optical window

optimized link-state routing (OLSR)

optoclip

organization unique identifier (OUI)

orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM)

orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA)

OS class

OSGi gateway

outdoor access point (OAP)

outdoor cable

outdoor fibers

P

packet binary convolution code (PBCC)

packet driver specification (PDS)

pairwise master key (PMK)

pairwise transient key (PTK)

parallel sequence spread spectrum (PSSS)

partition

passive member address (PMA)

patch cable

patch panel (PP)

payload (Pl)

per packet keying (PPK)

personal area networking profile (PAN)

physical coding sublayer (PCS)

physical connection management (PCM)

physical layer

physical layer (PHY)

physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP)

physical layer signalling (PLS)

physical media attachment (PMA)

physical medium dependent (PMD)

physical medium interface (PMI)

physical protocol data unit (PPDU)

pico radio cell

piconet

pigtail

plasma activated chemical vapor deposition (PCVD)

plastic cladding silica fiber (PCF)

plastic optical fiber (POF)

point coordination function (PCF)

point interframe space (PIFS)

polymer cladding silica (PCS)

power over Ethernet (PoE)

power sourcing equipment (PSE)

powerline communication (PLC)

powerline network

powerline transmission

powerline utility alliance (PUA)

PowerNET

powersum attenuation crosstalk ratio (PSACR)

powersum FEXT (PSFEXT)

powersum NEXT (PSNEXT)

preamble (PA)

premises distribution system (PDS)

pressure

primary cabling

primary coating

priority

profile

profile dispersion

provisioning class (PRC)

pseudo random noise (PRN)

public WLAN (PWLAN)

Q

quality of service (QoS)

quarter inch cartridge (QIC)

queuing

R

radio cell

radio regulatory technical advisory group (RRTAG)

RAID 0

RAID 1

RAID 10

RAID 2

RAID 3

RAID 4

RAID 5

RAID 6

random early detection (RED)

Rayleigh dispersion

RCC 45 connector

realtime Ethernet

realtime location system (RTLS)

reconciliation sublayer (RS)

record keeping server (RKS)

record management (RM)

record type definition (RTD)

recovery point objective (RPO)

recovery time objective (RTO)

redundant array of independent tapes (RAIT)

redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID)

redundant array of inexpensive libraries (RAIL)

reflection

reflection loss

refraction

refraction index (IOR)

registered jack (RJ)

remote DMA (RDMA)

remote managed storage (RMS)

repeater

replication

reservation technology

residential Ethernet (RE)

residential gateway (RGW)

return loss (RL)

RF communication (RFCOMM)

ring concentrator

ring parameter server (RPS)

ring topology

riser cable

RJ11 connector (RJ11)

RJ45 female connector

RJ45 male connector (RJ45)

robust secure network (RSN)

rodent protection

round robin approach

round trip delay (RTD)

router (RO)

routing information field (RIF)

S

SAN architecture

SAN attached storage (SAS)

SC connector

scalable linear recording (SLR)

scalable orthogonal frequency division multiplex access (SOFDMA)

scattering

scatternet

SCSI interface

SCSI protocol

secondary cabling

secondary coating

secure data exchange (SDE)

segment

serial infrared physical layer link (SIR)

serial port profile (SPP)

serial storage architecture (SSA)

server load balancing (SLB)

serverless backup

service discovery application profile (SDAP)

service discovery protocol (SDP)

service set ID (SSID)

session length

set top box (STB)

shared media

shared wireless access protocol (SWAP)

shielded distributed data interface (SDDI)

shielded twisted pair (STP)

shielding

shielding factor

short interframe space (SIFS)

short range device (SRD)

SIM access profile (SAP)

single attachment station (SAS)

single byte command code set (SBCCS)

single fiber loose buffer

single input mutliple output (SIMO)

single input single output (SISO)

single mode fiber (SMF)

single-cell network

skew

slot time

slotted ring

small computer system interface (SCSI)

small form factor (SFF)

small form-factor pluggable (SFP)

snapshot

source address (SA)

source route bridging (SRB)

space time block coding (STBC)

spatial multiplexing (SM)

splice

splice box

splice distributor

split multi link trunk (SMLT)

splitter

star topology

StarLAN

start frame delimiter (SFD)

starting delimiter (SD)

station management (SMT)

step index fiber (SIF)

storage area network (SAN)

storage grid

storage management

storage management initiative specification (SMI-S)

storage networking industry association (SNIA)

storage over IP (SoIP)

storage resource management (SRM)

storage virtualization

store and forward (SF)

straight tip (ST)

strain

stranding

stranding factor

streamer

structured cabling system (SCS)

sub D connector

subscriptionless mobile networking (SMN)

super AIT (S-AIT)

super DLT (SDLT)

superband

switch

switched monitoring (SMON)

switching fabric (SF)

symmetric cables

synchronization profile (SP)

synchronous

synchronous connection oriented (SCO)

T

T connector

T tape drive

tape library (TL)

tape stacking

tapeless backup (TLB)

taper coupler

target channel adapter (TCA)

telecommunication outlet (TO)

telephone jack

telephony control specification (TCS)

temporal key integrity protocol (TKIP)

TERA connector

terminal access point (TAP)

terminator

tertiary cabling

TGnSync

thermal stress

thinwire ethernet

thomas conrad networks systems (TCNS)

tight buffered cable

time domain reflectometry (TDR)

token

token bus (TB)

token passing

token ring (TR)

Token Ring access method

Token Ring frame

Token Ring monitor

Token Ring transmission media

Token Rong switch

torsion

tracking

transceiver cable

transfer impedance

transfer point

transition point (TP)

translator

transmission medium

transmission opportunity (TXOP)

transmit power control (TPC)

transmodulation

Travan drive

tree topology

trunk

trunk cable

trunking

twinaxial connector

twisted pair (TP)

twisted pair distributed data interface (TPDDI)

twisted pair physical media dependent (TP-PMD)

twisted quad

U

ultra SCSI (USCSI)

ultra wideband (UWB)

Ultrium tape drive

uniform memory access (UMA)

unit (U)

universal plug-and-play (UPnP)

universal powerline association (UPA)

universal service ordering code (USOC)

unshielded twisted pair (UTP)

unsymmetrical to ground

upper layer protocol (ULP)

URM connector

V

verify

very fast infrared (VFIR)

VF45 connector

virtual interface architecture (VIA)

virtual LAN (VLAN)

virtual private LAN services (VPLS)

virtual storage area network (VSAN)

virtual tape library (VTL)

vitality, vibrancy (Viiv)

voice over cable (VoCable)

voice over WLAN (VoWLAN)

VXA tape drive

W

waveguide dispersion

weighted fair queuing (WFQ)

weighted random early detection (WRED)

Wibree

WiFi alliance

WiFi multimedia (WMM)

WiFi positioning system (WPS)

WiFi protected architecture (WPA)

WiMedia

wiper cable

wire

wired equivalent privacy (WEP)

wireless Ethernet compatibility alliance (WECA)

wireless HD alliance (WiHD)

wireless intrusion detection prevention system (WIDPS)

wireless LAN (WLAN)

wireless LAN interoperability forum (WLIF)

wireless mesh network (WMN)

wireless network management (WNM)

wireless personal area network (WPAN)

wireless robust authentication protocol (WRAP)

wiring closet (WC)

WLAN architecture

WLAN data frame

WLAN management

WLAN positioning system (WPS)

WLAN roaming (WISPr)

WLAN router

WLAN security

workplace wiring

world wide name (WWN)

world wide port name (WWPN)

worldwide spectrum efficiency (WWISE)

Y

yellow cable

Z

ZigBee

ZigBee alliance

ZigBee frequency

ZigBee network

ZigBee protocol stack

ZigBee security

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Z-wave

Z-Wave network

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