A standard for digital transmission in North America. A digital transmission link with a capacity of 1.544 Mbps (the equivalent of 24 analog lines), T1 lines are used for connecting networks ...
Transmission at 44.376 Mbps. Also called a DS3. Capable of handling 672 voice conversations.
A national organization of leading independently owned telecommunications companies located through the United States and Canada.
TCP is one of the main protocols in TCP/IP networks. Whereas the IP protocol deals only with packets, TCP enables two hosts to establish a connection and exchange streams of data. ...
To connect a wire conductor to something, typically a piece of equipment.
A trade organization of manufacturers which sets standards for use of its member companies.
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An old topology for a local area network (LAN) in which a supervisory frame, or token, must be received by an attached terminal or workstation before that terminal or workstation can ...
A push-button telephone dial that makes a different sound (in fact, a combination of two tones) for each number pushed. The technically correct name for tone dial is Dual Tone Multi ...
As in network topology. The geometric physical or electrical configuration describing a local communication network; the shape or arrangement of a system. The most common topologies are the bus, ring and ...
A technology that enables one network to send its data via another network’s connections. Tunneling works by encapsulating a network protocol within packets carried by the second network. For example, Microsoft’s ...
Two insulated copper wires twisted around each other to reduce induction (thus interference) from one wire to the other. The twists, or lays, are varied in length to reduce the potential ...
