What is ThickNet

ThickNet, also known as 10BASE5 or IEEE 802.3-1985, is an Ethernet standard that requires a specialized coaxial cable to transmit Ethernet frames at a rate of 10Mbps. It derives its nickname, which i...

What is ThinNet

ThinNet, also known as 10BASE2, IEEE 802.3, or "CheaperNet," is an early Ethernet standard that makes use of industry-standard RG-58 coaxial communications cables connected to BNC T-connectors. The s...

What is IEEE

IEEE, which stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is an international, non-profit, professional organization started in 1963 as the merging of two organizations, the Insti...

What is PhoneNet

PhoneNet, developed by Farallon Computing (now known as Netopia), is an implementation of the AppleTalk physical layer. It made use of standard unshielded twisted-pair telephone wire, in the form of ...

What is LocalTalk

LocalTalk is a system of shielded twisted-pair cabling with 3-pin Mini-Deutsches Institut f++r Normung (Mini-DIN) connectors. The cabling plugs into self-terminating transceivers and operates at a da...

What is HTTP

HTTP, which stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, is a protocol devised for wired communication and networking over intranets or the World Wide Web, although it was originally developed with the ob...

What is LAN

LAN, which stands for Local Area Network, is a medium-sized computer network featuring data transmission rates that are faster in comparison to Wide Area Networks (WAN), and unlike WANs, leased telec...

What is ISDN

ISDN ISDN, which stands for Integrated Services Digital Network (originally "Integriertes Sprach- und Datennetz," which is German for "Integrated Speech and Data Net") , is a set of telecommunication...

What is OSI Model

OSI The OSI model, which is shorthand for Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model, is an abstract computer network protocol design divided into seven layers, developed in 1977 by the Ameri...

What is AES Standard

AES Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known as US FIPS PUB 197, is a block cipher which has been adopted as an encryption standard by the U.S. government, superseding the Data Encryption Stand...