Cisco Systems 80O SERIES Router User Manual


 
GL-1
Cisco 800 Series Routers Hardware Installation Guide
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GLOSSARY
Numerics
10BASE-T
The 10-Mbps baseband Ethernet specification that uses two pairs of twisted-pair
cabling (Category 3 or 5): one pair for transmitting data and the other for
receiving data.
B
BRI
Basic Rate Interface. An ISDN interface composed of two bearer channels
(B channels) and one data channel (D channel) for circuit-switched
communication of voice, video, and data.
C
Cisco 800 Fast Step
Application
A Windows 95–, Windows 98–, and Windows NT–based software tool that ships
with the Cisco 800 series routers for basic configurations and verification of the
router software configuration. It also monitors the status of the ISDN interface,
error detail, and usage statistics.
crossover Ethernet
cable
A cable that wires a pin to its opposite pin; for example, RX+ is wired to TX+.
This cable connects two similar devices, for example, two data terminal
equipment (DTE) devices or two data communications equipment (DCE)
devices.
D
DRAM
Dynamic RAM that stores information in capacitors that must be refreshed
periodically.
E