10BASE2
IEEE 802.3 Physical Layer Specification for thin cable Ethernet (also called Cheapernet or Thin Ethernet) Using RG-58 standard coaxial cable. IOBASE2 is nomenclature for IOMbit/s, Baseband, 555 ft maximum segment length

10BASE5
IEEE 802.3 Physical Layer Specification for thick cable Ethernet using double-shielded RG-I I coaxial cable. 10BASE5 nomenclature stands for lOMbits/s data rate, baseband, at 1500 ft maximum segment length.

10BASE-T
IEEE 802.3 Physical Layer Specification for Twisted-Pair Ethernet using Unshield Twisted Pair wire at 10Mbit/s. (Rather than StarLAN's IMbit/s). 10BASE-T is nomenclature for 10Mbit/s, Baseband, Twisted Pair cable.

APPLETALK
Apple Computer's proprietary LAN protocol suite for linking Macintoshes and peripheral devices. AppleTalk is a CSMA/CA network with 115 Kbps data rate and allows connecting up to 32 devices.

COLLISlON
Overlappings Transmissions which occur when two or more nodes attempt to transmit at the same time, in which case the interference is termed a collision.

ETHERTALK
Apple's nomenclature for the Ethernet protocol that allows Apple Computer connectivity at 10Mbps. This standard replaces the earlier AppleTalk rate of 230.4 Kbps.

FIBER DISTRIBUTED DATA INTERFACE (FDDI)
FDDI is an ANSI defined standard for high speed (100 Mhps) LAN communications using fiber optic cable. It uses a dual ring or dual ring to trees topology and a token-passing media access method. It is compatible with the standards for the physical layer and the MAC portion or the data link layer of the OSI model. Up to 1000 stations can be connected with up to 1.7 Miles (or 9000 ft) between stations.

INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK (ISDN)
A CCITT model for the integration of voice, images, and data in a universal interface for networks.

LOCALTALK
The cable and connector- system used in Apple Computer's AppleTalk networks.

NETWORK INTERFACE CARD (NIC)
Interface card required in the expansion bus of a personal computer to connect to the cabling or a LAN.

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP)
TCP is a transport layer, connection-oriented, end to end protocol It provides reliable, sequenced, and unduplicated delivery or bytes to a remote or local user. TCP provides reliable byte stream communication between pairs of processes in hosts attached to interconnected networks.

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL/ INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP/IP)
Protocols developed by the Department of Defense to link computers from multiple vendors across networks. It works at the third through flfth layers or the OSI model.