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DWS-1008 User’s Manual
D-Link Systems, Inc.
Appendix D - Glossary
integrity check value
See ICV.
interface
A place at which independent systems meet and act on or communicate with each other, or
the means by which the interaction or communication is accomplished.
International Organization for Standardization
See ISO.
Internet Authentication Service
See IAS.
Internet Group Management Protocol
See IGMP.
Interswitch Link
See ISL.
ISL
Interswitch Link. A proprietary Cisco protocol for interconnecting multiple switches and
maintaining virtual LAN (VLAN) information as trafc travels between switches. Working in
a way similar to VLAN trunking, described in the IEEE 802.1Q standard, ISL provides VLAN
capabilities while maintaining full wirespeed performance on Ethernet links in fullduplex
or halfduplex mode. ISL operates in a point-to-point environment and supports up to
1000 VLANs.
ISO
International Organization for Standardization. An international organization of national
standards bodies from many countries. ISO has dened a number of computer standards,
including the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) standardized architecture for network
design.
IV
See initialization vector (IV).
jumbo frame
In an Ethernet network, a frame whose data eld exceeds 1500 bytes.
LAWN
See WLAN.