Operation Manual

SignalTEK NT 156875 Iss 2
User Guide Page 55
Glossary, abbreviations and acronyms
Term
Description
10M-HD 10 Mb/s Half Duplex
10M-FD 10 Mb/s Full Duplex
100M-HD 100 Mb/s Half Duplex
100M-FD 100 Mb/s Full Duplex
1000M-HD 1000 Mb/s Half Duplex
1000M-FD 1000 Mb/s Full Duplex
Broadcast Communication from single sender to all connected receivers
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CSV Comma Separated Value file format
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS Domain Name System
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
IP Internet Protocol
IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4
Static IP address assigned manually by the operator
Dynamic IP address assigned automatically using DHCP
IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6
Stateful IP address assigned automatically using DHCPv6
Stateless IP address assigned automatically using ICMPv6
Static IP address assigned manually by the operator
LAN Local Area Network
MAC Media Access Control
MDI Medium Dependent Interface
MDIX Medium Dependent Interface Crossover
Multicast Communication between single sender and multiple receivers
NVP Nominal Velocity of Propagation of signals in a cable, expressed
as a percentage of the speed of light in a
vacuum. Can be
determined using cable manufacturers’ data or experimentally
using a known cable length.
PDF Portable Document Format
PoE Power over Ethernet
PoE+
Power over Ethernet which exceeds the IEEE 802.3af limit of 12.95
watts
QinQ
Ethernet frame format that allows multiple VLAN headers to be
inserted into a single frame
RJ45
Registered Jack standard for a modular connector using 8
conductors
Rx Receive