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Legacy Glossary

This is a glossary of older terms. While many of the definitions are unchanged, some of the definitions may be out of date and some of the terms may no longer be in use in the Data Center industry. This legacy glossary provides definitions for hundreds of information and communications technology (ICT) and data center terms and acronyms. Arranged alphabetically and searchable, the glossary explains common industry vocabulary.
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10-BASE-R

IEEE 802.3 physical coding sublayer for serial 10 GB/s operation (see IEEE 802.3, Clause 49)

1000BASE-T

IEEE 802.3 physical layer specification for a 1000 MB/s CSMA/CD LAN using four pairs of Category 5 balanced copper cabling (see IEEE 802.3, Clause 40)

10BASE-CX4

IEEE 802.3 physical layer specification for 10 GB/s using 10GBASE-X encoding over four lanes over shielded balanced copper cabling (see IEEE 802.3, Clause 54)

10BASE-X

IEEE 802.3 physical coding sublayer for 10 GB/s operation over XAUI and four lane PMDs (see IEEE 802.3, Clause 48)