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Station
In LANs, a station consists of a device that can
communicate data on the network. In FDDI, a station
includes both physical nodes and addressable logical
devices. Workstations, single-attach stations, dual-
attach stations, and concentrators are FDDI stations.
Subnet mask
In TCP/IP, the bits used to create the subnet are called
the subnet mask.
T
(TCP/IP)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is a
widely used transp
ort protocol that connects diverse
computers of various transmission methods. It was
developed y the Department of Defense to connect
different computer types and led to the development of
the Internet.
Transceiver
A transceiver joins two network segm
ents together.
Transceivers can also be used to join a segment that
uses one medium to a segment that uses a different
medium. On a 10BASE-
5 network, the transceiver
connects the network adapter or other network device
to the medium. Transceivers also can
be used on
10BASE-2 or 10BASE-
T networks to attach devices
with AUI ports.
U
UDP
The User Datagram Protocol is a connectionless
protocol that resides above IP in the TCP/IP suite