Glossary
Numbers and Symbols
568A/568B standards Telecommunications standards from the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA). These 568 standards specify the pin arrangements for the RJ-45 connectors on UTP or STP cables. The number 568 refers to the order in which the wires within the UTP cable are terminated and attached to the connector.
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A An address record in DNS. This refers to one of three machines typically: the host sending data, the host receiving data, or an intermediary between the two (the next hop).
AAA Authentication, authorization, and accounting. Authentication is the process to determine whether someone is authorized to use the network—if the person can log on to the ...
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