3Com III - Glossary

GLOSSARY
10BASE2
The IEEE standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband
network on thin coaxial cable.
10BASE5
The IEEE standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband
network on thick coaxial cable.
10BASE-T
The IEEE standard for a 10 megabit per second baseband
network on twisted-pair cable.
AUI
Attachment Unit Interface Connector. Also called the DIX
(DEC

-Intel

-Xerox

) connector. This is a female 15-pin
D connector used with an external transceiver.
AUI cable
Also known as the transceiver cable. The AUI cable is used to
connect an external transceiver to a computing device.
AutoLink
3Com autoinstallation and autoconfiguration software for
NetWare DOS clients. It automatically configures the adapter
by selecting the correct interrupt level and I/O Base Address,
checking for the network connection, and detecting the
correct frame type.
Auto Select Media Type
A 3Com utility that detects the type of network cable
connected to the adapter and automatically selects that
connection for data transmission. This function is
implemented by all NetWare ODI, Windows for Workgroups,
NDIS 2.01, and Windows NT and Windows 95 drivers.