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现代通信和网络技术及产品词汇英文
现代通信和网络技术及产品词汇(英文)
词汇表
术语
定义
AccessLine
Thephysicaltelecommunicationscircuitconnectinganenduserlocationwiththeservingcentralofficeinalocalnetworkenvironment.Alsocalledthelocalloopor"lastmile."SeealsoLocalLoop.
AccessNetwork
Thatportionofapublic-switchednetworkthatconnectsaccessnodestoindividualsubscribers.Theaccessnetworktodayispredominantlypassivetwistedpaircopperwiring
AccessNodes
Pointsontheedgeoftheaccessnetworkthatconcentrateindividualaccesslinesintoasmallernumberoffeederlines.Accessnodesmayalsoperformvariousformsofprotocolconversion.TypicalaccessnodesareDLCsystemsconcentratingindividualvoicelinestoT-1lines,cellularantennasites,PBXs,andONUs.
AccessRate
Thetransmissionspeedofthephysicalaccesscircuitbetweentheenduserlocationandthelocalnetwork.Thisisgenerallymeasuredinbitspersecond;alsocalledAccessSpeed.
Adapter
SeeAdapterCard.
AdapterCard
Circuitboardorotherhardwarethatprovidesthephysicalinterfacetoacommunicationsnetwork;anelectronicsboardinstalledinacomputerwhichprovidesnetworkcommunicationcapabilitiestoandfromthatcomputer;acardthatconnectstheDTEtothenetwork.AlsocalledaNetworkInterfaceCard.SeealsoDataTerminationEquipmentandNetworkInterfaceCard.
ADSLForum
TheorganizationdevelopinganddefiningxDSLstandards,includingthoseaffectingADSL,SDSL,HDSL,andVDSL.MembersparticipateincommitteestovoteonADSLspecifications;auditingmembersreceivemarketingandtechnicaldocumentation.
ADSLTransmissionUnit-CentralOffice
TheADSLmodemorlinecardthatphysicallyterminatesanADSLconnectionatthetelephoneserviceprovider'sservingcentraloffice.
ADSLTransmissionUnit-Remote
TheADSLmodemorPCcardthatphysicallyterminatesanADSLconnectionattheenduser'slocation.
AlwaysOn
Currentdial-upservicesrequiretheuserto"makeacall"totheISP.Theconnectionisonlyactiveduringthedurationofthecall.MostxDSLimplementations(includingADSL,UADSL,andSDSL)enabletheconnectiontobealwaysoninafashionsimilartoaLAN.
AmericanWireGauge
Ameasureofthethicknessofcopper,aluminum,andotherwiringintheUSandelsewhere.Coppercablingtypicallyvariesfrom18to26AWG,thehigherthenumber,thethinnerthewire.Thethickerthewire,thelesssusceptibleitistointerference.Ingeneral,thinwirecannotcarrythesameamountofelectricalcurrentthesamedistancethatthickerwirecan.
Analog
Anelectricalsignalorwaveforminwhichtheamplitudeand/orfrequencyvarycontinuously
AnalogFrontEnd
Theanalogfrontendsareresponsibleforconvertingthedigitalsignaltoanalogandforcethesignalontothetwistedpairline.
ApplicationSpecificIntegratedCircuit
Achipdesignedforaspecificapplication.ExamplesofanASICapplicationcanbeSDSLorotherbroadbandsolutions.
AsymmetricalDigitalSubscriberLine
BellCoretermfordeliveryofdigitalinformationoverordinarycopperphonelines.ADSLusesasystemoffrequencydivisionwherebylowerfrequencyPOTSsignalsaredeliveredtothehomeunalteredwhiledigitalsignalstraversethephonelineathigherfrequenciesfordeliverytoendstationssuchasavideoCODECorPC.Asymmetricreferstothefactthatthedownstream(totheuser)channelscanoutweightheupstream(tothenetwork)channelsbyaratioashighas20:
1.ThisasymmetryisagoodfitforvideoondemandandInternetaccessapplicationswheretheparadigmisasmallrequestuptothenetworkandalargedeliverytotheuser.
AsynchronousTransferMode
Aprotocolthatpacksdigitalinformationinto53-bytecells(5-byteheaderand48bytesofpayload)thatareswitchedthroughoutanetworkovervirtualcircuits(standardizedbytheITUTin1988tocreateaBISDN).Itsabilitytoaccommodatemultipletypesofmedia(voice,video,anddata)makesitalikelyplayerforfullservicenetworksbasedonADSLandVDSL.
AsynchronousTransmission
Datatransmissiononecharacteratatimetothereceivingdevice,withintervalsofvaryinglengthsbetweentransmittalsandwithstartbitsatthebeginningandstopbitsattheendofeachcharacter,tocontrolthetransmission.InxDSLandinmostdial-upmodemcommunications,asynchronouscommunicationsareoftenfoundinInternetaccessandremoteofficeapplications.SeeSynchronousTransmission
ATMAdaptionLayer5
AstandardadoptedbytheATMForumforaclassofservicecalledHighSpeedDataTransfer
ATMCell
AnATMcellis53byteslongcontaininga5-byteheaderanda48-bytepayload.TheheaderofanATMcellcontainsallnecessaryinformationfordatatoreachtheappropriateendpoint.ThepayloadportionofanATMcellcancontainanytypeofinformation,beitvoice,video,ordata
ATMConnection
AnATMconnectionisactuallyonephysicalconnectionbetweentwoendpoints,thatcontainsmultipleVCs.Furthermore,multipleVCscanbegroupedtotraverseaVP.SeealsoPermanentVirtualCircuit,SwitchedVirtualCircuit,VirtualChannelIdentifier,andVirtualPathIdentifier.
ATMForum
TheorganizationtaskedwithdevelopinganddefiningATMstandards.Seeformoreinformation.
ATMPassiveOpticalNetwork
ApassiveopticalnetworkrunningATM
ATM25
ATMForum-defined25.6Mbpscell-baseduserinterfacebasedonIBMtokenringnetwork.
Attenuation
Thedissipationofthepowerofatransmittedsignalasittravelsoverthecopperwireline.
AvailableBitRate
Providesaguaranteedminimumcapacitybutallowsdatatobeburstedathighercapacitieswhenthenetworkisfree.
AddressMask
AbitmaskusedtoselectbitsfromanInternetaddressforsubnetaddressing.Themaskis32bitslongandselectsthenetworkportionoftheInternetaddressandonemorebitsofthelocalportion.Sometimescalledsubnetmask.
ANSI
AmericanNationalStandardsInstitute.TheU.S.standardizationbody.ANSIisamemberoftheInternationalOrganizationforStandardization(ISO).
API
ApplicationProgramInterface.Asetofcallingconventionsdefininghowaserviceisinvokedthroughasoftwarepackage.
AppleTalk
AnetworkingprotocoldevelopedbyAppleComputerforcommunicationbetweenAppleComputerproductsandothercomputers.Thisprotocolisindependentofwhatnetworkitislayeredon.CurrentimplementationexistforLocalTalk(235Kbps)andEtherTalk(10Mbps).
Asynchronous
Typicaltransmissionmethodofdialupmodems.Dataistransmittedusingastartbitatthebeginningofacharacterandastopbitattheend.Thetimeintervalbetweencharactersmaybeofvaryinglengths.Synchronousdatausesanexternalreferenceclocktounifybothendsofthedatacircuit.
ApplicationSharing
Applicationsharingisafeaturethatallowstwopeopletoworktogetherwhenoneoftheindividualsdoesn'thavethesameapplication,orsameversionoftheapplication.Inapplicationsharing,oneuserlaunchestheapplicationanditrunssimultaneously.Bothuserscaninputinformationandotherwisecontroltheapplicationusingthekeyboardandmouse.AlthoughitappearsthattheapplicationisrunningonbothPC's,itactuallyisrunningononlyone,yeteachuseroperatesasthoughtheapplicationwererunningonbothPC's.Filesassociatedwiththeapplicationcanbeeasilytransferred,sotheresultsofthecollaborationareavailabletobothusersimmediately.Thepersonwholaunchedtheapplicationcanlockouttheotherpersonfrommakingchanges,sothelocked-outpersonseestheapplicationrunningbutcannotcontrolit.
Analog
Aformoftransmittinginformationcharacterizedbycontinuouslyvariablequantities,asopposedtodigitaltransmission,whichischaracterizedbydiscretebitsofinformationinnumericalsteps.Ananalogsignalisresponsivetochangesinlight,sound,heatandpressure.
Analog-to-DigitalConversion(ADC)
Processofconvertinganalogsignalstoadigitalrepresentation.DACrepresentsthereversetranslation.
ATM
AsynchronousTransferMode.Highspeed(upto155Mbps),highbandwidth,low-delay,transporttechnology,integratingmultipledatatypes(voice,video,anddata).ITUhasselectedATMasthebasisforthefuturebroadbandnetworkbecauseofitsflexibilityandsuitabilityforbothtransmissionandswitching.Maybeusedinthephoneandcomputernetworksofthefuture.
Audio
Invideocommunications,electricalsignalsthatcarrysounds.Thetermisalsousedtodescribesystemsconcernedwithsoundwithrecordingandtransmission;speechpickupsystems,transmissionlinksthatcarrysounds,amplifiersandthelike.
AudioBridge
Equipmentthatmixesmultipleaudioinputsandfeedsbackcompositeaudiotoeachstationafterremovingtheindividualstation'sinput.Thisequipmentmayalsobecalledamix-minusaudiosystem.
AutonomousSystem
Internet(TCP/IP)terminologyforacollectionofgateways(routers)thatfallunderoneadministrativeentityandcooperateusingacommonInteriorGatewayProtocol(IGP).
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词汇表
术语
定义
BasicRateAccess
SeeBasicRateInterface
BChannel
The"bearer"channel,intheISDNscheme.WithbothbasicrateandprimaryrateISDN,thisisafull-duplex64Kbpschannelforsendingandreceivingdata.SeealsoBasicRateInterface,IntegratedServicesDigitalNetwork,andPrimaryRateInterface
Backbone
Thatpartofanetworkwhichisusedasthemainpathforcarryingtrafficbetweennetworkendpoints.
BackboneLAN
AtransmissionfacilitydesignedtointerconnecttwoormoreLANsegments.
Backplane
Acommonbusinachassisthatdistributeslowvoltagepowertoeachcardslot.
Bandwidth
Thisisareflectionofthesizeorthecap