Cable Guide
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Acronyms
This guide uses the following acronyms:
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
AUI attachment unit interface
CCITT Consultative Committee on International Telegraph and
Telephone (now ITU-T)
CPE customer premise equipment
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access/collision detection
CSU channel service unit
DCE data communication equipment
DSU digital service unit
DTE data terminal equipment
DTR data terminal ready
EIA Electronic Industries Association
FC fiber channel
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FSD fixed shroud duplex
HSSI High Speed Serial Interface
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
LAN local area network
MAU media access unit/multistation access unit
PMD physical medium dependent
RJ registered jack
SC subscriber connector
STP shielded twisted pair
WAN wide area network
