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| 100Base-VG | IEEE (802.3) standard of running Ethernet over shielded and unshielded twisted pair cable. Supports Ethernet at 10Mbit/s | |
| 100Base-X | A 3Com proposal that provides 100Mbit/s Ethernet which preserves the CSMA/CD protocol. Many companies are backing this solution including Cabletron | |
| 10Base-T | IEEE (802.3) standard for running Ethernet over shielded and unshielded twisted pair cable. Supports Ethernet at 10Mbit/s | |
| 112 | see Emergency Calls | |
| 21CN | 21st Century Network. The combination of 16 separate networks, such as PSTN, ISDN, Frame Relay, X.25, etc, into one new Next Generation Network (NGN). 21CN will replace the 16 technologies involved with the 16 networks, and will use IP, only. 21CN is already in operation, with Cardiff coming on line in 2006. |
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| 2B + D | Refers to BRA with its two 64Kbit/s user channels and one 16Kbit/s signalling channel | |
| 30B + D | Refers to PRA with its thirty 64Kbit/s user channels (1-15 & 17-31) and two 64Kbit/s channels, channel 0 for synchronisation and error checking & channel 16 for signalling | |
| 3G Wireless | A cellular radio term. The generic term for thrid generation mobile phone technologies. 3G will bring very high speed connections to cellular phones, thus enabling video conference and other applications requiring broadband connectivity to the Internet | |
| 999 | see Emergency Calls |