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ACRONYMS / GLOSSARIES |
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BUSES, OTHER |
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Common Bus Types |
CONNECTION SPEED TEST |
Connections, Specific|
Connectors |
CIM |
Data Recovery |
DDNS |
Device Discovery |
DNS |
DLSw - Data Link Switching |
DSL / ADSL / VDSL /... |
DVMRP |
EFI |
EIDE / IDE |
EIGRP |
Enterprise Serevice Bus (ESB) |
ETHERNET |
FC - FIBRE CHANNEL |
FDDI |
FireWire - IEEE 1394 - iLink|
FireWire 400|
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Frame Relay |
GPIB |
GPRS |
GSM |
HyperTransport |
IGMP |
InfiniBand |
Internet2 |
IP |
IrDA |
iSCSI |
ISDN |
Jini |
LAN |
LU 6.2 |
MAC Address |
MIMO |
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Networks |
ONT - Optical Network Terminal |
OSPF |
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Parallel Port - IEEE 1284 |
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PCI-Express 2.0 |
PCI-Express 3.0 |
PCMCIA |
PictBridge |
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Pinouts |
PnP |
Port Numbers, Computer |
Power over Ethernet |
PPP |
Protocols |
RAID |
REFERENCES |
RFC |
RFID |
RIP / RIP2 |
RJ45 |
RS-xxx |
SAA |
SAS |
SATA |
SCSI |
SDP |
SERIAL |
Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) (IEEE 1394) |
Serial Bus Protocol 3 (SBP-3) (IEEE 1394) |
Signaling System 7 |
SLP |
Smart Cards |
SNA |
SNMP |
SONET |
SPEED TESTS - Internet Throughput |
SSA |
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TCP/IP |
Telecom - Other |
TMN |
Token Ring |
U3 |
UEFI |
Troubleshooting |
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USB OTG|
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VLAN |
VONAGE - Convert your phone service |
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WIRELESS |
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X.25 |
Other Information |
Reference Books | Automation/Drive Interface (ADI)
Automation/Drive Interface - Transport Layer (ADT)
Automation/Drive Interface - Transport Protocol - 2 (ADT-2)
ADSL / DSL / GLITE / HDSL / SHDSL / VDSL / xDSL / ad nauseum
see also MODEMS
See also SPEED TESTS / Bandwidth
DSL Terms
ADSL
DSL
SDSL
SHDSL
VDSL - what is it
VDSL Coalition
FCC orders lines opened to ADSL ISPs - should lower ADSL costs 11/18/99
Intel, Cisco Team Up On ADSL
G.Lite is DSL Standard, But Now Too Slow
DSL-Based Telecommuting Gets Boost
Lack of standards could delay ramp of G.Lite modems
SPEED TESTS / INTERNET THROUGHPUT
www.speakeasy.net/speedtest
Verizon's very-well-done download speed-test page
Really great graphical download speed-test page
speedstest - dslreports
DSL REPORTS - Cable modem limits, security, reviews,... **
GET SPEED - Can You Get High Speed Access?
BANDWIDTH CALCULATORS
Bandwidth comparisions
Bandwidth calculator: 802.11n WiFi
See also SPEED TESTS
Asterisk - open source PBX software
What Is Asterisk - O'Reilly
Asterisk support site
Asterisk/Linux distro
Asterisk tutorials
Asterisk books published by O'Reilly
Click here for information on Asterisk & Linux
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
155 Mbps or 622Mbps
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM Forum
ATM - WildPackets
ATM Cell Structures
Real-Time multimedia over ATM (RMOA) baseline
ATM - dnr
ATM / Cell Relay - Gary Kessler
Hewlett-Packard 100VG AnyLAN Technology Page
BGP
BGP
Broadband
Bandwidth calculator: 802.11n WiFi [Wir...
There is a heck of a lot of broadband
information on my web pages, mostly in other catagories.
You might have a look at:
Acronyms / Glossary (Technical)
Buses & Networks, other
Encryption, Compression, RFID, Smart Cards, AI, & Fuzzy Logic
Ethernet, 802.11x, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, isoEthernet
Fibre Channel
IP, IPsec, IPv4, IPv6, FCIP, iFCP, PPP, SoIP, TCP, TCP/IP, TOE, VoIP
REFERENCES
SAN / NAS / SATA / Storage / CIM / Device Discovery
SCSI / iSCSI / RAID / SAS / SMI-S
Secure Connections
Security, Computer
Standards
Technical Info
Testing
Wireless / PDA / Handhelds
BUSES, OTHER
not yet
CardBus (PC Card)
CardBus is the 32-Bit version of PC Card technology. Enabled in the February 1995
release of the PC Card Standard, CardBus allows speeds of up to 133 Mbps at 33MHz.
Zoomed Video is a connection between a PC Card and host system that allows the card to
write video data directly to the VGA controller. The data is transferred with no
buffering requirements because it is transferred over the ZV bus and not the system bus.
How CardBus Fits with IEEE 1394, USB, PCI and Others
CardBus Technical Overview
CardBus Press Release
CDMA
CDMA2000 - Cisco
CDMA Tech page
CDMA Tutorial
Cell Relay
not yet
Common Bus Types
Common Bus Types (SCSI and other)
Connections, Specific
cybex_pinouts
Pinouts for a Netra T1 105 RJ45 - RS232 serial converter cable
Shiva Port Pinouts
CONNECTORS - click here
DLSw - Data Link Switching
Data Link Switching (DLSw)
DDNS - Dynamic DNS
Dealing with Dynamic IP Addresses
DVMRP
not yet
IIGRP
EIGRP - dnr
Enterprise Servie Bus (ESB)
ANALYST REPORTS
Gartner Predicts: 2003 (DF-18-7304)- quote from Roy Schulte in Chapt 1
Gartner Predicts: 2004 (118991)- Enterprise Service Bueses are taking off
IDC: The Enterprise Service Bus: Disruptive Technology (Doc# 29132)
IDC: Itegration Standards Trends in Program Development - what does open mean?
BOOKS (ESB)
Alexander, Christopher et al
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
Oxford University Press 1977
Fowlder, Martin
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
AW 2002
Hohpe, Gregor & Bobby Woolf
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Pearson Education, Inc (AW) 2004
Kaye, Doug
Loosely Coupled: the Missing Pieces of Web services
RDS Press 2003
Kreger, Heather, Ward K. harold & Leigh Williamson
Java and JMX: Building Manageable Systems
AW 2002
Monson-Haefel, Richard & David A. Chappell
Java Message Service
O'Reilly 2000
MISCELLANEOUS (ESB)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
RNIF & PIP Description - RosesstaNet
jCO SAP Java Connector
jCO SAP Java Connector FAQ
FDDI
FDDI - WildPackets
FireWire = IEEE 1394 = i.Link
Sony's iLink uses only 4 pins, and excludes the two
power carrying FireWire pins.
Click here for FireWire use in Video applications
1394ta Dot Org
FireWire / IEEE 1394
About FireWire IEEE1394
How Firewire Works (howstuffworks.com)
Firewire - PC Mechanic
USB vs Firewire Debate
FireWire Depot (I know nothing about them)
FireWire 400
This is the FireWire that we are used to (2/2005)
FireWire 800
FireWire 800: Fast Not Furious
SATA vs FireWire 800 vs SCSI - 4 drive RAID
Iogear Cards Double FireWire Throughput - 4/30/2003
Frame Relay
THE BASIC GUIDE TO FRAME RELAY NETWORKING
Frame Relay Tutorial
Frame Relay
Frame - garykessler
GPIB - IEEE488 - IEC60625
What is HPIB · GPIB · IEEE488 · IEC60625
GPIB -> IEEE 488
Agilent receives U.S. patent for USB GPIB emulation
Linux GPIB Package Homepage
GPIB Tutorial #1
GPIB TUTORIAL #2
GPIB Zone
HyperTransport
AMD and API Networks have developed HyperTransport - it was
the leading contender to replace the PCI bus, but PCIe has replaced the PCI bus.
The current HyperTransport spec (in 2001) calls for an aggregate
bandwidth of 6.4 GB per second in a 16-bit configuration,
and 12.8 Gb/sec in a 32-bit configuration. In contrast,
32-bit PCI starts at less than 133 MB/second, and
scales to only 533 MB/sec at 64-bit configurations
HyperTransport is 24 times faster than regular PCI, out of the
gate.
HyperTransport is software compatible with PCI - vendors
will not have to rewrite their PCI device drivers.
HyperTransport Consortium
HyperTransport 2.0 Boosts Speeds, Maps to PCI Express
AMD's HyperTransport: Souping up chip speed from the inside
IGMP
IGMP
Internet2
Internet2 Vendors
IrDA
IrDA - Phil Storrs PC Hardware book
IRDA - Infared data Association
Welcome to IrDA Land (irda.org)
Intro to IrDA
IrDA Specifications
Linux IrDA Homepage
MS's Win95 IrDA Driver, Download
IrDA Info Page/List
Toshiba Linux-IrDA Howto
ISDN
ISDN Tutorial
ISDN - webopedia
Jini
Jini
LAN
not yet
LU 6.2
not yet
MAC Address
See MAC Address
MIMO - multiple-input multiple-output
official homepage for the MIMO project
MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output)
Faster Wi-Fi (802.11n) Spec [MIMO] approved
MIMO Holds Promise for Wireless
Multicasting
Basic Multicasting Troubleshooting Tools
NETWORKS / NETWORKING
Networking tutorials
ServerWatch
Apache Project
The List (Internet Service Providers) - OMITS SOME
Internet Assigned Number Authority (FTP)
NetNames
IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) home page
Black Box On-Line Catalog
Parallel Port - IEEE 1284
IEE 1284 parallel Port Info
PC Card - formerlay called "PCMCIA"
PC Card FAQ
PC Card Technology Primer
PCI
PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.2
PCI Specs - PCI Special Interest Group
Small PCI Information
PICMG - PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
Determining PCI Version Number
Add PCI Serial Ports with Keyspan expansion cards
PC2 Consulting Home Page
PCI Bus Analyzer
PCI Hardware and Software, 4th Edition
PCI Express = PCIe, formerly 3GIO
PCI Express extensions take aim at AMD
PCI Express
PCI-Express (PCIe) - NationMaster
PCI Express, PCI-X and other mysteries
PCI Express (article by anandtech.com)
DELL PCI Express White Paper
PCIsig
Free PCI Express Measurements Primer - Tektronix
PCI-Express 2.0
PCI Express 1.0, 2.0 & 3.0 - Wikipedia
PCIe 2.0 spec to speed coprocessors
PCI-SIG releases the PCIe 2.0 spec
PCI-SIG - FAQ - PCI Express 2.0
PCI-SIG - PCI Express Base 2.0 Specification
PCIe 2.0 Gets Warm Welcome - Archi-TECH
PCIe 2.0 Base Specificaiton Protocol and Software Overview
PCIe 2.0 means 2x32x - The INQUIRER
PCI-Express 3.0
PCI Express 1.0, 2.0 & 3.0 - Wikipedia
PCI-SIG announces 8GT/s transfer rate for PCIe 3.0
HEXUS.net - Headline :: Pat Gelsinger talks about virtualisation ...
Interconnects: On USB 3.0 and PCIe 3.0
PCIe 3.0 Set at 8 GTps - Archi-TECH
PCI-SIG - FAQ - PCI Express 3.0
PCI SIG sets PCIe 3.0 at 8GTps
PCIe 3.0 draft spec triggers debate
PCI-E 3.0: twice as fast as 2.0 - BeHardware
PCI Express 3.0 Details Announced - MegaGames hardware
PCI-X
PCI Express, PCI-X and other mysteries
PCIx2
AMD announced HyperTransport PCIX2.0
PCI-X 2.0 verification suite
PCMCIA - now called "PC CARD"
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association - 16-bit cards.
When to use PCMCIA, PC Card, and CardBus
PCMCIA Org
Miniature Card technology Primer
How to Install a PCMCIA Card
PIM-SM
not yet
PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol
Limited ot 53Kbps in the U.S.
PPP
Protocols
Protocol Dictionary
Protocols dot com
SecurityProtocols dot com
Protocols - Networksorcery
Protocol Family Encapsulations (pdf)
RFC - Request For Comments
RFC - Search the RFCs
The Request for Comments (RFCs) - Home Page
STD 1 (RFC3700) Internet Official Protocol Standards
FULL STANDARD RFCs - IETF ORG
RFC 3980 - SCSI storage devices containing both iSCSI ports & SAS ports to use the same NAA-based SCSI device name
MORE RFC STANDARDS INFORMATION
RIP and RIP2
RIP & RIP2
SERIAL
Complete Pinout Guide for Parallel Port, Serial Port, Network, PS2 & Monitor Cables
Parallel and Serial Port Cable Pinouts
PC Parallel/Game/Serial Port Info **
Pinouts for various connectors in Real Life(tm) INDEX
Pinouts For Real Life Situations
Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) (IEEE 1394)
Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) (IEEE 1394)
Serial Bus Protocol 3 (SBP-3)
Serial Bus Protocol 3 (SBP-3) (IEEE 1394)
SDP
not yet
SS7 - Signaling System 7
OpenSS7
SNA
not yet
SONET
SONET - Tutorial
Telecom/Telephony - Other
Acronyms / Glossary - David Woodsmall
telcodata.us
Telecom Terms
T1 Glossary
IS-41 - Tekelec
Telecom tutorials
Token Ring (follows 802.5 standard)
Theoretical maximum speed of 16Mbps.
Token Ring - WildPackets
Token Ring is pretty much dead, so refer to David Woodsmalls' Technical books
Packet over SONET
Packet Over SONET: A Technical Primer - PDF
Troubleshooting
Network Troubleshooting
DNSstuff.com
IDE/ATAPI bus utilization monitor - free download
U3 - USB
U3 devices are USB devices that can execute (some) programs.
U3 devices can be used to fix non-booting computers, and run "mobile" applications.IBM UltraPort
IBM UltraPort uses standard USB signalling but provides more power to run devices.
UltraPort uses a proprietary connection standard. UltraPort was an old
USB 1.1 thing on some IBM laptops and not used anywhere else. In fact it
was at the top of the screen and not down on the main body of the laptop.
Ultra-Wideband (UWB)
The first HD broadcast products to be available for purchase
should be UWB products. UWB transmits in bursts, over a wide
frequency range of from 3.1GHz to 10.6GHz. UWB has a throughput
of 480Mbps, and is expected to support Bluetooth 3.0, Wirelesss
USB and other applications.
(Home Theater Magazine)
Will Ultra Wideband Survive? - PCMag - 10/27/2004
Wideband World - PCMag - 04/23/2002
USB / USB 1.1 / USB 2.0 / USB 3.0
There are three data rates supported by USB,
but USB 3.0 is coming very soon.
NOTE: USB 2.0 "Full-Speed" is just marketing-ese for USB 1.1.
Both provide a maximum 12Mbps (1.5 MiB/s) transfer rate, rather than the 480 Mbps (57 MiB/s)
of full USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed). Low Speed rate of 1.5 Mbit/s (183 KiB/s) is
mostly used for slow interface devices, such as keyboards and mice.
Maximum length of USB cables is about 16 feet.
If you want longer cable runs, you need to buy
a $20 active USB extender.
USB - Security Issues and Solutions
USB - WordIQ
USB - Wikipedia
Encyclopedia: USB port - Nationmaster
What is USB
How USB Works (howstuffworks.com)
Universal Serial Bus - (Encyclozine)
Everything USB
USB Org
USB News
Linux USB
USB Debug Tips
Smart, Free Fixes for Your USB Hassles
USB Drivers
Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers
An Introduction to USB Development
USB Developer's Forum
USB in a NutShell - a primer for developers
USB High Speed Electrical Testing Utility - INTEL
USB Resources - Darkhorse
USB Snoopy - free software sniffer
Universal Serial Bus - Intel
Linux USB sub-system
USB Technology - specifications, and white papers
USB 2.0, Hi-Speed USB FAQ
Howstuffworks "How USB Ports Work"
USB - Universal Serial Bus Info, Sales - 12 Mbps
USB - News Releases
USB background
USB Enumeration Problems with OpenHCI Controller on Fast Computers - Microsoft
Availability of the Windows XP SP1 USB 1.1 and 2.0 Update
USB Central
USBMan
Everything USB
USB vs Firewire Debate (1999 - OLD)
Booting Linux off of a USB drive
Make a DOS App Work With a USB Printer, Again - SCROLL DOWN
USB Testing
USB2 - Speeds
Interesting, resonable USB & other cables
USB Combo Kit - sounds interesting - caveat emptor
USB for DOS
USB 3.0 - ten times the speed of USB 2.0
USB 3.0 Is Coming
Slashdot | USB 3 in 2008, 10 Times as Fast
Future Intel ICH6x directions to include USB3, integrated broadband
Latest News at Digit-Life.com :: IDF: USB3.0 Specs Expected in H1 2008
Intel's USB 3.0 and Wireless USB 1.1 target speeds announced: so long Firewire?
Pat Gelsinger (Intel) talks about virtualisation, PCIe 3.0, USB3.0, and more
usb3.0 specification
USB3.0 to use fibre to provide 10x speed boost
USB in a NutShell - Chapter 3 - USB Protocols
USB3 Resources on TechRepublic
Why Powered USB Is Needed, Part 1: The Short History of USB
Why Powered USB Is Needed, Part 2: The Future of USB
Why Powered USB Is Needed, Part 3: USB 3?
USB - OTG = USB On-The-Go
What is USB OTG? - Webopedia
USB.org - USB On-The-Go
USB.org - FAQ: USB On-The-Go
USB On-The-Go Basics
Free USB OTG Technical Papers - Mentor Graphics
USB OTG - PCTechGuide
USB OTG - On-The-Go - Everything USB
NEW Sharing ConceptUSB OTG Bridge (I know nothing about them)
U3: The Ultimate USB Keys?
Wireless USB
Intel Outlines Wireless USB Security
Wireless USB Standard Pledged by Year's End (2004)
See also a major competitor, WirelessHD
USB References
Garney, John et al
USB Hardware and Software
Annabooks $ 95
Hyde, John
USB Design by Example
Intel Press $55 w/CD 0-9702846-5-9
Click here for a more complete list of related reference books
VLAN
VLAN Tutorial
VRRP
VRRP
WfM
not yet
X.25
X.25 Protocol
X.25
OTHER INFORMATION