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C. Acronyms and Abbreviations
In most cases, acronyms and abbreviations are defined on first use in this document. Acronyms
and abbreviations are also defined in the following table.
Table 229. Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acronym Definition
100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet at 100 Mbps (12.5 MBps) with auto-negotiation
1000BASE-T Gbps Ethernet over twisted pair a 1 Gbps (125 Mbps)
10GBASE-T Or IEEE 802.3an. A standard by the IEEE 802.3 committee to provide 10 Gigabits per
second (Gbps) (1,250 Megabit per Second (Mbps)) Ethernet connections over
conventional shielded or unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cables.
802.1x IEEE 802.1x Authentication Protocol Standard
ACE Access Control Entry
ACL Access Control List
API Application Programming Interface
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
AVB Audio Video Broadcast, Audio Video Bridging
BFD Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
Boot file The software image (typically a .stk file), which is intended to download and run on the
target NETGEAR ProSafe Managed device.
BSP Board Support Package
CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol
CE Control Element
CLI Command Line Interface
CoS Class of Service. An indication of how an upper-layer protocol requires a lower-layer
protocol to treat its messages. A CoS definition comprises a virtual route number and a
transmission priority field (ToS)