TDM and ATM • In the field of transmission technologies, TDM and ATM are the two main competing philosophies for xDSL. Both are abbreviations, as is usual in the realm of technology. TDM stands for Time Division Multiplexing and is based on th...

Fibre Channel Technology • Fibre Channel Technology • What is Fibre Channel? • Fibre Channel is a set of communication standards designed to provide high-speed data transfer over a duplex, serial interface. It’s an open standard that supports ...

Category 5 and 5e • Category 5 and 5e • Category 5 • Category 5 (CAT5) cabling is good, solid cable for 100-Mbps LANs. The Category 5 standard has been around since 1991, so it’s well established. You’ll find existing Category 5 installati...

V.35 - the original serial interface • V.35 - the original serial interface • V.35 is the ITU (formerly CCITT) standard termed “Data Transmission at 48 kbps Using 60–108 KHz Group-Band Circuits. • Basically, V.35 is a high-speed serial interfa...

DisplayPort v1.2 - the most comprehensive and Innovative Display Interface • DisplayPort v1.2 - the most comprehensive and Innovative Display Interface • DisplayPort V1.2 is an extension to the original DisplayPort standard offering many new b...

...A must to keep cool • Networking equipment —especially servers— generates a lot of heat in a relatively small area. Today’s servers are smaller and have faster CPUs than ever. Because most of the power used by these devices is dissipated into the ...

Gigabit Ethernet • Gigabit Ethernet • As workstations and servers migrated from ordinary 10-Mbps Ethernet to 100-Mbps speeds, it became clear that even greater speeds were needed. Gigabit Ethernet was developed for an even faster Ethernet stan...