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Appendix: A Basic

Architecture Glossary

is appendix provides a basic glossary of architectural and technology terms, synthesized from a

number of industry sources. is glossary is not intended to be exhaustive.

10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE): Ethernet local area network (LAN) systems operating at 10000

Mbps (10 Gbps) (IEEE Std. 802.3ae-2002.) e 10 Gbps IEEE P802.3ae solution extends

Ethernet capabilities, providing higher bandwidth for multimedia, distributed process-

ing, imaging, and other super-high-speed applications by improving the performance of

(1) LAN, backbone, server and gateway connectivity; (2) switch aggregation functions;

and ( ...