Glossary

3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard

? The help command that can be used at any prompt in the command-line interface for the Cisco IOS software

10GBASE-T 10GB over twisted-pair copper

3G/4G Newer wireless communications technologies. 3G (third generation) was developed to provide broadband network wireless services. The standard defining 3G wireless is called international mobile communications, or IMT 2000. 4G (fourth generation) is the successor to 3G technology and provides download speeds of 100Mbps.

6to4 Prefix A technique that enables IPv6 hosts to communicate over the IPv4 Internet

802.1x An IEEE standard protocol for access control and authentication; also called dot1x

8P8C The proper term for the RJ-45 modular plug used in computer ...

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