CertiGuide to Network+  9  Glossary

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IPX/SPX

Netware transport protocols. IPX is connectionless; SPX is connection-oriented.

A protocol that transfers images from cameras to Windows 2000 computers using infrared transmissions, making a physical cable connection unnecessary.

Information Systems. Refer to MIS.

Industry Standard Architecture. Released in 1981 as an 8-bit expansion bus. Updated in 1985 with the 80286 to a 16-bit expansion bus, backwards compatible to the 8-bit. Requires manual setting of IRQ and Memory Addresses on the expansion card.

Time dependent. Refers to processes where data must be delivered within certain time constraints. Multimedia streams require an isochronous transport mechanism to ensure that data is delivered as fast as it is displayed, and to ensure that the audio is synchronized with the video.

Information Technologies. Refer to MIS.

International Telecommunications Union. Operates under the United Nations. Refer to CCITT.

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