Lan Tutorial With Glossary of Terms: A Complete Introduction to Local Area Networks (Lan Networking Library)

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B8ZS (binary eight zero substitution), 25, 26, 41

backup systems, 375376, 379

bacteria programs, 570

baseband LANs, 339, 342,

benchmarks, server, 517522

bindery, 359360

Bipolar AMI (Alternate Mark Inversions), 25, 26

bipolar signaling, 40

Biometrics, 537541

errors, 537538

types, 538540

bonding, 48

BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol), 172, 174

BPI (Baseline Privacy Interface), 143

BPV (bipolar violation), 40

BRI (Basic Rate Interface), 4245, 49

bridges, 429433

buses and, 318320

data-link, 429

described, 426, 429

filtering and, 426427, 430431

managing, 433

as protocol-independent , 430

reasons for using, 429430

remote/local, 432

source routing and, 431432

Token Rings and, 455456

Bridged taps, 58

broadband LANs, 339342

broadcast domains, 442444

browsers. See Web browsers

BSI (British Standards Institute), 10

buffering, 313

bus topology, 99, 101102

buses, 4, 318327