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Touchstone TM402 Telephony Modem User’s Guide 55

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Glossary

The following is a list of common cable and networking terms.

Terms and Abbreviations

A/B Cable

A USB cable that has a narrow rectangular connector on one end (A) and a

notched square connector (B) on the other end.

Category 5 (Cat5)

A high-quality type of cable, used for Fast Ethernet (100BaseT) connec-

tions. When purchasing Ethernet cables, always look for Category 5 cable.

Coaxial cable (coax)

A thin wire, used to connect your television and Telephony Modem to the

cable TV system. You can buy coax from any electronics retailer and many

discount stores.

CPE

Customer Premise Equipment. This is the equipment that is plugged in to

the telephony modem; typically a computer, hub, or router.

Cross-over

An Ethernet cable used to connect two hubs (or a hub and a cable modem)

together. Also, some Ethernet hubs may have built-in cross-over on one or

more ports (which eliminates the need for a cross-over cable).

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. An IP protocol used to provide an IP

address and location of services (such as DNS and TFTP) needed by a

device connecting to the network. DHCP allows the cable company to con-

figure your computer’s networking software for you.

DNS

Domain Name Service (Server). An IP service that associates a domain

name (such as www.example.com) with an IP address.

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