| A | B |
| IEEE | ORGANIZATON WHOSE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNTIES AND NETWORK STANDARDS. |
| DATA LINK | LAYER 2 OF THE OSI REFERENCE MODEL. |
| COLLISION DOMAIN | NETWORK AREA WITHIN WHICH FRAMES COLLIDED ARE PROPAGTED. |
| ENCAPSULATION | WRAPPING OF DATA PROTOCOL HEADER. |
| TOKEN RING | IT RUNS AT 4 OR 16 MBPS OVER A RING TOPOLOGY. |
| HEXADECIMAL | BASE 16. |
| ADDRESS | DATA STRUCTURE OR LOGICAL CONVENTION USED TO IDENTIFY A UNIQUE ENTITY. |
| MAC | LOWER OF THE TWO SUBLAYERS OF THE DATA LINK LAYER DEFINED BY THE IEEE. |
| FRAME | LOGICAL GROUP OF INFORMATION SENT AS A DATA LINK LAYER UNIT OVER A TRANSMISSION MEDIUM. |
| LLC | HIGHER OF THE TWO DATA LINK LAYER. |
| CSMACD | MEDIA- ACESS MECHANISM WHEREIN DEVICES READY TO TRANSMIT DATA FIRST CHECK THE CHANNEL FOR A CARRIER. |