Networking Glossary
- backbone The primary connectivity mechanism of a hierarchical distributed system. All systems which have connectivity to an intermediate system on the backbone are assured of connectivity to each other. This does not prevent systems from setting up private arrangements with each other to bypass the backbone for reasons of cost, performance, or security. [Source: RFC 1208]
- baseband Characteristic of any network technology that uses a single carrier frequency and requires all stations attached to the network to participate in every transmission. See broadband. [Source: RFC 1208]
- BER (Basic Encoding Rules) Standard rules for encoding data units described in ASN.1. Sometimes incorrectly lumped under the term ASN.1, which properly refers only to the abstract syntax description language, not the encoding technique. [Source: RFC 1208]
- big-endian A format for storage or transmission of binary data in which the most significant bit (or byte) comes first. The reverse convention is called little-endian. [Source: RFC 1208]
- BITNET Because It's Time NETwork. An academic computer network based originally on IBM mainframe systems interconnected via leased 9600 bps lines. BITNET has recently merged with CSNET, The Computer+Science Network (another academic computer network) to form CREN: The Corporation for Research and Educational Networking. See CSNET. [Source: RFC 1208]
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