Telecommunications Industry Association TIA
An organization that develops standards that relate to telecommunications technologies. Together, the TIA and the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) have formalized standards, such as EIA/TIA-232, for the electrical characteristics of data transmission.
Telnet A remote-access application that provides remote terminal access between hosts on a network. As a troubleshooting tool, Telnet can verify the application layer software between source and destination stations. This is the most complete test mechanism available for the OSI reference model.
thermal compound A substance that increases thermal conductivity between the surface of two of more objects.
thermal paper Chemically treated paper with a waxy quality. It becomes black when heated. Most thermal printer print heads are the width of the paper. The paper is supplied in the form of a roll.
thermal printer A printer that marks special thermal paper by applying heat to areas of the paper that are to be darkened to represent characters.
thicknet Coaxial cable that was used in older networks and operated at 10 Mbps with a maximum length of 500 meters. Also called 10BASE5.
thinnet Coaxial cable that was used in older networks and operated at 10 Mbps with a maximum length of 185 meters. Also called 10BASE2.
three-claw part retriever A tool used to retrieve and manipulate small parts.
Token Ring network Uses a ring topology and a token-passing methodology to create collision-free data transmission.
toner Powder-type ink used in laser printers and photocopiers to form text and images on printer paper.
topology The actual physical layout of a network. Or, in the case of a logical topology, the signal or data flows in a network.
torx screwdriver A tool used to tighten or loosen screws that have a star-shaped depression on the top, a feature that is mainly found on laptop screws.
touchpad A pressure-sensitive input pad that controls the cursor.
touch screen An interactive LCD or CRT monitor that detects when something is pressed on it.
tracert A Windows utility that traces the route that a packet takes from source computer to destination host.
track A complete circle around a hard-drive platter made up of groups of 512-byte sectors.
trackball A ball that is rotated to control the cursor.
trackpoint An input stick that controls the cursor.
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) The primary Internet protocol for delivering data. TCP includes facilities for end-to-end connection establishment, error detection and recovery, and metering the rate of data flow into the network. Many standard applications, such as e-mail, web browsers, file transfer, and Telnet, depend on the services of TCP.
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