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Description |
| gateway |
A system (hardware-software combination) that links otherwise incompatible networks to communicate with one another.
The term often refers to the server computer that links a LAN to the Internet. |
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| Gbps |
Gbps (Gigabits per second, not to be confused with GBps) stands for billions of bits per second or gigabits per second and is a measure of bandwidth (the total information flow over a given time) on a communications medium.
A gigabit is a billion bits (binary pulses), or 1,000,000,000 (10^9) bits. Bits in data communications are discrete signal pulses and have historically been counted using the decimal number system.
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| GEOS |
| Geo-synchronous Orbit Satellites |
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| Gig-E |
Gig-E (Gigabit Ethernet) refers to Ethernet at 1000 Megabits per second.
See also: Ethernet. |
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| GRE |
| General Routing Encapsulation |
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| Term |
Description |
Glossary