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T-1
A leased-line connection capable of carrying data at 1,544,000 bits-per-second. At maximum theoretical capacity, a T-1 line could move a megabyte in less than 10 seconds. That is still not fast enough for full-screen, full-motion video, for which you need at least 10,000,000 bits-per-second. T-1 lines are commonly used to connect large LANs to the Internet.

T-3
A leased-line connection capable of carrying data at 44,736,000 bits-per-second. This is more than enough to do full-screen, full-motion video.

Tags
Elements within web pages that describe how the information in that web page should be structured and displayed.

TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - the fundamental communication mechanism used on the Internet. Invented by Robert Kahn and Vint Cerf.

Teleworking
What happens when people use technology such as video and data conferencing to work with each other at a distance.

Telnet
An application allowing remote login between computers located anywhere on the Internet.

Terminal Adapter
A device allowing data to be sent over an ISDN line, much like a conventional modem does over a telephone line.

Topology
A network’s topology is a description of the kind of layout that has been used to cable the computers together.

Twisted pair
Twisted pair is a networking cabling system that uses the same kind of cabling as ordinary phone wires.