@@ -248,33 +248,33 @@ This section provides terms and definitions based on CEN/CLC JTC13 WG09's work o
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms apply:
**Device driver:**A device driver is a piece of software or firmware running on the host that enables communication on the network via the network interface
**device driver:** piece of software or firmware running on the host that enables communication on the network via the network interface
**Network Device Driver Interface (NDDI)**A standardized interface provided by the host operating system or software framework that abstracts the underlying network hardware or virtualized network devices.
**Network Device Driver Interface (NDDI):** standardized interface provided by the host operating system or software framework that abstracts the underlying network hardware or virtualized network devices
**Firmware:**Software stored within a device's non-volatile memory, such as ROM or flash memory, and executed by different types of hardware which can include the physical network interface and the host
**firmware:**software stored within a device's non-volatile memory, such as ROM or flash memory, and executed by different types of hardware which can include the physical network interface and the host
**Host:**Any equipment to which the network interface part provides additional functionality, mainly network connectivity, and to which connection is necessary for the network interface to operate
**host:**any equipment to which the network interface part provides additional functionality, mainly network connectivity, and to which connection is necessary for the network interface to operate
**Modem interface:**a single physical network interface that converts a digital transmission from the host into an analog transmission for the physical transmission adapter
**modem interface:** single physical network interface that converts a digital transmission from the host into an analog transmission for the physical transmission adapter
**Network Interface :**A virtual or physical network interface
**Network Interface (NI):** virtual or physical network interface
**Physical transmission medium:**The physical instantiation of a network, which can be wired or wireless
**physical transmission medium:** physical instantiation of a network, which can be wired or wireless
**Physical transmission media adapter:**A physical adapter on a network interface that transmits and receives data on the medium
**physical transmission media adapter:** physical adapter on a network interface that transmits and receives data on the medium
**Physical network interface:**A hardware device that directly connects to a network using a hardware adapter to the transmission media and is connected to a host system by a communications bus
**physical network interface:** hardware device that directly connects to a network using a hardware adapter to the transmission media and is connected to a host system by a communications bus
**Standalone modem:**A device with two or more network interfaces that routes network data between two different networks, relaying data from one type of physical transmission media to another
**standalone modem:** device with two or more network interfaces that routes network data between two different networks, relaying data from one type of physical transmission media to another
**System bus:**A data transmission bus connecting one or more physical network interfaces to a host
**system bus:** data transmission bus connecting one or more physical network interfaces to a host
**Virtual Network Interface (VNI):**A software-based network interface that simulates the functionality of a physical network interace
**Virtual Network Interface (VNI):** software-based network interface that simulates the functionality of a physical network interace
**Wired network interface:**A physical network interface which transmits data through a fixed, specific medium such as Ethernet cable, fiber optic cable, coaxial cable or power lines
**wired network interface:** physical network interface which transmits data through a fixed, specific medium such as Ethernet cable, fiber optic cable, coaxial cable or power lines
**Wireless network interface:**A physical network interface which transmits data in a manner that does not require a specific medium, such as radiofrequency waves or visible light communication through the air
**wireless network interface:** physical network interface which transmits data in a manner that does not require a specific medium, such as radiofrequency waves or visible light communication through the air