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Acronyms and terms

Acronym or termDefinition
APSSApplication processor subsystem
DHCPDynamic host configuration protocol
EEEEnergy Efficient Ethernet
EEPROMElectrically erasable programmable read only memory
EMACEthernet media access control
EVKEvaluation kit
GbEGigabit Ethernet
IPInternet protocol
KconfigKernel configuration
LANLocal area network
LPILow-power idle
MACMedia access control
MDIOManagement data input/output
MTUMaximum transmission unit
netstatNetwork statistics
NICNetwork interface controller
PCIePeripheral component interconnect express
PHYPhysical layer
PMDPoll mode driver
PTPPrecision time protocol
SRIOVSingle root I/O virtualization
TSOTCP segmentation offload
VFVirtual function
WANWide area network