LAN9250
TABLE 1-1:
GENERAL TERMS (CONTINUED)
Term
Description
NRZI
Non Return to Zero Inverted. This encoding method inverts the signal for a “1” and
leaves the signal unchanged for a “0”
N/A
Not Applicable
NC
No Connect
OUI
Organizationally Unique Identifier
Refers to data output from the device to the host
Parallel In Serial Out
Outbound
PISO
PLL
Phase Locked Loop
PTP
Precision Time Protocol
RESERVED
Refers to a reserved bit field or address. Unless otherwise noted, reserved bits must
always be zero for write operations. Unless otherwise noted, values are not guaran-
teed when reading reserved bits. Unless otherwise noted, do not read or write to
reserved addresses.
RTC
SA
Real-Time Clock
Source Address
SFD
Start of Frame Delimiter - The 8-bit value indicating the end of the preamble of an
Ethernet frame.
SIPO
SMI
Serial In Parallel Out
Serial Management Interface
SQE
SSD
Signal Quality Error (also known as “heartbeat”)
Start of Stream Delimiter
UDP
UUID
WORD
User Datagram Protocol - A connectionless protocol run on top of IP networks
Universally Unique IDentifier
16 bits
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