The following terms, abbreviations, and acronyms are used in this document.
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Term |
Description |
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ACC |
active copper cables |
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AOC |
active optical cables |
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APC |
Angled Polished Connector |
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BER |
bit error ratio |
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ConnectX® |
NVIDIA network adapter product family for InfiniBand and Ethernet |
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DAC |
direct attached copper cable |
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DPU |
data processing unit, e.g. NVIDIA BlueField® products |
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finned top |
extra cooling fins on top of the form-factor plug |
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flat top |
as opposed to finned top |
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LinkX |
NVIDIA's cable and transceivers product line |
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MPO |
Multiple-Push-On |
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NRZ |
Non-Return-to-Zero |
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NVIDIA Quantum |
NVIDIA InfiniBand switch product line |
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NVIDIA Spectrum™ |
NVIDIA Ethernet switch product line |
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OSFP |
octal small form-factor plug |
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PAM4 |
Pulse Amplitude Modulation to 4-levels |
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UPC |
Ultra-flat Polished Connector |