ieee 802

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

IEEE 802

   <networking, standard> The {IEEE} standards for {local area
   networks}.  The {spanning tree algorithm} is defined in {IEEE
   802.1} (under consideration), {Logical Link Control} (LLC, the
   upper portion of the {data link layer}) in {IEEE 802.2},
   {Ethernet} in {IEEE 802.3}, {Token Bus} in IEEE 802.4 and IBM
   {Token Ring} in {IEEE 802.5}.

   The equivalent {ISO} {standard} is IS 8802.

   (1995-02-15)