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protocol converter

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(networking)protocol converter - A device or program to translate between different protocols which serve similar functions (e.g. TCP and TP4).

Some call this a "gateway", though others use that term for other kinds of internetworking device.


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Backup administrators needed to use a Fibre Channel to parallel SCSI protocol converter (also called a Bridge or Router) to connect their native SCSI drives and libraries to the Fibre Channel SAN.
in Wichita Falls, Texas, is a fieldbus transmitter that contains a microprocessor and protocol converter so it can switch "bus" protocols at will.
PARIS -- Ekinops, a leading provider of optical transport, DWDM, and aggregation solutions, today announced that Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) has deployed the Ekinops 10-Gigabit LAN PHY (local area network physical layer device) to WAN PHY (wide area network physical layer device) protocol converter to connect its 10-Gigabit Ethernet network to an OC-192/STM-64 submarine network between the US and Europe.
 
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