GB/T 5271.25-2000 in English

《GB/T 5271.25-2000信息技术 词汇 第25部分:局域网》由TC28（全国信息技术标准化技术委员会）归口，主管部门为国家标准化管理委员会。
为方便信息处理方面的国际交流，特制定此部分标准。本标准给出了与信息处理领域相关的概念的术语和定义，并明确了这些条目之间的关系。本标准定义了各种类型的局域网、有关局域网设备、局域网传输的概念以及这些概念可能出现的问题，还定义了对交换进行管理的各种协议。

Scope

In order to facilitate the international exchange of information processing, this part of the standard is specially formulated. This standard gives the terms and definitions of concepts related to the field of information processing, and clarifies the relationship between these items. In order to facilitate the translation of this standard into other languages, the given definitions avoid language specificity as far as possible. This standard defines various types of local area networks, related local area network equipment, concepts of local area network transmission and problems that may arise from these concepts, and also defines various protocols for managing exchanges.