Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations
- A
- ampere
- AARP
- AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
- ABP
- alternate bipolar
- ACK
- acknowledgement
- ACS
- asynchronous communication server
- ACSE
- Association Control Service Element
- ACTLU
- activate logical unit
- ACTPU
- activate physical unit
- ADSP
- AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol
- AEP
- AppleTalk Echo Protocol
- AFP
- AppleTalk Filing Protocol
- AFRP
- ARCNET Fragmentation Protocol
- AGS
- asynchronous gateway server
- AI
- artificial intelligence
- AMI
- alternate mark inversion
- AMT
- address mapping table
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- API
- applications program interface
- APPC
- Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
- ARE
- all routes explorer
- ARI
- address recognized indicator bit
- ARM
- administrative runtime module
- ARP
- Address Resolution Program
- ARPA
- Advanced Research Projects Agency
- ARPANET
- Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASN.1
- Abstract Syntax Notation One
- ASP
- AppleTalk Session Protocol
- ATM
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- ATP
- AppleTalk Transaction Protocol
- AVM
- administrative view module
- B8ZS
- bipolar with 8 ZERO substitution
- BC
- block check
- BER
- Basic Encoding Rules
- BIOS
- Basic Input/Output System
- BITNET
- Because Its Time NETwork
- BIU
- basic information unit
- BOC
- Bell Operating Company
- BOOTP
- Bootstrap Protocol
- BPDU
- bridge protocol data unit
- bps
- bits per second
- BPV
- bipolar violations
- BRI
- basic rate interface
- BSC
- binary synchronous communication
- BSD
- Berkeley Software Distribution
- BTU
- basic transmission unit
- BUI
- browser user interface
- CCIS
- common channel interoffice signaling
- CCITT
- International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee
- CCR
- commitment, concurrency, and recovery
- CICS
- customer information communication system
- CLNP
- Connectionless Network Protocol
- CLNS
- Connectionless-mode Network Services
- CLTP
- Connectionless Transport Protocol
- CMIP
- Common Management Information Protocol
- CMIS
- Common Management Information Service
- CMISE
- Common Management Information Service Element
- CMOL
- CMIP on IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control
- CMOT
- Common Management Information Protocol over TCP/IP
- CONS
- Connection-mode Network Services
- CORBA
- Common Object Request Broker Architecture
- COS
- Corporation for Open Systems
- CPE
- customer premises equipment
- CPE
- convergence protocol entity
- CRC
- cyclic redundancy check
- CREN
- The Corporation for Research and Educational Networking
- CRS
- configuration report server
- CSMA/CD
- Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
- CSNET
- computer+science network
- CSU
- channel service unit
- CTERM
- Command Terminal Protocol
- DAP
- Data Access Protocol
- DARPA
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- DAT
- duplicate address test
- DCA
- Defense Communications Agency
- DCC
- Data Country Code
- DCE
- data circuit-terminating equipment
- DDCMP
- Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
- DDN
- Defense Data Network
- DDP
- Datagram Delivery Protocol
- DECmcc
- DEC Management Control Center
- DEMPR
- DEC multiport repeater
- DIX
- DEC, Intel, and Xerox
- DL
- data link
- DLC
- data link control
- DMA
- direct memory access
- DMI
- Desktop Management Interface
- DMTF
- Desktop Management Task Force
- DNIC
- Data Network Identification Code
- DNS
- Domain Name System
- DOD
- Department of Defense
- DPA
- demand protocol architecture
- DRP
- DECnet Routing Protocol
- DSAP
- destination service access point
- DSU
- data service unit
- DSU/CSU
- data service unit/channel service unit
- DTE
- data terminal equipment
- DTR
- data terminal ready
- EBCDIC
- Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
- ECL
- End Communication layer
- ECSA
- Exchange Carriers Standards Association
- EDI
- electronic data interchange
- EGA
- enhanced graphics array
- EGP
- Exterior Gateway Protocol
- EIA
- Electronic Industries Association
- ELAP
- EtherTalk Link Access Protocol
- EOT
- end of transmission
- ESF
- extended superframe format
- ES-IS
- End System to Intermediate System Protocol
- FAL
- file access listener
- FAT
- file access table
- FCC
- Federal Communications Commission
- FCI
- frame copied indicator bit
- FCS
- frame check sequence
- FDDI
- fiber data distributed interface
- FDM
- frequency division multiplexing
- FID
- format identifier
- FIPS
- Federal Information Processing Standard
- FM
- function management
- FMD
- function management data
- FT1
- fractional T1
- FTAM
- File Transfer Access and Management
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol
- G
- giga-
- GB
- gigabyte
- GHz
- gigahertz
- GOSIP
- Government OSI profile
- GUI
- graphical user interface
- HA
- hardware address
- HDLC
- high-level data link control
- HEMS
- high-level entity management system
- HLLAPI
- High-level language API
- HMMO
- Hypermedia Managed Object
- HMOM
- Hypermedia Object Manager
- HMMP
- Hypermedia Management Protocol
- HMMS
- Hypermedia Management Schema
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- Hz
- hertz
- IAB
- Internet Activities Board
- IANA
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- ICD
- international code designator
- ICMP
- Internet Control Message Protocol
- ICP
- Internet Control Protocol
- IDP
- Internetwork Datagram Protocol
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IETF
- Internet Engineering Task Force
- I/G
- individual/group
- IGP
- Interior Gateway Protocol
- IGRP
- Internet Gateway Routing Protocol
- IMPS
- interface message processors
- I/O
- input/output
- IOC
- inter-office channel
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- IPC
- Interprocess Communications Protocol
- IPX
- Internetwork Packet Exchange Protocol
- IR
- Internet router
- IRTF
- Internet Research Task Force
- ISDN
- Integrated Services Digital Network
- IS-IS
- Intermediate System to Intermediate System Protocol
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- ISODE
- ISO Development Environment
- ITU
- International Telecommunication Union
- IXC
- inter-exchange carrier
- JDBC
- Java Database Connectivity
- JMAPI
- Java Management Application Programming Interface
- Kbps
- kilobits per second
- KHz
- kilohertz
- LAA
- locally administered address
- LAN
- local area network
- LAP
- link access procedure
- LAPB
- Link Access Procedure Balanced
- LAPD
- Link Access Procedure D Channel
- LAT
- Local Area Transport
- LATA
- local access transport area
- LAVC
- local area VAX cluster
- LDAP
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LEC
- local exchange carrier
- LEN
- length
- LF
- largest frame
- LLAP
- LocalTalk Link Access Protocol
- LLC
- Logical Link Control
- LME
- layer management entity
- LMI
- layer management interface
- LMMP
- LAN/MAN Management Protocol
- LMMPE
- LAN/MAN Management Protocol Entity
- LMMS
- LAN/MAN Management Service
- LMMU
- LAN/MAN Management User
- LPP
- Lightweight Presentation Protocol
- LSB
- least significant bit
- LSL
- Link Support layer
- MAC
- medium access control
- MAN
- metropolitan area network
- Mbps
- megabits per second
- MHS
- message handling service
- MHz
- megahertz
- MIB
- management information base
- MILNET
- MILitary NETwork
- MIOX
- Multiprotocol Interconnect over X.25
- MIPS
- millions instructions per second
- MIS
- management information systems
- MLID
- multiple link interface driver
- MNP
- Microcom Networking Protocol
- MOP
- Maintenance Operations Protocol
- MSAU
- multistation access unit
- MSB
- most significant bit
- MTA
- message transfer agent
- MTBF
- mean time between failures
- MTTR
- mean time to repair
- MTU
- maximum transmission unit
- MUX
- multiplex, multiplexor
- NACS
- NetWare Asynchronous Communications Server
- NAK
- negative acknowledgement
- NASI
- NetWare Asynchronous Service Interface
- NAU
- network addressable unit
- NAUN
- nearest active upstream neighbor
- NBP
- Name Binding Protocol
- NCP
- Network Control Program
- NCP
- NetWare Core Protocol
- NCSI
- network communications services interface
- NDIS
- Network Driver Interface Standard
- NetBEUI
- NetBIOS Extended User Interface
- NetBIOS
- Network Basic Input/Output System
- NFS
- Network File System
- NIC
- network information center
- NIC
- network interface card
- NICE
- network information and control exchange
- NIS
- names information socket
- NIST
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- NLM
- netware loadable module
- NMS
- network management station
- NOC
- network operations center
- NOS
- network operating system
- NSF
- National Science Foundation
- NSP
- Network Services Protocol
- NT
- network termination
- OC1
- optical carrier, level 1
- ODI
- Open Data Link Interface
- OID
- object identifier
- OIM
- OSI Internet management
- OSF
- Open Software Foundation
- OSI
- Open Systems Interconnection
- OSI-RM
- Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model
- OSPF
- Open Shortest Path First
- PA
- protocol address
- PABX
- private automatic branch exchange
- PAD
- packet assembler and disassembler
- PAP
- Printer Access Protocol
- PBX
- private branch exchange
- PCI
- protocol control information
- PCM
- pulse code modulation
- PDN
- public data network
- PDU
- protocol data unit
- PEP
- Packet Exchange Protocol
- PLEN
- protocol length
- POP
- point of presence
- POSIX
- Portable Operating System Interface-UNIX
- POTS
- plain old telephone service
- PPP
- Point-to-Point Protocol
- PSN
- packet switch node
- PSP
- presentation services process
- PSPDN
- packet switched public data network
- PTP
- point-to-point
- PUC
- Public Utility Commission
- RARP
- Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- RBOC
- Regional Bell Operating Company
- RC
- routing control
- RD
- route descriptor
- RFC
- request for comments
- RFS
- remote file system
- RH
- request/response header
- RI
- routing information
- RII
- route information indicator
- RIP
- Routing Information Protocol
- RJE
- remote job entry
- ROSE
- Remote Operations Service Element
- RMI
- Remote Method Invocation
- RMON
- remote monitoring
- RPC
- remote procedure call
- RPS
- ring parameter server
- RSX
- Realtime Resource-Sharing eXecutive
- RT
- routing type
- RU
- request/response unit
- SABME
- set asynchronous balanced mode extended
- SAP
- service access point
- SAP
- Service Advertising Protocol
- SCS
- system communication services
- SDLC
- Synchronous Data Link Control
- SDN
- software defined network
- SEQ
- sequence
- SGMP
- Simple Gateway Management Protocol
- SLIP
- Serial Line IP
- SMB
- server message block
- SMDS
- Switched Multimegabit Data Service
- SMI
- structure of management information
- SMI
- system management interface
- SMTP
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SNA
- System Network Architecture
- SNADS
- Systems Network Architecture Distribution Services
- SNAP
- sub-network access protocol
- SNMP
- Simple Network Management Protocol
- SOH
- start of header
- SONET
- Synchronous Optical Network
- SPP
- Sequenced Packet Protocol
- SPX
- Sequenced Packet Exchange protocol
- SR
- source routing
- SRF
- specifically routed frame
- SRI
- Stanford Research Institute
- SRT
- source routing transparent
- SSAP
- source service access point
- STE
- spanning tree explorer
- SUA
- stored upstream address
- SVC
- switched virtual circuit
- TB
- terabyte
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TCP/IP
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- TDM
- time division multiplexing
- TELNET
- Telecommunications Network Protocol
- TFTP
- Trivial File Transfer Protocol
- TH
- transmission header
- TLAP
- TokenTalk Link Access Protocol
- TLI
- Transport Layer Interface
- TLV
- Type-Length-Value encoding
- TP
- Transport Protocol
- TSR
- terminate-and-stay resident
- UA
- unnumbered acknowledgement
- UA
- user agent
- UDP
- User Datagram Protocol
- U/L
- universal/local
- ULP
- Upper Layer Protocols
- UNMA
- unified network management architecture
- UT
- universal time
- UTP
- unshielded twisted pair
- UUCP
- UNIX to UNIX copy program
- V
- volt
- VAN
- value-added network
- VAP
- value-added process
- VARP
- VINES Address Resolution Protocol
- VFRP
- VINES Fragmentation Protocol
- VGA
- video graphics array
- VICP
- VINES Internet Control Protocol
- VINES
- Virtual Networking System
- VIP
- VINES Internet Protocol
- VIPC
- VINES Interprocess Communications
- VLSI
- very large-scale integration
- VMS
- virtual memory system
- VRTP
- VINES Routing Update Protocol
- VSPP
- VINES Sequenced Packet Protocol
- VT
- virtual terminal
- WAN
- wide area network
- WBEM
- Web-based Enterprise Management
- WIN
- window
- XDR
- External data representation
- XID
- exchange identification
- XMP
- X/Open Management Protocol
- XNS
- Xerox Network System
- ZIP
- Zone Information Protocol
- ZIS
- Zone Information Socket
- ZIT
- Zone Information Table
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