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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 It’s 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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