Abbreviations and Acronyms
AAL |
ATM Adaptation Layer |
ABM |
Asynchronous Balanced Mode |
AC |
Access Control |
ACK |
Acknowledgement |
AM |
Amplitude Modulation |
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
ARPA |
Advanced Research Project Agency |
ARPANET |
Advanced Research Project Agency Network |
ARQ |
Automatic Repeat Request |
ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information |
ASK |
Amplitude Shift Keying |
ASN.1 |
Abstract Syntax Notation 1 |
ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
BCD |
Binary Coded Decimal |
BER |
Bit Error Rate |
B-ISDN |
Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network |
BSC |
Binary Synchronous Communication |
BUS |
Broadcast and Unknown Address Server |
CAP |
Carrierless Amplitude/Phase |
CBR |
Constant Bit Rate |
CBX |
Computer Branch Exchange |
CCITT |
International Consultative Committee .Telegraphy and Telephony |
CMIP |
Common Management Information Protocal |
CMIS |
Common Management Information Service |
CONS |
Connection-Oriented Network Service |
COTS |
Connection-Oriented Transport ',Service |
CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
CSMA |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access |
CSMA/CD |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with CoInsurance |
DARPA |
Defence Advanced Research Project: Agency |
DCE |
Data-Circuit Terminating Equipment |
DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
DLE |
Data Link Escape |
DNS Domain Name System
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
EBDIC Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EIA Electronic Industries Association
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator ES End System
FC Frame Control
FCS Frame Check Sequence
FDDI Fibre Distributed Data Interface
FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FM Frequency Modulation
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
FTP File Transfer Protocol
HDLC High-Level Data Link Control
HEC Header Checksum
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
IBM International Business Machines
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
IDN Integrated Digital Network
IEC International Electro-technical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IP Internet Protocol
IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6
IPng Internet Protocol next generation
IPX Inter-network Packet Exchange
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ITU International Telecommunications Union
LAN Local Area Network
LAPB Link Access Procedure, Balanced
LCN Logical Channel Number
LGN Logical Group Number
LLC Logical Link Control
LSL Link Support Layer
MA Multiple Access
MAC Medium Access Control
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MIB Management Information Base
MTU Maximum Transfer Unit MLTX Multiplexer
NAK Negative Acknowledgement
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NCP Network Control Protocol
NIC Network Interface Card
NNI Network-to-Network Interface
NS Network Service
NSA National Security Agency
NSAP Network Service Access Point
NSDU Network Service Data Unit
NT1 Network Termination 1
NT2 Network Termination 2
OSI Open System Interconnection
PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAM Pulse Amplitude Modulated
PBX Private Branch Exchange
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PDX Private Digital Exchange
PM Phase Modulation
PSK Phase Shift Keying
QoS Quality of Service
RFC Request for Comments
RIP Routing Information Protocol
RSA Algorithm Rivest, Shamir, Adleman Algorithm
RTS Request to Send
SA Source Address
SAP Service Access Point
SAPI Service Access Point Identifier
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SONET Synchronous Optical Network
STM Synchronous Transfer Mode
TA Terminal Adapter
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDM Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TSAP Transport Service Access Point
TPDU Transport Protocol Data Unit
UDB User Data Buffer
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UNI User-Network Interface
UR.L Uniform Resource Locator
UTP Unshield Twisted Pair
VC Virtual Connection
VCC Virtual Channel Connection
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
WAN Wide Area Network
WWW World Wide Web
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