IBM SG24-4817-00 - Manual (Page 307)

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List of Abbreviations
AAL ATM adaptation layer
ABR available bit rate
A-CPSW ATM control point and switch
AIX advanced interactive
executive
APPN advanced peer-to-peer
networking
ARE all routes explorer
ARP address resolution protocol
ASCII American (National) Standard
Code for Information
Interchange
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
AUI attachment unit interface
B-ISDN Broadband ISDN
BOOTP boot protocol (IP)
Bps bytes per second
bps bits per second
BRI basic rate interface
BUS broadcast and unknown
s e r v e r
CAC call admission control
CAD common ATM datamover
CAP common ATM processor
CBR constant bit rate
CCITT Comite Consultatif
International Telegraphique
et Telephonique
(International Telegraph and
Telephone Consultative
Committee) now ITU-T
CE circuit emulation
CIP classical IP
CLP cell loss priority
CPCS common part convergence
sublayer
CRC cyclic redundancy check
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access
with collision detection
DAAT destination address
association table
DE discard eligibility
DXI data exchange interface
ECC error correction code
EFCI Explicit Forward Congestion
Control
ELID emulated LAN identifier
EMC electromagnetic compatibility
ETSI European Telecommunication
Standards Institute
FCS frame check sequence
FDDI fiber distributed data
interface
FPGA field programmable gate
a r r a y
FTP file transfer protocol
Gbps gigabits per second
GFC generic flow control
HDLC high-level data link control
HDTV high-definition tele-video
HEC header error check
I B M International Business
Machines Corporation
IEEE Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers
IETF Internet Engineering Task
Force
IISP interim inter-switch signaling
protocol
ILMI interim local management
interface
INARP inverse address resolution
protocol
IP internet protocol
IPX Internetwork Packet
eXchange
ISA industry standard
architecture
ISDN integrated services digital
network
ISO International Organization for
Standardization
ITSO International Technical
Support Organization
ITU-T International
Telecommunication Union -
Telecommunication
KB kilobyte
Kbps kilobits per second
LAA locally administered address
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