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Glossary

GL-3

7510-A2-GB20-10

November 1997

A method for interleaving several access channels onto a single circuit for transmission
over the network.

A connection or switching point on the network.

A non-latching loopback can only be initiated or terminated by the 56 kbps network service
provider.

No Signal. A network-reported condition.

Out Of Frame. An error condition in which frame synchronization bits are in error. A
network-reported condition.

Out of Service. A digital network trouble signal.

Packet Assembler/Disassembler.

A data network circuit with one control and one tributary device.

The rules that govern how devices exchange information on a network. It covers timing,
format, error control, and flow control during data transmission.

Public Switched Telephone Network. A network shared among many users who can use
telephones to establish connections between two points.

A reinitialization of the device that occurs at power-up or in response to a reset command.

Routing Information Protocol. Specifies the routing protocol used between DSUs.

Receive Line Signal Detect. See CD.

A device that makes decisions about the paths network traffic should take and forwards
that traffic to its destination. A router helps achieve interoperability and connectivity
between different vendor’s equipment, regardless of protocols used.

An EIA standard for the 25-pin DCE/DTE interface. Same as EIA-232.

Request to Send. An EIA-lead standard for V.24 circuit CT 105; an input signal
(DTE-to-DCE).

Received Clock. An EIA-lead standard for V.24 circuit CT 115; an output signal
(DCE-to-DTE).

Received Data. An EIA-lead standard for V.24 circuit CT 104; an output signal
(DCE-to-DTE).

Synchronous Data Link Control. A standard data link protocol.

Data transmission that is synchronized by timing signals. Characters are sent at a fixed
rate.

Time Division Multiplexer. A device that enables the simultaneous transmission of multiple
independent data streams into a single high-speed data stream.

Test Mode. An EIA-lead standard for V.24 circuit CT 142; an output signal ( DCE-to-DTE ).

Transmit Clock. An EIA-lead standard for V.24 circuit CT 114; an output signal
(DCE-to-DTE).

Transmit Data. An EIA-lead standard for V.24 circuit CT 103; an input signal
(DTE-to-DCE).

ITU-T standard for a high-speed, 34-pin, DCE/DTE interface.

Wide Area Network. A network that operates over long distances and spans a relatively
large geographic area (e.g., a country).

multiplexing

node

non-latching
loopback

NS

OOF

OOS

PAD

point-to-point circuit

protocol

PSTN

reset

RIP

RLSD

router

RS-232

RTS

RXC

RXD

SDLC

synchronous

TDM

TM

TXC

TXD

V.35

WAN