Data Communication Networks
Abbreviations
These abbreviations may be used in Data Communication
Networks:
AAL (ATM Adaptation Layer),
AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Systems),
API (Application Program Interface),
API/CS (Application Program Interface/Communication Services),
APIS (Application Program Interfaces),
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol),
ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency),
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode),
BISDN (Broadband ISDN),
CDPD (Cellular Digital Data Packet System),
CCS (Common Channel Switching),
CMIS (Common Management Information Services),
CMIP (Common Management Information Protocol),
CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check),
CS (Convergence Sublayer),
DECmcc (DEC Management Control Center),
DNA (Digital Network Architecture),
DS (Digital Signal),
EMA (Enterprise Management Architecture),
EMS (Element Management System),
FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface),
GSM (Global Systems for Mobile Communications),
IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force),
IMP (Interface Message Processor),
IP (Internet Protocol),
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network),
ISO (International Standards Organization),
IVDS (Interactive Video & Data),
LANAO (NetView's LAN Automation Option),
LNM (LAN Network Manager),
LU (Logical Unit),
mfb (more fragments bit),
MIB (Management Information Base),
MODEM (Modulator/Demodulator),
MST (Minimal Spanning Tree),
MTU (Maximum Transfer Unit),
NAS (Network Application Support),
NAU (Network Addressable Units),
NMA (Network Management Architecture),
NNI (Network-Network Interface),
NMP (Network Management Protocol),
NMS (Network Management Station),
NMVT (Network Management Vector Transport),
OFS (Private Operational-Fixed Microwave),
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection),
PCS (Personal Communications Service),
PDU (Protocol Data Unit),
PMD (Physical Medium Dependent),
PU (Physical Unit),
SAR (Segmentation and Reassembly),
SDLC (Synchronous Data Link Control),
SMAE (Systems Management Application Entity),
SMAP (Systems Management Application Processes),
SMI (Structure of Management Information),
SMR (Specialized Mobile Radio),
SNA (Systems Network Architecture),
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol),
SONET (Synchronous Optical Network),
SS7 (Signaling System #7),
SSCP (System Control Points),
Spanning Tree Algorithm (STA),
STM (Synchronous Transfer Mode),
STS (Synchronous Transfer Signal),
TC (Transmission Convergence),
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol),
TDM (Time Division Multiplexing),
UDP (User Datagram Protocol),
UNI (User-Network Interface),
UNMA (Unified Network Management Architecture),
VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier),
VPI (Virtual Path Identifier).
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© Kathleen M. Kaplan 2000
Dr. Kathleen Kaplan, Howard University
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