Glossary
10BaseT | A |
address | A symbol (usually numeric) that identifies the interface attached to a network. |
agent (SNMP) | A software program housed within a device to provide SNMP functionality. Each agent |
| stores management information and responds to the manager's request for this |
| information. |
AN | Access Node. Also known as DSLAM. |
ARP | Address Resolution Protocol. Part of the TCP/IP suite, ARP dynamically links an IP |
| address with a physical hardware address. |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange. The standard for data transmission |
| over telephone lines. A |
| ASCII code consists of 32 control characters (nondisplayed) and 96 displayed characters. |
ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A |
| multiplexing technique using |
| simultaneously. |
authentication server | An authentication server can either be a RADIUS server or an XTACACS server and can |
| be used to confirm an |
backplane | A common bus at the rear of a nest or chassis that provides communications and power to |
| circuit card slots. |
bandwidth | The range of frequencies that can be passed by a transmission medium, or the range of |
| electrical frequencies a device is capable of handling. |
BER | Bit Error Rate. The number of bits in error over a given period compared to the number of |
| bits transmitted successfully. |
BootP | Bootstrap Protocol. Described in RFCs 951 and 1084, it is used for booting diskless |
| nodes. |
bps | Bits per second. Bits per second. Indicates the speed at which bits are transmitted across |
| a data connection. |
broadcast | A method of transmission. The simultaneous transmission to two or more communicating |
| devices. |
BVI | Bridge Virtual Interface on a Cisco router. |
byte | A sequence of successive bits (usually eight) handled as a unit in data transmission. |
CAP | Carrierless Amplitude Modulation and Phase Modulation. A transmission technology for |
| implementing a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). The transmit and receive signals are |
| modulated into two |
central office | CO. The PSTN facility that houses one or more switches serving local telephone |
| subscribers. |
client | A device that receives a specific service, such as database management, from a server. |
community name | An identification used by an SNMP manager to grant an SNMP server access rights to |
| MIB. |
January 1999 |
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