GLOSSARY
work module hardware and software, IP connectivity, and SNMP network management.
ANSI (American National Standards Institute) - a private organization that coordinates the setting and approval of some U.S. standards. It also repre- sents the United States to the International Standards Organization.
API (Application Program Interface) - a language format that defines how a program can be made to interact with another program, service, or other soft- ware; it allows users to develop custom interfaces with FORE products.
APP (application program) - a complete,
AppleTalk - a networking protocol developed by Apple Computer for com- munication between Apple’s products and other computers. Independent of the network layer, AppleTalk runs on LocalTalk, EtherTalk and TokenTalk.
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) - a method used to resolve higher level protocol addressing (such as IP) into the appropriate header data required for ATM; i.e., port, VPI, and VCI; also defines the AAL type to be used.
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) - a standard character set that (typically) assigns a
Assigned Cell - a cell that provides a service to an upper layer entity or ATM Layer Management entity
asxmon - a FORE program that repeatedly displays the state of the switch and of all its active ports.
Asynchronous time division multiplexing - a multiplexing technique in which a transmission capability is organized into a priori, unassigned time slots. The time slots are assigned to cells upon request of each application’s instantaneous real need.
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) - a transfer mode in which the informa- tion is organized into cells. It is asynchronous in the sense that the recurrence of cells containing information from an individual user is not necessarily periodic.
ATM Forum - an international
ATM Layer link - a section of an ATM Layer connection between two adja- cent active ATM Layer entities
ATM Link - a virtual path link (VPL) or a virtual channel link (VCL).
