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Glossary

In communications, a number of special terms are used, many of these terms are referenced by acronyms.

This appendix contains a concise, alphabetized listing of conventional communications terms and (where applicable) their associated acronyms. Most of these terms (but not necessarily all) are used in this manual.

Commonly Used Acronyms and Abbreviations

This is a listing of acronyms, and their derivation, that are commonly used throughout this manual.

ARP

AddressResolution Protocol

ASCII

American National Standard Code for InformationInterchange

AUI

Attachment Unit Interface

AAUI

AppleAttachment Unit Interface

BOOTP

Boot Strap Protocol

BPS

Bits Per Second

CPU

Central ProcessingUnit

CRS

COMMREQ Status

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

DCE

DataCommunicationsEquipment

DCS

Detailed Channel Status

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DOS

Disk Operating System

DTE

Data TerminalEquipment

GSM

GEnet System Manager

HHexadecimal

I/O

Input/Output

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IP

Internet Protocol

K1024

KB

Kilobyte(1024bytes)

LAN

LocalAreaNetwork

LED

Light EmittingDiode

LIS

LANInterfaceStatus

LLC

LogicalLinkControl

LSAP

Link Layer ServiceAccess Point

MAC

MediumAccessControl

MB

Megabyte(1,048,576bytes)

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