Glossary

access server

A generic name for a family of Digital Equipment Corporation access servers.

access server configuration database

A load host database that contains the DECnet characteristics and the access server type, the load file name, and the dump file name for each access server.

access server image

A file in the access server directory on the load host that contains executable code.

Address Resolution Protocol

See ARP.

American National Standards Institute

See ANSI.

ANSI

American National Standards Institute. This organization compiles and publishes computer industry standards.

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol. The Internet protocol that enables a host or a gateway to dynamically map, or translate, an Internet address into the correct physical hardware address so as to send a packet to a target computer on the same physical network.

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