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List of Abbreviations
AAL | ATM adaptation layer |
ABR | available bit rate |
ATM control point and switch | |
AIX | advanced interactive |
| executive |
APPN | advanced |
| networking |
ARE | all routes explorer |
ARP | address resolution protocol |
ASCII | American (National) Standard |
| Code for Information |
| Interchange |
A T M | asynchronous transfer mode |
AUI | attachment unit interface |
Broadband ISDN | |
BOOTP | boot protocol (IP) |
Bps | bytes per second |
bps | bits per second |
BRI | basic rate interface |
BUS | broadcast and unknown |
| server |
CAC | call admission control |
CAD | common ATM datamover |
CAP | common ATM processor |
CBR | constant bit rate |
CCITT | Comite Consultatif |
| International Telegraphique |
| et Telephonique |
| (International Telegraph and |
| Telephone Consultative |
| Committee) now |
CE | circuit emulation |
CIP | classical IP |
CLP | cell loss priority |
CPCS | common part convergence |
| sublayer |
CRC | cyclic redundancy check |
CSMA/CD | carrier sense multiple access |
| with collision detection |
DAAT | destination address |
| association table |
DE | discard eligibility |
DXI | data exchange interface |
ECC | error correction code |
EFCI | Explicit Forward Congestion |
| Control |
ELID | emulated LAN identifier |
EMC | electromagnetic compatibility |
ETSI | European Telecommunication |
| Standards Institute |
FCS | frame check sequence |
FDDI | fiber distributed data |
| interface |
FPGA | field programmable gate |
| array |
FTP | file transfer protocol |
Gbps | gigabits per second |
GFC | generic flow control |
HDLC | |
HDTV | |
HEC | header error check |
I B M | International Business |
| Machines Corporation |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and |
| Electronics Engineers |
IETF | Internet Engineering Task |
| Force |
IISP | interim |
| protocol |
ILMI | interim local management |
| interface |
INARP | inverse address resolution |
| protocol |
IP | internet protocol |
IPX | Internetwork Packet |
| eXchange |
ISA | industry standard |
| architecture |
ISDN | integrated services digital |
| network |
ISO | International Organization for |
| Standardization |
ITSO | International Technical |
| Support Organization |
International | |
| Telecommunication Union - |
| Telecommunication |
KB | kilobyte |
Kbps | kilobits per second |
LAA | locally administered address |
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