Glossary
ANM
Answer Message: A BISUP call control message from the receiving exchange to the sending exchange indicating answer and that a through connection should be completed in both directions.
ANSI
American National Standards Institute: A U.S. standards body.
API
Application Program Interface: A programming interface used for interprogram communications or for interfacing between protocol layers.
API_connection
Native ATM Application Program Interface Connection: API_connection is a relationship between an API_endpoint and other ATM devices that has the following characteristics:
•Data communication may occur between the API_endpoint and the other ATM devices comprising the API_connection
•Each API_connection may occur over a duration of time only once; the same set of communicating ATM devices may form a new connection after a prior connection is released
•The API_connection may be presently active (able to transfer data), or merely anticipated for the future
APPN
Advanced Peer to Peer Network: IBM network architecture for building dynamic routing across arbitrary network topologies. Intended as an eventual replacement for SNA, IBM's static routed, hierarchical network architecture.
ARE
All Routes Explorer: A specific frame initiated by a source which is sent on all possible routes in Source Route Bridging.
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol: The procedures and messages in a communications protocol which determines which physical network address (MAC) corresponds to the IP address in the packet.
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