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List of terms
adjacency
A relationship formed between selected neighboring routers for the purpose of exchanging routing information. Not every pair of neighboring routers becomes adjacent.
adjacent network identifier (ANID)
A numeric identifier assigned to an adjacent network that is directly connected to this network through at least one X.25 or X.75 gateway.
ADPCM
See adaptive differential pulse code modulation (ADPCM) (page 7).
ADTF
See allowed cell rate decrease time factor (ADTF) (page 9).
advertisement scope
See address scope (page 7).
Advisor
A Multiservice Data Manager toolset.
agent
Network management software components that are contained in managed entities such as routers, concentrators, and host computers. These components monitor the operation of the managed entity by maintaining a collection of objects in the management information base (MIB).
Agents communicate with corresponding managers.
aggregate policy
An internetworking policy through which the border gateway protocol (BGP) combines the characteristics of different routes and advertises this combination as a single route. Aggregation reduces the data that a BGP speaker stores and exchanges with another BGP speaker.
AINI
See ATM
AIR
See allowed information rate (AIR) (page 9).
AIS
See alarm indication signal (AIS) (page 9).
Nortel Multiservice Switch 7400/15000/20000
Terminology
PCR7.2 and up March 2006
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