Paradyne 8310 MVLt, 8510 RADSL manual Glossary

Glossary

10BaseT	A 10-Mbps Ethernet LAN that works on twisted-pair wiring.
address	A symbol (usually numeric) that identifies the interface attached to a network.
agent (SNMP)	A software program housed within a device to provide SNMP functionality. Each agent
	stores management information and responds to the manager's request for this
	information.
AN	Access Node. Also known as DSLAM.
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol. Part of the TCP/IP suite, ARP dynamically links an IP
	address with a physical hardware address.
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange. The standard for data transmission
	over telephone lines. A 7-bit code establishes compatibility between data services. The
	ASCII code consists of 32 control characters (nondisplayed) and 96 displayed characters.
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A high-speed, low-delay, connection-oriented switching and
	multiplexing technique using 53-byte cells to transmit different types of data
	simultaneously.
authentication server	An authentication server can either be a RADIUS server or an XTACACS server and can
	be used to confirm an end-user system's access location.
backplane	A common bus at the rear of a nest or chassis that provides communications and power to
	circuit card slots.
bandwidth	The range of frequencies that can be passed by a transmission medium, or the range of
	electrical frequencies a device is capable of handling.
BER	Bit Error Rate. The number of bits in error over a given period compared to the number of
	bits transmitted successfully.
BootP	Bootstrap Protocol. Described in RFCs 951 and 1084, it is used for booting diskless
	nodes.
bps	Bits per second. Bits per second. Indicates the speed at which bits are transmitted across
	a data connection.
broadcast	A method of transmission. The simultaneous transmission to two or more communicating
	devices.
BVI	Bridge Virtual Interface on a Cisco router.
byte	A sequence of successive bits (usually eight) handled as a unit in data transmission.
CAP	Carrierless Amplitude Modulation and Phase Modulation. A transmission technology for
	implementing a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). The transmit and receive signals are
	modulated into two wide-frequency bands using passband modulation techniques.
central office	CO. The PSTN facility that houses one or more switches serving local telephone
	subscribers.
client	A device that receives a specific service, such as database management, from a server.
community name	An identification used by an SNMP manager to grant an SNMP server access rights to
	MIB.

8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 GL-1