Glossary

SES

Severely Errored Seconds. Usually defined as a second during which a specific number of

 

CRC errors was exceeded, or an OOF or other critical error occurred.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol. Protocol for open networking management.

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The dominant protocol suite in the

 

worldwide Internet, TCP allows a process on one machine to send data to a process on

 

another machine using the IP. TCP can be used as a full-duplex or one-way simplex

 

connection.

Telnet

Virtual terminal protocol in the Internet suite of protocols. Allows the user of one host

 

computer to log into a remote host computer and interact as a normal terminal user for that

 

host.

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol. A standard TCP/IP protocol that allows simple file transfer to

 

and from a remote system without directory or file listing. TFTP is used where FTP is not

 

available.

TXD

Transmit Data. Pin 2 of the EIA-232 interface that is used by the DTE to transmit data to

 

the modem. Conversely, the modem uses Pin 2 to receive data from the DTE.

UNIX

An operating system developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories and since used as the basis of

 

similar operating systems.

WAN

Wide Area Network. A network that spans a large geographic area.

GL-4

February 1999

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