Vanguard Managed Solutions 7300 Series Private Branch Exchange, Peripheral Computer Interconnect

Term

Meaning

PBX	Private Branch Exchange
PCI	Peripheral Computer Interconnect
PCMCIA	Personal Memory Card International Association
PING	Packet Internet Grouper
PMC	PCI Mezzanine Card. A half-size printed circuit card that
	mounts on a full-sized Vanguard 7300 chassis slot card.
PPP	Point-to-point Protocol
pps	packets per second
PRI	Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)
PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network
PVC	Private Virtual Circuit
QLLC	Qualified Level Link Control
QoS	Quality of Service
RADIUS	A database for authenticating modem and ISDN connections
	and for tracking connections time.
RFC	Request for Comment
RIP	Routing Information Protocol
RS-232	(Recommended Standard Serial device connector) See EIA
SDLC	Synchronous Data Link Control - V.35, V.36, X.21
SIMM	Single In-line Memory Module
SLAC	LLC2/SDLC conversion feature
SLIP	Serial Line Internet Protocol
SNA	Systems Network Architecture
SNA+	IP, SNA, and Voice Applications Ware License
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SPP	Serial Point Protocol
SSIO	Small Serial Input/Output
T1	Telephone-switching network transmission of DS-1-formatted
	data at 1.544 Mbps with AMI or B8ZS coding.
T3	T3 is a communications line which can transmit data at 44.746
	Megabits per second (Mbps).
TBOP	Transparent Bit-Oriented Protocol Support
TCOP	Transparent Character-Oriented Protocol Support
Telco	Telephone Company
Telnet	A public packet-switched network using X.25 protocols
TNPP	PAD Telocator Network Paging Protocol
TR	Token Ring

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