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Abbreviations

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ACSE

Association Control Service Element (ISO/IEC 8649, 8650)

API

Application Programming Interface

API/CS

Application Programming Interface/Communication System

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ASN

Abstract Syntax Notation

AEC/A-E-C

Automatic End System Creation

BCAM

Basic Communication Access Method

BOOTP

Bootstrap Protocol

CCITT

International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (now ITU-TSS)

CCP

Communication Control Program

CLNS

Connectionless Network Service (ISO 8348)

CMIP

Common Management Information Protocol (ISO9596)

CMIS

Common Management Information Service (ISO9595)

CMX

Communication Manager

COM

Communication port (asynchronous)

CONS

Connection-oriented Network Service (ISO 8348)

COTS

Connection-oriented Transport Service (ISO 8072)

CPI-C

Common Programming Interface for Communication

CSDN

Circuit-Switched Data Network

CSMA/CD

Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

DAC

Discretionary Access Control

DAP

Directory Access Protocol

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DCAM

Data Communication Access Method

DCE

Data Communication Equipment

DCE

Distributed Computing Environment (OSF)

DDC

Direct Data Circuit (formerly HfD)

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIN

German standards institution

DIG

Domain Information Groper

DME

Distributed Management Environment

DNS

Domain Name Service

DQDB

Distributed Queue Dual Bus

DSS

Data Terminal

DTE

Data Termination Equipment

DTS

Distributed Time Service

DUA

Directory User Agent

ECN

Explicit Congestion Notification

EN

European Norm

ES

End system

FEP

Front-end processor

FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

HDLC

High-level Data Link Control (ISO 7776)

HNC

Highspeed Net Connect

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

IAB

Internet Architecture Board

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IGMP

Internet Group Management Protocol

IMAP

Internet Mail Access Protocol

IP

Internet Protocol

IPSEC

Internet Security Protocol

IPX

Internetwork Packet eXchange

IS

Intermediate system

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISH

Intermediate System Hello

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISP

International Standardized Profile

IT

Information Technology

ITU

International Telecommunications Union

ITU-TSS

ITU – Telecommunications Standards Sector (formerly CCITT)

JV

Job Variable

KOGS

German acronym; configuration-oriented generator language

LAN

Local area network

LAPB

Link Access Procedure B (X.25)

LDAP

Leightweight Directory Access Protocol

LLC

Logical Link Control

LLC1

Logical Link Control type 1 (connectionless mode)

LLC2

Logical Link Control type 2 (connection mode)

LM

LAN Manager

LM/D

LAN Manager Dipos (886X)

LM/X

LAN Manager for Unix-based systems

LPDU

Link-Layer Protocol Data Unit

LWRESD

Light Weight Resolver Daemon

MAC

Mandatory Access Control (TCSEC)

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

MIB

Management Information Base

MLC

Modular LAN Connect

MONJV

Monitoring Job Variable

MSCF

Multiple System Control Facility

MVS

Multiple Virtual System

NAU

Network Addressable Unit

NEA

Name of the TRANSDATA architecture

NetBEUI

NetBIOS Extended User Interface

NetBIOS

Network Basic I/O System

NFS

Network File System

NSDU

Network Service Data Unit

NTP

Network Time Protocol

OLTP

Online Transaction Processing

OS

Operating system

OSF

Open Software FoundOSFOpen Software Foundation

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection

OSPF

Open Shortest Path First

OSS

OSI Services

PAD

Packet Assembler / Disassembler

PDU

Protocol Data Unit

PLP

Packet Level Protocol (X.25)

POSIX

Portable Operating System Interface for Open Systems

PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol

PSDN

Packet-Switched Data Network

RARP

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

RDF

Resource Definition File

Rec

Recommendation

RFC

Request For Comments

RIB

Routing Information Base

RIP

Routing Information Protocol

SAT

Security Audit Trail

SCA

Smart Card Algorithms

SCM

Software Configuration Management

SCON

Network configuration for systems

SDLC

Synchronous Data Link Control

SMDS

Switched Multimegabit Data Service

SMTP

Simple Message Transfer Protocol

SNAP

Subnetwork Access Protocol

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SOF

Start Option File

SPX

Sequenced Packet eXchange protocol

SPX

Small Packet eXchange

SPX/IPX

Sequenced Packet eXchange/ Internet Packet eXchange

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TELNET

Telecommunications network protocol

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TIAM

Terminal Interactive Access Method

TPDU

Transport Protocol Data Unit

TSDU

Transport Service Data Unit

TSN

Task Sequence Number

TSS

Telecommunications Standards Sector (see ITU)

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

UTM

Universal Transaction Monitor – Distributed

UTM-D

Virtual Local Area Network

VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network Identification

VLAN ID/VID

Virtual Terminal SUpport

VTSU

Wide area network

WAN

Twin-Pulse Transmission

WTU

Twin-Pulse Transmission

XHCS

Extended Host Code Support