| ANSI |
American
National Standards Institute |
| API |
Application
Program Interface |
| AUI |
attachment
Unit Interface |
| BER |
Bit
Error Rate |
| bps |
Bits
Per Second |
| BMAC |
Media
Access Controller (FDDI) National's DP83261 |
| BSI |
System
Interface (FDDI) |
| BSI-2 |
National's
DP83265/65A |
| CDD |
Clock
Distribution Device (FDDI) |
| CFM |
National's
DP83241 |
| CFM |
Configuration
Management |
| CHRP |
Common
Hardware Reference Platform |
| CMIP/ |
Common
Management Information |
| CMIS |
Protocol/Common
Management InformationServices |
| CMT |
Connection
Management |
| CPU |
Central
Processing Unit |
| CSMA/CD |
Carrier
Sense Multiple Access/collision Detection |
| CRC |
Cyclic
Redundancy Check |
| CRD |
Clock
Recovery Device (FDDI) National's DP83231 |
| CTI |
Coaxial
Transceiver Interface National's DP8392 |
| DAC |
Dual
Attachment Concentrator |
| DIW |
Distributed
Inside Wire |
| DTP |
Datagrade
Unshielded Twisted Pair |
| EIA |
Electronics
Industries Association |
| FCS |
Frame
Check Sequence |
| FDDI |
Fiber
Distributed Data Interface |
| FEP |
Front
End Processor |
| FTP |
File
Transfer Protocol |
| IEEE |
Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| IP |
Internetwork
Protocol |
| ISDN |
Integrated
Services Digital Network |
| ISO |
International
Standards Organization |
| LAN |
Local
Area Network |
| LED |
Light
Emitting Diode |
| LERIC |
Lite
Repeater Interface Controller National's DP83955/56 |
| LLC |
Logical
Link Control |
| MAC |
Media
Access Control |
| MAN |
Metropolitan
Area Network |
| MAU |
Media
Access Unit |
| MAU |
Multi-station
Access Unit |
| MCC |
Main
Crossconnect |
| MIC |
Media
Interface Connector |
| MPR |
Multi-Port
Repeater |
| MSRP |
Manufactures
Suggested Retail Price (Actual price may vary) |
| NFS |
Network
File System |
| NICT |
Network
Interface Controller National's DP8390 |
| NLM |
NetWare
Loadable Module |
| NICT |
Network
Interface Controller National's DP8390 |
| NLM |
NetWare
Loadable Module |
| NOS |
Network
Operating System |
| NRZ |
Non-Return
to Zero |
| NRZI |
Non-Return
to Zero Inverted |
| OSI |
Open
Systems Interconnection |
| PAD |
Packet
Assembler/Disassembler |
| PCM |
Physical
Connection Management |
| PDU |
Protocol
Data Unit |
| PHY |
Physical
layer Protocol |
| PLAYER |
Physical
Layer Controller (FDDI) National's DP83251/55 |
| PMD |
Physical
Medium Dependent |
| RFS |
Remote
File Server |
| RIC |
Repeater
Interface Controller National's DP83950 |
| SAC |
Single
Attachment Concentrator |
| SAS |
Single
Attachment Station |
| SDU |
Service
Data Unit |
| SMT |
Station
Management |
| SNA |
Systems
Network Architecture |
| SNMP |
Simple
Network Management Protocol |
| SONET |
Synchronous
Optical Networking Standard |
| SONICT |
Systems-Oriented
Network Interface Controller |
|
National's
DP83932B |
| SQL |
Structured
Query Language |
| SRT |
Source
Routing Transparent |
| ST-NICT |
Serial
Network Interface Controller for Twisted-Pair |
|
National's
DP83902 |
| STP |
Shielded
Twisted-Pair |
| TCP |
Transmission
Control Protocol |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission
Control Protocol/lnternet Protocol |
| TROPICT |
Token-Ring
Protocol Interface Controller |
|
National's
DP8025 |
| TRT |
Token
Rotation Timer |
| TTRT |
Target
Token Rotation Time |
| UTP |
Unshielded
Twisted-Pair |
| WAN |
Wide
Area Network |
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