Appendix D. Acronyms
- AAL1
ATM adaptation layer 1
- AAL2
ATM adaptation layer 2
- AAL5
ATM adaptation layer 5
- AARP
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
- ABR
Available bit rate
- AC
Access control
- AC
Alternating current
- ACK
Acknowledgment
- ADSL
Asymmetric digital subscriber line
- ADSP
AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol
- AFP
AppleTalk Filing Protocol
- AIM
AOL Instant Messenger
- ALG
Application layer gateway
- AN
Access network
- ANSI
American National Standards Institute
- AP
Access point
- API
Application program interface
- APIPA
Automatic private IP address
- ARB
All routes broadcast
- ARCnet
Attached Resource Computer network
- ARE
All routes explorer
- ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
- ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASIC
Application-specific integrated circuit
- ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation 1
- ASP
AppleTalk Session Protocol
- ATC
ATM transfer capability
- ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- ATM MPE
ATM Transfer Capability
- ATP
AppleTalk Transaction Protocol
- AURP
AppleTalk Update-based Routing Protocol
- BER
Bit error rate
- BERT
Bit error rate test
- BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
- BGP4
BGP version 4
- BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol
- BPDU
Bridge protocol data unit
- bps
Bits per second
- Bps
Bytes per second
- BRI
Basic rate interface
- CAM
Content-addressable memory
- CAT5
Category 5 cable
- CATV
Community antenna television
- CBR
Constant bit rate
- CCITT
International Consultative Committee for Telephone and Telegraph
- CCD
Clear channel data
- CDDI
Copper distributed data interface
- CFI
Canonical format indicator
- CIDR
Classless interdomain routing
- CIST
Common and internal spanning tree
- CLNP
Connectionless Network Protocol
- CMIP
Common ...
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