Panasonic 1200N - Manual (Page 237)

Glossary T
Centillion 1200N ATM Switch User Manual B-75
NTP 297-8103-903
SVPC
Switched Virtual Path Connection: A Switched Virtual Path Connection is one
which is established and taken down dynamically through control signaling. A
Virtual Path Connection (VPC) is an ATM connection where switching is
performed on the VPI field only of each cell.
Switched Connection
A connection established via signaling.
Switching System
A set of one or more systems that act together and appear as a single switch for the
purposes of PNNI routing.
Symmetric Connection
A connection with the same bandwidth value specified for both directions.
T
TA
Terminal Adapter: Allows existing non-ISDN terminals to operate on ISDN lines.
It provides conversion between a non-ISDN terminal device and the ISDN user/
network interfaced.
TAXI
Transparent Asynchronous Transmitter/Receiver Interface 100-Mbps ATM
physical interface specification based on the FDDI PHY.
Telnet
A program that lets you connect to other computers on the Internet. The process by
which a person using one computer can sign of to a computer in another city, state
or country. Telnet is the terminal-remote host protocol developed for
ARPAnet.Using Telnet you can work from PC as if it were a terminal attached to
anther machine by a hard wired line.
T1E1
An ANSI standards sub-committee dealing with Network Interfaces.
T1M1
An ANSI standards sub-committee dealing with Inter-Network Operations,
Administration and Maintenance.