Acronyms – Emulex NQTR0V-NATM User Manual

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Acronyms

ARP

Address resolution protocol.

BootP

A protocol used by a node to obtain its configuration from a
host.

BSD

Berkeley Software Distribution; a type of Unix system.

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; a
professional society that publishes documents and standards
for data communications, including the standards for local
area networks.

IP

Internet Protocol; a protocol that provides data delivery of
messages.

IPX

Interwork Packet Exchange; a Novell network protocol set
generally associated with NetWare.

LPD

Line Printer Daemon; a common print protocol.

LAT

Local Area Transport

MAC Address

Media Access Control address; also called Ethernet Address.

MIB

Management Information Base; the set of management
information available to SNMP (Simple Network Management
Protocol).

NCP

NetWare Core Protocol; a type of protocol that provides
control for interaction between clients and file servers. Also
can refer to Network Control Program, a DECnet utility used
to monitor and control nodes on a network.

NFS

Network File System; a distributed file system that allows a
set of computers to access one another’s files cooperatively
in a transparent manner.

NOS

Network Operating System.

PCL

Printer Command Language; standard printer technology.

PS

Postscript; a printer technology in which fonts are outline
coded, fully scalable and permanently stored in ROM.

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