Nortel Networks NN44470-100 - Manual (Page 60)

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Terminology
Nortel Media Application Server 6.0 for AS 5300
Fundamentals
NN44470-100 01.01 Standard
Release 6.0 03 June 2008
Copyright © 2008, Nortel Networks
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
A category of disk drives that employ two or more drives in combination for
fault tolerance and performance. RAID disk drives are used frequently on
servers.
RTP
See Real-time Transport Protocol .
S
SDP
See Session Description Protocol .
Session Description Protocol
Session Description Protocol (SDP), is a format for describing streaming
media initialization parameters. SDP is intended for describing multimedia
sessions for the purposes of session announcement, session invitation, and
other forms of multimedia session initiation.
Session Information Protocol
An application-layer control protocol that can establish, modify and terminate
multimedia sessions or calls.
Simple Network Management Protocol
Used by network management systems to monitor network-attached devices
for conditions that warrant administrative attention. Simple Network
Management Protocol consists of a set of standards for network
management, including an Application Layer protocol, a database schema,
and a set of data objects
Simple Network Time Protocol
An Internet protocol used to synchronize computer clocks in the Internet.
SIP
See Session Information Protocol .
SNMP
See Simple Network Management Protocol .
SNTP
See Simple Network Time Protocol .
T
Text-to-speech
A text-to-speech (TTS) system converts normal language text into speech.