Appendix c acronyms / abbreviations – CANOGA PERKINS 9140 Four-Port SNMP Managed Fast Ethernet Switch User Manual
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Appendix C
Acronyms / Abbreviations
AC
= Alternating
Current
API
= Application
Programming
Interface
ASCII
=
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC
=
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ATM
=
Asynchronous
Transfer
Mode
ATM/FDDI
=
Asynchronous Transfer Mode / Fiber Distributed Data Interface
AUI (connector) =
Autonomous Unit Interface
Aut
= Auto
Negotiate
BOOTP
=
Boot Protocol (a TCP/IP protocol)
bps
= bits
per
second
CHS-GND = Chassis-Ground
Col
= Collision
COM
=
Communication (usually referring to communications port #)
COM
=
Common ground (when referring to relays and switches)
CPU
=
Central Processing Unit
CTS
=
Clear To Send
dB
= deci
b
el
DC
= Direct
Current
DCE
=
Data Communications Equipment
DIP
=
Dual Inline Package
DSR
=
Data Signal Ready
DRAM
=
Dynamic Random Access Memory
DTE
=
Data Terminal Equipment
DTR
=
Data Terminal Ready
EAS
=
Edge Access Switch
EIA (connector) =
Electronic Industries Association
EPROM
=
Electrical/Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
FC
=
Face Contact (as referred to fiber optic connectors)
FDDI
=
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDX
=
Full
-d
uplex
Fdb
= Forwarding
database
FL
= Fault
Locating
FX
= Foreign
Exchange
GND
=
Ground (as in earth ground)
GUI
=
Graphical User Interface
HDX
=
Half
-d
uplex
HTML
=
Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP
=
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
IEEE
=
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IP = Internet
Protocol
Java
=
programming language from Sun Microsystems
KB
= kilo
b
yte (
≈
1000 bytes)
LED
=
Light
Emitting
Diode
LAN
=
Local Area Network
LLF
=
Link Loss Forwarding
LLFen
=
Link Loss Forwarding Enable
Lnk
= Link
MAC
=
Media
Access
Control
MB
= Mega
b
yte
(≈1 million bytes)
Mbps
=
Megabits
per
second
Mgr
=
Manager
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