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Acronym | Definition |
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| AB | FastPADmp equipment subscriber number (2 digits) |
| ACO No. | Complementary number specific to each IS No. |
| BCC | Block Check Counter |
| BECN | Backward Explicit Congestion Notification bit |
| BSC | Binary Synchronous Communication |
| C | Class (see "Configuration" chapter) |
| CA | Controller Address |
| CCITT | International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee |
| CLAMN | Called Line Address Modified Notification |
| CLR | Clear |
| CLUSTER | Cluster controller for IBM3274 and 3676 terminals, IBM compatible PCs with IBM SDLC communications adapter board and SNA3270 emulation and RJE support software |
| CONF | Configuration |
| CPU | Central Processor Unit |
| CR | Carriage Return |
| C/R | Command/Response indication bit |
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| CSA | Canadian Standard Association |
| CUG | Closed User Group |
| D | Data separator |
| DA | Device Address |
| DCE | Data Communication Equipment |
| DE | Discard Eligibility bit |
| DISC | Disconnect |
| DL | Dedicated Line |
| DLM | Dynamic Line Management |
| DM | Disconnect Mode |
| DMA | Direct Memory Access |
| DNIC | Data Network Identification Code (4 digits) |
| DNIC ZO AB | FastPADmp private network subscriber address |
| DLC | Data Link Control |
| DLCI | Data Link Connection Identifier |
| DSA | Distributed System Architecture |
| DSA | Direct Selection at Arrival (transparent BSC characters) |
| DSE | Data Switching Equipment |
| DTE | Data Transmission Terminal Equipment |
| EBA | Asynchronous Standardized Input |
| EBS | Synchronous Standardized Input |
| ECP | Error Correction Procedure |
| ECPI | Error Correction Procedure in Inverse mode |
| ECPN | Error correction Procedure in Normal mode |
| Ei | Element information |
| EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| EEPRO2M | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| ESV | Virtual Session Entity (Securized virtual circuits) |
| FA | Outstanding events Family |
| FastPADmp | Multi-protocol concentrator and switching equipment |
| FCC | Federal Communication Commission |
| FECN | Forward Explicit Congestion Notification bit |
| FR | Frame Relay |
| FRAD | Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler |
| FRI | Internal Frame Relay |
| FRMR | Frame Reject |
| FRSW | Frame Relay Switched |
| HDLC | High Level Data Link Control |
| HPAD | Host Packet Assembler Disassembler |
| HW | Hardware |
| I | Information |
| IML | Inter Module Link |
| IR | Network Interface (Securized virtual circuits) |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISE | Selective reset |
| IS No | Internal Service Number |
| ISO | International Standardization Organization |
| IT | Interrupt |
| ITO | Complete reset |
| IUL | Inter Unit Link |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LAP-B | Link Access Procedure Balanced |
| LAP-D | Link Access Procedure on D-channel |
| LAP-F | Link Access Procedure for Frame relay (ISO standard Q.222) |
| LC | Logical Channel |
| LL | Leased Line |
| LLC | Logical Link Controller |
| LMI | Local Management Interface |
| LRC | Longitudinal Redundancy Check |
| LSB | Least Significant Bit/byte |
| LSCP | Low-Speed Computer Port (receiving) |
| LSCP-A | Low-Speed Computer Port (transmitting) |
| LVE | Outgoing line |
| MAP | Management Access Print |
| MFR | Multi-Frame |
| MLP | Multi-link protocol |
| MMI | Man-Machine Interface |
| MODEM | Modulator-Demodulator |
| MPH | Physical Management |
| MSN | Multiple Subscriber Number |
| NARP | Number of the private network subscriber (viewed from the public network) |
| NC | Complementary number to address an application |
| NIA | Network Interface Adapter (IBM) |
| NL | Line number |
| NUI | Network User Identifier |
| N4 | Level 4 (Securized virtual circuits) |
| msb | most significant bit/byte |
| NA | Not Accepted |
| NAK | Not Acknowledged |
| NSAP | Network Service Access Point |
| N2 | Level 2 |
| OEV | Outstanding Event |
| OPALE | French acronym: Personalized Management Tool to Access the Management Software |
| OSI | Open System interconnection |
| P | Parameter (see "Configuration" chapter) |
| PAD | Packet Assembler Disassembler |
| PDN | Public Data Network |
| PGOF | Page Off |
| PLL | Permanent Logical Link |
| PROM | Programmable Read Only Memory |
| PSH | Physical Service Header |
| PSPDN | Packet Switched Public Data network |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PU | Physical unit |
| PVC | Permanent Virtual Circuit |
| PVDN | Private Data Network |
| R | Recurrence (see "Configuration" chapter) |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| RC | Reverse Charging |
| REJ | Reject |
| REST | Restart |
| RNR | Receive Not Ready |
| RR | Receive Ready |
| RVI | Reverse interrupt |
| QLLC | Qualified Logical Link Control |
| SA | Sub-address (Compacted DNIC ZO AB: 4 digits) |
| SABM | Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode |
| SABME | Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Extended |
| SARM | Set Asynchronous Response Mode |
| SAPI0 | Service Access Point Identification (0 = signalling) |
| SAPI16 | Service Access Point Identification (16 = packet in D-channel) |
| SBA | Asynchronous Standardized Output |
| SBS | Synchronous Standardized Output |
| SCT | Synchronous Character Transparent |
| SDLC | Synchronous Data Link Control |
| SNA | Systems Network Architecture (IBM) |
| SNRM | Set Normal Response Mode |
| STUPAV | Videotex gateway specifications |
| STUR | French standard: Technical specification and utilization of networks |
| SSU | User to User Signalization |
| SVC | Switched Virtual Circuit |
| SW | Software |
| S0 | Basic interface (two B-channels, one D-channel at 16 kbit/s) |
| S2 | Primary interface (thirty B-channels, one D-channel at 64 kbit/s) |
| TA | Terminal Adapter |
| TCU | Terminal Controller Unit |
| TEI | Terminal Equipment Identification |
| TPAD | Controller PAD (Terminal) |
| TPDU | Transport Protocol Data Unit |
| TPDU DT | TPDU Data Transfer |
| TPDU ED | TPDU Expedite Data |
| TPDU EA | TPDU Expedite Acknowledge |
| TPDU RJ | TPDU Reject |
| TPDU PI | TPDU Protocol Identifier |
| TRANSPAC | Public switched data network in France |
| TTD | Temporary Text Delay |
| T.VIP | Transport Visualising Interactive Processing |
| UA | Unnumbered Acknowledge |
| VAP | Video Access Point |
| VC | Virtual Circuit |
| VDX | Videotex Concentrator |
| VIP | Visualising Interactive Processing (Bull) |
| VN2 or VN3 | SW version of the French "Numeris" (ISDN) network |
| VRC | Vertical Redundancy Check |
| V.28, V.11, V.35 | Interfaces defined according to line data rates |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| XID | Exchange Identification |
| ZO | Identification of a zone of the FastPADmp equipment (2 digits) |
| 99 | Internal subscriber number (AB) for management functions |
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