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| AIT | ATM Internetworking Trunk card (T3 interface) |
| ANI | Automatic Number Identification |
| AXIS | Broadband ATM Service Interface Shelf. |
| BNI | BPX Network Interface card (T3 interface) |
| BPX-BIS | BPX interface shelf |
| BPX-CSS | Core Switch shelf |
| BRAM | Battery-backed RAM |
| BRI | Basic Rate Interface |
| BSC | AXIS Shelf Controller |
| CDR | Call Detail Recording |
| Client | Software components that access a centralized service or data repository. |
| CM | Call Manager (process) |
| CP | Call Process |
| Database | StrataView Plus Informix database |
| DLCI | Data Link Connection Identifier |
| FR | Frame Relay |
| FRP | Frame Relay Port |
| FRAD | Frame Relay Access Device |
| FRSM | Frame Relay Service Module |
| FR | Frame Relay |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| NV | NetView |
| INS/DAS | Intelligent Network Server / Dial Access Server |
| IP | Internet Protocol family (internetwork) datagram delivery protocol |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| LAP-D | Link Access Procedure for D Channel |
| Link0 and Link1 | The existing proprietrary protocol layer between StrataView Plus and an IPX/BPX network |
| NMS | StrataView Plus Network Management System |
| PDU | Protocol Data Unit |
| PING | ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) echo request message. |
| PRI | Primary Rate Interface |
| PVC | Permanent Virtual Circuit |
| Routing Domain | The inner layer in the tiered network architecture. |
| SCM | Statistics Control Manager |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SVC | Switched Virtual Circuit |
| Tiered Network | The two level network where the higher level consists of routing nodes and the lower level consits of individual BPX Interface Shelves. |
| WingZ | The spreadsheet application from Informix used for StrataView Plus Statistical Reporting. |
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