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authentication, authorization, and accounting |
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authentication, authorization, accounting, and address assignment |
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alternating current; access concentrator |
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Async Control Character Map |
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Address and Control Field Compression |
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asymmetric digital subscriber line |
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authority and format identifier |
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alarm indication signal - path |
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American National Standards Institute |
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Application Programming Interface |
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Automatic Protection Switching |
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Address Resolution Protocol |
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autonomous system; Australia (re standards compliance) |
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autonomous system boundary router |
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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application specific integrated circuit |
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
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backward explicit congestion notification |
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building integrated timing supply |
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Broadband Remote Access Server |
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call admission control (MPLS); connection admission control (ATM) |
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committed access rate service |
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connection-based forwarding |
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International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee |
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cell delay variation time |
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customer edge device; Council of Europe |
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Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol |
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classless interdomain routing |
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International Special Committee on Radio Interference |
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competitive local exchange carrier |
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Connectionless Network Protocol |
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Connectionless Network Service |
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cable modem termination system |
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customer network management |
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channelized optical carrier |
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Common Open Policy Service (protocol) |
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common object request broker architecture |
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customer premises equipment |
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Constraint-based Routed Label Distribution Protocol |
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constraint-based routed label-switched path |
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complete sequence numbers PDU (protocol data unit) |
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computer telephony integration |
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agreement between Underwriter Laboratories and Canadian Standards Association for joint product safety approval |
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destination address/source address |
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data communications equipment |
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Data Encryption Standard; triple DES |
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designated forwarder; don't fragment (bit) |
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
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designated intermediate system |
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data-link connection identifier |
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data-link connection management interface |
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data-over-cable service interface specifications |
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digital subscriber line access multiplexer |
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Digital Signature Standard |
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Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol |
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data exchange interface (abbreviation pronounced "dixie") |
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exterior Border Gateway Protocol |
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error checking and correction; error-checking code |
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electrically erasable programmable read-only memory |
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exterior gateway protocol |
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element management system |
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Encapsulating Security Payload |
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Extended Service and Subscriber Management |
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experimental (refers to bits in MPLS shim header) |
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Federal Communications Commission |
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forwarding equivalence class (abbreviation pronounced "feck") |
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forward explicit congestion notification |
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forwarding information base |
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Field Programmable Gate Array |
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fully qualified domain name |
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Generic Routing Encapsulation |
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(refers to Bellcore standards) |
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High-Level Data Link Control; High-Speed Data Link Control |
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high-data-rate subscriber line |
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Hashed Message Authentication Code |
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high-order domain-specific part |
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high-speed serial interface (abbreviation pronounced "hissy") |
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Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
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interior Border Gateway Protocol |
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Industry Canada Communications Section |
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International Code Designator |
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Internet Control Message Protocol |
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identification (identifying; identifier) |
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integrated DHCP access server |
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initial domain identifier |
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ISDN digital subscriber line |
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International Electrotechnical Commission |
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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Internet Engineering Task Force |
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Internet Group Management Protocol |
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interior gateway protocol |
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incumbent local exchange carrier |
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integrated local management interface |
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Inverse Address Resolution Protocol |
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Internet Protocol Control Protocol |
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Internet Protocol over Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
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Internet Protocol Security |
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ICMP Router Discovery Protocol |
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Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol |
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Integrated Services Digital Network |
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Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System |
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International Organization for Standardization |
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Internet service provider |
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Intelligent Service Voice application |
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International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication |
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Japan Approvals Institute for Telecommunications Terminal Equipment |
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Java Database Connectivity |
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Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol |
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
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Label Distribution Protocol |
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local multipoint distribution system |
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local management interface; link management interface |
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label-switched path; link state packet; link state protocol |
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Media Access Control; message authentication code |
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metropolitan area network |
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multicast Border Gateway Protocol |
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Message Digest x (hash algorithm) |
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management functional area |
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Management Information Base |
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Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol |
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multichannel multipoint distribution system |
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Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol |
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Border Gateway Protocol multiprotocol extensions (sometimes referred to as multiprotocol Border Gateway Protocol) |
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Multiprotocol Label Switching |
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Microsoft Point-to-Point Protocol Encryption |
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multilink maximum received reconstructed unit |
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Multiplex Section Protection |
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maximum transmission unit; multitenant unit |
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network equipment building systems |
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network layer reachability information |
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NetWare Link Services Protocol |
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Network Management Center |
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network management system |
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Network-to-Network Interface |
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nonreturn to zero inverted |
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network service access point |
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not-so-stubby area (refers to OSPF routing) |
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nonvolatile random-access memory |
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operations, administration, and management |
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Open Database Connectivity |
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outbound route filter; outbound route filtering |
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Open Systems Interconnection |
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OSI Internet Link Control Protocol; OSI Network Layer Control Protocol |
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operations support system |
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PPPoE Active Discovery Initiation |
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PPPoE Active Discovery Message |
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PPPoE Active Discovery Offer |
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PPPoE Active Discovery Response |
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PPPoE Active Discovery Session |
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PPPoE Active Discovery Termination |
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Password Authentication Protocol |
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Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
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packet division multiplexed |
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Protocol Field Compression |
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Protocol Independent Multicast; power input module |
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Protocol Independent Multicast Dense Mode |
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Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse-Dense Mode |
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Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode |
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public key infrastructure |
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public key infrastructure for the Internet using X.509v3 certificates |
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physical layer convergence procedure |
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private network-to-network interface |
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Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet |
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programmable read-only memory |
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partial sequence numbers PDU (protocol data unit) |
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permanent virtual circuit (or connection) |
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Q.2931 protocol over signalling ATM adaptation layer |
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Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
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rate-adaptive digital subscriber line |
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relational database system |
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Routing Information Protocol |
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reduced instruction set computing |
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Remote Method Invocation (Java) |
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rendezvous point (router) |
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Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (encryption algorithm) |
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Resource Reservation Protocol |
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Resource Reservation Protocol with traffic-engineering extensions |
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segmentation and reassembly |
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subscriber class-based queuing |
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Start-Control-Connection-Request |
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small computer system interface (abbreviation pronounced "scuzzy") |
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Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
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synchronous dynamic random access memory |
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symmetric digital subscriber line |
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Service Deployment System (formerly SSC) |
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synchronous equipment timing source |
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small form-factor pluggable transceiver |
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Serial Link Address Resolution Protocol |
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Service Management Center |
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Switched Multimegabit Data Service |
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structure of management information |
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Subnetwork Access Protocol; subnetwork attachment point |
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Simple Network Management Protocol |
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subnet point of attachment |
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Simple Network Time Protocol |
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synchronous optical network |
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soft permanent virtual circuit |
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Structured Query Language |
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Service Selection Center (no longer used; see SDX) |
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Synchronous Transport module |
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stacked virtual local area network |
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Technical Assistance Center (Unisphere) |
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Terminal Access Controller Access Control System |
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Transmission Control Protocol |
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terminal interface processor |
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Tunnel Service line module |
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unit of measurement for rack-mounted equipment (a U is 1.75 in., or 4.44 cm) |
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Unisphere Management Center |
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User-Network Interface (ATM usage); User-to-Network Interface |
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user-based security model |
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Coordinated Universal Time |
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volts alternating current |
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variable bit rate, non-real time |
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variable bit rate, real time |
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virtual circuit (or connection) |
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virtual channel connection |
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Voluntary Control Council for Interference |
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virtual circuit descriptor |
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virtual channel identifier |
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very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line |
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virtual local area network |
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voice over Internet Protocol |
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VPN routing and forwarding instance |
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virtual router identifier |
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Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol |
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vendor-specific attribute (RADIUS) |
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Windows Internet Name Service (Microsoft) |
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wireless local area network |
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weighted random early detect |
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combined term used to refer to ADSL, HDSL, SDSL, and VDSL |
