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LOSSARY
ILMI
Interim Local Management Interface. The ATM
Forum standard for incorporating network
management into ATM networks. ILMI can be used
as a monitor for transfers between a router and an
ATM switch, reporting CRC error rates and
performance dips.
IP
Internet Protocol. A network-layer protocol that
contains addressing and control information to allow
packets to be routed over dissimilar networks.
KB
Kilobytes. 1024 bytes.
LANE
LAN Emulation. A software driver that operates
below the host Link Level protocol as if it were the
MAC layer of an Ethernet interface. The driver
provides broadcast/multicast addressing and other
LAN-like functions to convince the host network
protocols that they are talking to a real Ethernet
interface.
LLC
Logical Link Control. The upper of the two sublayers
of the Data Link Layer of the OSI Reference Model
that defines the transmission of data between two
stations.
MAC
Media Access Control. That part of the ISO model
that describes how devices share access to a
network. Ethernet, token ring, and FDDI are MAC
layer specifications.
Mbps
Megabits (1024 x 1024 bits) per second.
