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Acronyms
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POP
Point Of Presence
POS Packet
Over
SDH
PPP Point-to-Point
Protocol
PPTP
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PPVPN Provider-provisioned
Virtual Private Network
PQ Priority
Queuing
PRC Primary
Reference
Clock
PRI
Primary Rate Interface
PS Protection
Switching
PSE
Power Sourcing Equipment
PSNP Partial
SNP
PVC
Permanent Virtual Channel
PW Pseudo
wires
Q
Return
QACL QoS/ACL
QinQ
802.1Q in 802.1Q
QoS
Quality of Service
QQIC
Querier's Query Interval Code
QRV Querier's
Robustness
Variable
R
Return
RA Registration
Authority
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial in User Service
RAM random-access
memory
RD Routing
Domain
RD Router
Distinguisher
RED
Random Early Detection
RFC Request
For
comments
RIP
Routing Information Protocol
RIPng
RIP next generation
RM Route
management
RMON Remote
Monitoring
ROM
Read Only Memory
RP Rendezvous
Point
RPC
Remote Procedure Call
RPF
Reverse Path Forwarding
RPR
Resilient Packet Ring