Glossary & Abbreviations
Issue 7 - 05/02
Glossary-13
J
K
Y
Z
VP
Virtual Path
A group of 2
16
(65,536) Virtual Channels that have
been grouped together by the switch for management
purposes (e.g. reserving bandwidth for groups of
users). In a similar way to Virtual Channels, a Virtual
Path is identified by a unique Virtual Path Identifier.
W
WAN
Wide Area Network. A system consisting of computer
and communications hardware and software
connected by different transmission types over an
unlimited area network.
X
Xon/Xoff
A type of
flow control
in which the control signal
passes in band in the normal data flow. The special
characters XON (11H) and XOFF (13H) are used to
halt and to restart the flow of data respectively.
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