IBM 8265, Site Preparation Manual

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List of Abbreviations
AIX Advanced Interactive Executive
ANSI American National Standards
Institute
ASCII American National Standard Code
for Information Interchange
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
AT&T American Telephone and
Telegraph
AWG American wire gauge
BNC bayonet node connector (type of
connector for coaxial cable)
Btu British thermal unit
c speed of light in vacuum
CHA channel A
CHB channel B
CL cable length
CPU central processing unit
CRC cyclic redundancy check character
CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with
collision avoidance
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with
collision detection
dB decibel
dBkm decibel per kilometer
dBm decibel based on 1 milliwatt
dBmV decibel based on 1 millivolt
DB9 9-pin connector
DAC dual-access concentrator
DAS dual-attached station
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
DSR data set ready
DTE data terminal equipment
DTR data terminal ready
EEPROM electrically erasable
programmable read-only memory
EF Ethernet fiber
EIA Electronic Industries Association
ESD electrostatic discharge
EUI end user interface
FC 1) ferrule connector
2) feature code
FCC Federal Communications
Commission (USA)
FCS frame check sequence
FDDI fiber distribution data interface
FFM fiber FDDI module
FIB fiber
FL abbreviation of the FOIRL module
FMM FDDI management module
FOIRL fiber optic interconnection repeater
link
FP abbreviation of the port-switching
module
FR fiber repeater
FTP 1. foil twisted pair
2. file transfer protocol
GRD ground
ICMP internet control message protocol
ICS IBM Cabling System
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (USA)
IP Internet protocol
ISO International Organization for
Standardization
kbps kilobits (1000) per second
kHz kilohertz
Km Kilometers
LAN local area network
LAT local area transport
LBS LAN bridge server module
LEA last error address
LED light-emitting diode
LLC logical link control
MAU 1) multistation access unit
(token-ring)
2) medium attachment unit
Mb megabit
MB megabyte
MH megahertz
MIB management information base
MIC medium interface connector
MM management module