Paradyne 3166 CSU, User Manual

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Glossary
GL-9
3166-A2-GB20-20 March 1999
Serial Line Internet Protocol. Protocol for serial operation on an internet.
Simple Network Management Protocol. Protocol for open networking management.
Status branch of the DSU/CSU menu tree.
Status Event Register. Records the occurrence of certain alarm conditions.
A portion of a network, which may be a physically independent network segment, that
shares a network address with other portions of the network and is distinguished by a
subnet number. A subnet is to a network what a network is to an internet.
A number that identifies the subnet portion of a network address. The subnet mask is a
32-bit Internet address written in dotted-decimal notation with all the 1s in the network and
subnet portions of the address.
Data transmission that is synchronized by timing signals. Characters are sent at a fixed
rate.
A term for a digital carrier facility used to transmit a DS1 formatted digital signal at
1.544 Mbps. It is used primarily in North America.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The dominant protocol suite in the
worldwide Internet, TCP allows a process on one machine to send data to a process on
another machine using the IP. TCP can be used as a full-duplex or one-way simplex
connection.
Virtual terminal protocol in the Internet suite of protocols. Allows the user of one host
computer to log into a remote host computer and interact as a normal terminal user of the
remote host.
One of the ways in which bandwidth can be specified for multiplexer channel groups. Time
slots are specified by any number from one to twenty-four, with each time slot equal to
64 kbps.
A notification message to the SNMP manager when an unusual event occurs on a network
device, such as a reinitialization.
Test Status branch of the DSU/CSU menu tree.
Transmit. To send signals from a device.
Transmit Clock. V.24 circuit 114.
Transmit Data. Pin 2 of the EIA-232 interface that is used by the DTE to transmit data to
the modem. Conversely, the modem uses Pin 2 to receive data from the DTE.
Unavailable Seconds. A count of one-second intervals when service is unavailable.
User Datagram Protocol. A TCP/IP protocol describing how messages reach application
programs within a destination computer.
Underwriter’s Laboratories, Inc. An organization which promotes product safety.
An ITU-T standard for a low-speed, 25-position, DCE/DTE interface.
An ITU-T standard for a high-speed, 34-position, DCE/DTE interface.
An ITU-T standard for local and remote diagnostic loopback tests.
An ITU-T standard for a data channel loopback (DCLB).
An ITU-T standard for a data terminal loopback (DTLB).
Volts alternating current.
SLIP
SNMP
Stat branch
StEvnt
subnet
subnet mask
synchronous data
T1
TCP/IP
Telnet
time slot
trap (SNMP)
TStat branch
TX
TXC
TXD
UAS
UDP
UL
V.24
V.35
V.54
V.54 Loop 2
V.54 Loop 3
Vac