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Appendix A Acronyms
NAM
Network Analysis Module
NBP
Name Binding Protocol
NCIA
Native Client Interface Architecture
NDE
NetFlow Data Export
NET
network entity title
NetBIOS
Network Basic Input/Output System
NFFC
NetFlow Feature Card
NMP
Network Management Processor
NSAP
network service access point
NSF
Nonstop Forwarding
NTP
Network Time Protocol
NVRAM
nonvolatile RAM
OAM
Operation, Administration, and Maintenance
ODM
order dependent merge
OSI
Open System Interconnection
OSM
Optical Services Module
OSPF
open shortest path first
PAE
port access entity
PAgP
Port Aggregation Protocol
PBD
packet buffer daughterboard
PC
Personal Computer (formerly PCMCIA)
PCM
pulse code modulation
PCR
peak cell rate
PDP
policy decision point
PDU
protocol data unit
PEP
policy enforcement point
PFC
Policy Feature Card
PGM
Pragmatic General Multicast
PHY
physical sublayer
PIB
policy information base
PIM
protocol independent multicast
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
PRID
Policy Rule Identifiers
PVST+
Per VLAN Spanning Tree+
QDM
QoS device manager
QM
QoS manager
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List of Acronyms (continued)
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