ATM-telecom lexicone/Lexique ATM-Telecommunications

AAL
  ATM Adaptation Layer  (atm)
  
AAL1  (atm)
  
AAL3/4  (atm)

ABIT
  Always Be In Touch  (hardware,communications)
  Pouvant Toujours Etre Joint  (matériel, communications)

A/N
  Analogique/Numérique

ABM
  Asynchronous Balanced Mode  (network)
  Mode Asynchrone équilibré  (réseau)

ABR

  Available Bit Rate  (atm)

Abstract Syntax

ABT

  ATM Block Transfert  (atm)

Access Method  (network)

Access Rate  (network)

ACD
  Automatic Call Distribution/Distributor  (network, phone)
  Distributeur Automatique d'Appels  (téléphonie)

ACK
  Acknowledgement  (network)

ACL
  Access Control List  (network)

ACM
  Address Control Message  (atm)
  Message de Contrôle d'Adresses
 (atm)
  Address Complete Message
 (atm)
  Message de Complète Adresses
 (atm)

ACP
  AIMUX Control Protocol  (atm)

ACR

  Allowed (or Available ) Cell Rate  (atm)
  Attenuation to Crosstalk loss Ratio
 (physical layer)

ACS
  Access Control System  (network)
  Système de Contrôle d'Accès  (sécurité)
  ATM Circuit Steering  (atm)

ACTS
  Advanced Communications Technologies and Services  (network)

Active Hub  (network)
  Concentrateur Actif

AD
  Administrative Domain  (network)

Adapter  (hardware)
  Carte réseau

Adapter Card  (hardware)

Address  (network)
  Adress Internet  (network, Internet)

Address Mask-Subnet Mask  (network, Internet)

Address Resolution  (network, Internet)

ADM
  Add-Drop Multiplexing/Multiplexer  (network, atm)
  Multiplexage Ajout-et Abandon

  Adaptive Differential/Delta Modulation  (network)
  Modulation Différentielle Adaptative

ADPCM
  Adaptative Differential Pulse Code Modulation  (general)

ADSL(source: foldoc)
  Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
 (communications, protocol, network)
  Ligne Numérique à Paire Asymétrique  (communications, protocole)

AFA
  Association des Fournisseurs d'Accès  (Internet, France)

AFCEE
  Association Française pour le Commerce et les Echanges Electroniques  (lobby)

AFI

  Authority and Format Identifier  (atm)

AFNOR

  Association Française de Normalisation  (standard, body)

AFPI  (network, Internet)

Agent  (general)
  Agent  (general)

AHCC
  Ad Hoc Copyright Coalition  (network, Internet)

AHFG
  ATM-Attached Host Fonctional Group  (atm)

AIFF
  Apple Audio Interchange File Format  (general)

AIM
  ATM Inverse Multiplexer (atm)

AIMUX
  ATM Inverse Multiplexing  (network, atm)
  Multiplexage Inverse sur liaison ATM
 (atm)

Algorithm  (algorithm, programming)
  Algorithme  (programmation)

Alias  (general)

AIR

  Additive Cell Rate  (atm)
  Taux de Cellule Additionnel
 (atm)

AIS
  Alarm Indication Signal.  (atm, UNI Fault Management)

AIW
  APPNImplementors Workshop  (standard, body)

AL
  Access Link  (network)
  ALign  (atm)

Alternate Buffer  (network)

AMI
  Alternate Mark Inversion  (network)
  ATM Management Interface  (atm)

AMRF

AMRT

Analog Signal  (physical layer)

Analyseur

Anneau à jeton  (réseau)
  Token Ring  (network)

Anonymous FTP  (network,

ANSI

  American Standard Institute  (standard, body)

AOST

  Association des Opérateurs de Services de Télécommunications  (telecommunication, France)

APCM
  Adaptative Pulse Code Modulation  (physical layer, network)

API  (general)

  Application Programming Interface

APROGED
  Association des PROfessionnels de la GED  (general)

APP
  APplication Program  (general)

APPC
  Advanced Program to Program Communication  (network)

Applet (JAVA, web)  (network, language, Internet)

AppleTalk  (network)

Application Layer  (network, OSI)

APPN
  Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking  (network)

APS
  Automatic Protoection Switching  (switch, network)

Archie  (tool, networking, Internet)

Archive Site (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive")  (networking)

Area/zone  (atm)

ARP
  Address Resolution Protocol  (network, Internet)

ARPA  (network, Internet)
  Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARPANET  (network, Internet)
  Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

Arpenteur

ART

  Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications  (telecommunication, France)

Artère

  Backbone  (network, atm)

AS
  Autonomous Systems  (network)

ASCII
  American Standard Code for Information Interchange  (general)

ASIC
  Application-Specific Integrated Circuit  (hardware)

ASN1
  Abstract Syntax Notation 1  (standard, ISO)

Assigned Numbers  (network, Internet)

Asynchronous  (physical layer, network, general)

ATC
  ATM Transfert Capability  (atm)

ATDM  (network)

  Asynchronous Time-Division Multiplexing

ATM

  Asynchronous Transfert Mode  (atm)

ATM Address  (atm)

ATM API
  ATM Application Program Interface  (atm)
  Interface de Programmation Application ATM
 (atm)

ATM CSU/DSU

  ATM channel/data service unit  (atm)

ATM Forum  (atm, standard)

ATM Layer  (atm)

ATM MIB

  ATM MIB  (atm)

ATM Pilot  (atm

ATM-SAP

  ATM-Service Access Point  (atm)

AUA
  

  Architecture Unifiée d'Applications  

Audiotex  (communications, telephone)

AUI
  Attachment Unit Interface Cable  (network, Ethernet)

AUP
  Acceptable Use Policy  (network)

Authentication  (general, security)

Autoswitch or switch  (network)
  Autocommutateur

AS
  Autonomous System  (network)

AUU
  ATM User to User indication  (atm)

AVI  (file format)!!
  

Average Cell Rate  (atm)

Average Cell Transfer Delay

A&B

  A&B bit signaling  (network)

B8ZS
  Bipolar 8 Zero Substitution   (physical layer, communications)

Back Door   (security) (source: foldoc)

Backbone   (network)

BAL

Balun
  Balanced-unbalanced  (network)

Bandwidth  (network)

Bandwidth on Demand

Baseband

BASize
  Buffer Allocation Size.  (atm)

Batch  (programming)(source: foldoc)

Baud  (unit, network)

BBS

  Bulletin Board System  (network)

BCD

  Binary Coded Decimal  (network)

BCOB

  Broadband Connection Oriented Bearer  (atm)

BCOB-A

  Broadband Connection Oriented Bearer Class A  (atm)

BCOB-C

  Broadband Connection Oriented Bearer Class C  (atm)

BCOB-X

  Broadband Connection Oriented Bearer Class X  (atm)

BEC

  Backward Error Correction  (network)

BECN
  Backward Explicit Congestion Notification  (network)

Bellcore
  Bell Communications Research  (network)

BER
  Bit error Rate  (network)

BES

  Busty Errored Seconds  (atm)

Best Effort  (atm)

BGP

  Border Gateway Protocol  (routing, network)

BICI / B-ICI
  Broadband Inter-Carrier Interface  (atm)

BIP

  Bit Interleaved Parity  (physical layer, communications)

B-ISDN
  Broadband aspects of Integrated Services Digital Network  (network)

B-ISSI
  Broadband Inter-Switching System Interface  (network)

B-ISUP
  Broadband ISDN User's Part

Bit
  Binary digIT  (general)

BITS

  Building Integrated Timing Supply  (physical layer)

Bit Error  (network)

Bit Rate

BLR (network, radio, Internet)

Bluetooth (network, radio, Internet)

BNC

  Bayonet-Neill-Concelman  (hardware, network)

Bit/s - Bps
  Bits per second  (unit, network)

Body  (communications,email,news, html)
  
  
Corps  (communications,email,news, html)

BOF  (communications)
  Birds Of a Feather  (network,standardization)

BOM

  Beginning of Message  (network)

BONAPARTE

  Broadband Optical Network using ATM PON Access facilities in Realistic Telecommunications Environments  (atm)

Boucle Locale

BPDU

  Bridge Protocol Data Unit  (DataLink layer)

BPS
  Bits per second  (unit, network)

BV

  BiPolar Violation  (Physical layer)

BRI(source: foldoc)
  Basic Rate Interface
 (network)
  RNIS Accès de Base">RNIS Accès de Base (2B + D)  (network)

Bridge  (network)

Bridging  (network)

Broadband  (communications, network)

Broadcast  (network)

Brouter
  Bridge-Router  (network)

Browser  (software)
  Web Browser  (www, Internet)

BSC

  Binary Synchronous Communications  (network)

BSI

  British Standards Institute  (standard, body)

BT

  Burst Tolerance  (atm)

BTAG

  Begin Tag  (atm)

B-TE

  Broadband Terminal Equipment  (atm)

Buffer  (general)

Burst  (general)
  

Burstiness  (atm)

Bursty -- Batchy  (general)

BUS
  Broadcast and Unknown Server  (atm)

Bus Topology
  LAN topology with a single transmission path shared by every user. All nodes listen to all transmissions and select specific messages based on

Butineur

BW

  Bandwidth  (network)

Bypass  (communications)
  Facilities Bypass : The use of facilities other than those of the local telephone company (LEC) (Facilities Bypass), using satellites and microwave systems for instance.
  Contournement
 (communications)

Byte  (unit, network)

Câble à Paire Torsadée(matériel)
Twisted Pair Cable

CAC
Connection Admission Control  (atm)

Cache  (memory management)

CAD/CAM
  Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing  (general)

CAN
Campus Area Network  (network)
  Control Area Network  (network)

CAP
Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation  (communications)
  Columbia AppleTalk Package  (network) (source: foldoc)

Carrier

CAS
Channel Associated Signaling  (network, atm)

CAT-3
Category 3 Unshielded Twisted  (network)

CAT-5
Category 5 Unshielded Twisted Pair  (network)

CBDS
Connectionless Broadband Data Service  (network)

CBR
Constant Bit Rate  (atm)

CC
Continuity Cell  (atm, oam)

CCETT
Centre commun d'études de télédiffusion et télécommunications  (norme)

CCIR
Comité consultatif international des radiocommunications  (norme)

CCITT
International Telephone and Telegraph Consultative Committee  (standard, body)

CCR  (atm)
Current Cell Rate

CCS
Common Channel Signaling  (network)

CCS7
See SS7.

CDDI
Copper Distributed Data Interface  (network)

CDMA  (source: foldoc)
Code Division Multiple Access Or "spread spectrum  (communications)

CDPD
Cellular Digital Packet Data wireless specification  (network)

CDV
Cell Delay Variation  (atm)

CDVT
Cell Delay Variation Tolerance  (atm)

CE
Connection Element  (network)
  Connection Endpoint (CE)  (network)

CEI
Connection Endpoint Identifier  (network)

Cell  (atm)
Basic ATM transmission unit

Cell header  (atm)
The 5-byte ATM cell header contains control information regarding the destination path and flow control. More specifically it contains the following fields: GFC, VPI, VCI,PT, CLP and HEC.

Cell Layer  (atm)
Same as ATM Layer.

CEN
Comité Européen de Normalisation  (norme)

Cenelec
Comité européen de normalisation électrotechnique  (norme)

CEP
Connection End Point  (network)

CEPT
Conférence Européenne des Postes et Télécommunications

CEPT-1
European Digital Signal 1

CEPT-3
European Digital Signal 3

CEPT-4
European Digital Signal 4

CER
Cell Error Rate/Ratio

CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team  (network, Internet, security)

CES
Circuit Emulation Service  (atm)

CGA
Color Graphics Adapter  (hardware, graphics)(source: foldoc)
  Carrier Group Alarm
 (network)

Cheapernet
The IEEE 802.3 10BASE2 standard (or cable used in such installations). 'Thinnet,' another term for the standard, specifies a less expensive, thinner version of traditional Ethernet cable.

CI
Congestion Indication  (network)
  Command Interpreter  (general)

CID
  Channel IDentifier  (atm)

CIF
Cell Information Field

CIM
Common Information Model  (standard, management, data)

Cinepak  (algorythm,video)
A CODEC used for digitizing video.

CIP / CLIP
Classical IP and ARP over ATM  (atm)

CIR
Committed Information Rate  (network)(Frame Relay)

Circuit

Circuit emulation  (network)
A virtual-circuit (VC) service offered to end users where the characteristics of an actual, digital bit-stream (i.e. videotraffic) line are emulated (i.e. a 2 Mbps or 45 Mbps signal).

VC  (network)
French acronym for VC.

Circuit Virtuel Commutté  (network, atm)

CL
Connectionless Service  (network, communications)

CLIP
Classical IP  (atm)

Client/Server Computing  (general)
A computing architectural model where processing can be distributed between nodes requesting information (clients) and those maintaining data (servers).

CLNAP
ConnexionLess Network Access Protocol  (atm, network)

CLP
Cell Loss Priority  (atm)

CLR
Cell Loss Ratio  (atm)

CLS
Connectionless Server  (atm)
  Connectionless Service
 (network)

CLUSIF
  

Cluster  
(general,file system) (source: foldoc)

Clustering  (general, server)

Clusterisation  (general, server)

CMD
Cell multiplexing/demultiplexing  (atm)

CMIP
Common Management Information Protocol  (network, atm)

CMIS
Common Management Information Service  (network)

CMOT
CMIP/CMIS On TCP/IP  (network)

CMR
Cell Misinsertion Rate  (atm)

CNCIS
  

CNET
The French national telecommunications research centre at Issy-les-Moulineaux, Bagneux, Lannion,.Sophia Antipolis, Caen, Belfort, Rennes,Grenoble...

CNRS
  Centre National de la Recherche

CO
Central Office  (communications, network)

Code Division Multiplexing  (source: foldoc)
Code Division Multiple Access

CODEC
COder/DECoder  (hardware, video, network)
  COmpressor/DECompressor  (algorithm)

Codec Conversion
The back-to-back transfer of an analog signal from one codec into another codec in order to convert from one proprietary coding scheme to another. The analog signal, instead of being displayed to a monitor, is delivered to the dissimilar codec where it is redigitized, compressed and passed to the receiving end. This is obviously a bi-directional process. Conversion service is offered by carriers such as AT&T, MCI and Sprint.

Collapsed Backbone
Network architecture under which the backplane of a device such as a hub performs the function of a network backbone; the backplane routes traffic between desktop nodes and between other hubs serving multiple LANs.

COM
Continuation of Message

Communications Server
Also called an asynchronous server or asynchronous gateway, a type of gateway that translates the packetized signals of a LAN to asynchronous

Commutateur
switch  (hardware, network)

Commutation
Switching  (network)

Commutation de Circuits  (network, communications)

Commutation de Messages  (network, communications)

Commutation de Paquets  (network, communications)

Commutation de Trames  (network, communications) Concatenation  (communications)
The linking of transmission channels end-to-end.

Concentrator  (communications)(source: foldoc)

Confidentialité  (réseau, communications)

Confidence  (network)

Congestion control  (atm)

Connection  (communications, network)

Connection-Oriented [Service]

Connectionless communications/network
A form of cell switching or packet multiplexing that identifies individual channels based on global addresses rather than predefined virtual circuits. Packets are transferred from source to destination without the need of a pre-established connection. Examples are IP and SMDS (see also datagram). Used by shared-media LANs like FDDI and token ring.

Connection-oriented communications/network  (network)
.

Contention  (network)
.

Contention Slot or Contention Period(source: foldoc)  (network)

COS
Class of Service

CPCS
Common Part Convergence Sublayer  (atm)

CPE
Customer Premises Equipment

CPI
Common Part indicator  (atm)

CPN
Customer Premises Network  (network)

CRA
Cell Rate Adaptation  (network, atm)

CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check  (general)

CRF
Connection Related Function  (network)

CRM
Cell Rate Margin  (atm)

CRS
Cell Relay Service

CS
Convergence Sublayer  (atm)
  Controlled Slip
 (network, atm)

CSCW
Computer Supported Co-operative Work  (general)
More commonly called groupware. See also Lotus Notes.

CSF
Cell Switch Fabric

CSI
Convergence Sublayer Indication  (atm)

CSMA/CA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance  (network)

CSMA-CD

CS-PDU
Convergence Sublayer Protocol Data Unit  (atm)

CSR
Cell Missequenced Ratio  (atm)

CSS
Cascading Style Sheet  (network, Internet)

CSU
Channel Service Unit

CSCW
  Computer Supported Cooperative Work  (tool)

CTD
  Cell Transfer Delay  (atm)

CATS
Clear To Send  (physical layer, communication)

CV
French acronym for VC.

CVC  (network)

DACS

  Digital Access and Cross-Connect System  (network, T1)

Daemon
  Disk And Execution MONitor  /day'mn/ or /dee'mn/  (operating system)(source: foldoc)
  Surveillant de Disques et des Exécutions de Programmes
 (système d'exploitation)

Daisy-Chain  (networking)

DAN

  Departemental Area Network (standard,X.500)
  Réseau Départemental
 (réseau)
  Desk / Desktop Area Network
  Réseau de Bureau  (réseau)

DAP

  Directory Access Protocol (standard, X.500)

DARPA
  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency  (network, Internet)

Data Flow Control Layer  (network)

Datagram  (network)
  Datagramme  (réseau)

Data Link Control Layer  (network)

Data Warehouse/Datawarehouse  (database)(source: foldoc)
  

DBT

  Deterministic Bit Rate  (atm)

DCC

  Data Country Code  (atm)

DCTE/DCE

  Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment or Data Communication Equipment  

DCS

  Digital Cross-connect System  (network)

DDE
  Discard Eligible  (communications)

DDL
  Dynamic Link Library  (communications)

DE
  Discard Eligible  (network, frame-relay)

Débit   (general, réseau)
  Rate  (network)

DECT
  Digital European Cordless Telecommunications  (communications, standard)(source: foldoc)

Default Route  (routing, network)

Defeaturing  (general, product, hardware)

  

Demultiplexing  (communications)
  Démultiplexage  (communications)

DES  

  Data Encryption Standard
  Destination End Station  (network)

Désérialisation  (communications)

DFA

  DXI Frame Address  (network)

DGCRA

  Dynamic GCRA  (atm)

DHCP
  Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol  (security, protocol)

Dial-Up  (communications, Internet)
  Connexion à la Demande  (communications, Internet)

DIB

  Directory Information Base  (network)

DGXIII-E  

  European Commission - Directorate General XIII

Digital Signal  (communications)

Digital Switching

DIP

DISP

  Directory Information Shadowing Protocol  (standard, X.500)

DLC
  Data Link Control  (network)

DLCI

  Data Link Connection Identifier  (network, atm)

DMI
  Desktop Management Interface  (network, management, interface)
  Interface d'Administration de Desktop??

DMT
  Digital / Discrete Multi Tone  (communications)

DMTF
  Desktop Management Task Force  (standard, vendor consortium)

DMZ
  Demilitarizes Zone  (security, Firewall)
  Zone démilitarisée
 (security, réseau, Firewall)

DNS

  Domain Name System  (network, Internet)

DOD

  Departement Of Defense  (network, Internet)

Domaine public(Freeware)  (software)
  

DQDB
  Distributed Queue Dual Bus

Driver

  

DS

  Digital Signal
  DS-0: Digital Signal 0

DSA

  Directory System Agent  (standard, X.500)

DSI
  Digital Speech Interpolation

DSL(source: foldoc)
  Digital Subscriber Line/Loop
 (communications, protocol)
  Ligne Numérique  (communications, protocole)

DSP

  Directory System Protocol  (norme, X.500)

DSR

  Data Set Ready  (physical layer, network)

DSS1
  Digital Subscriber systems Signaling

DSU

  Data Service Unit

DTD

  Document Type Definition

DTE

  Data Terminal Equipment

DTMF

  Dual Tone Multifrequency Signaling  (communications)

DTR

  Data Terminal Ready  (physical layer, network)

DUA

  Directory User Agent  (standard, X.500)

Duplex

  

Duplexeur

DXI

  Data Exchange Interface  (atm)

E-1

  European Digital Signal 1

E-3

  European Digital Signal 3

E-4

  European Digital Signal 4. European standard for digital

E.164 (atm)

EARN
  European Academic Research Network  (network)

EBCDIC
  Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code  (network)

Ebone
  European Backbone  (network, Internet)
  Dorsale Européenne
 (réseau, Internet)<

Echantillonnage  (network)
  Sampling  (network)
  Technique consistant à ne prélever sur un signal que des échantillons d'information à des intervalles de temps réguliers et suffisamment proches(théorème de Shannon) pour conserver une image fidèle du signal d'origine.

ECMA
  European Computer Manufactures Association  (standard, body)

EDGE (norme, mobile phone)
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
EDI
  Electronic Data Interchange  (standard, communications)

EDIFACT
  Echange de données Informatisé pour l'Administration, le Commerce et les Transports  (data interchange)

EDM

EEMA
  European Electronic Mail Association  (communications)

EEPROM

  Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory  (hardware, memory)

EFCI
  Explicit Forward Congestion Indication  (atm)

EGA
  Enhanced Graphics Adapter  (graphics, hardware) (source: foldoc)

EGP

  Exterior Gateway Protocol  (network, routing)

EIA
  Electronic Industries Association  (standard, body)

EISA
  Extended Industry Standard Architecture  (standard, body)

ELAN
  Emulated LAN  (atm)

E.Mail/EMAIL
  Electronic Mail.  (messaging, Internet)
(source: foldoc)

Embrouillage  (communications, physical layer)

EMI

  Electromagnetic Interference  (physical layer)

Emoticon  (network, Internet)

Encapsulation  (network)

En ligne

Enterprise Network  (network)

ENR

  Enterprise Network Roundtable  (atm)

Entête  (communications)

EOC
  Embedded Operations Channel  (communications, ADSL)
  End Of Conversion
 (communications)
  Fin de Conversion  (communications)

EOM

  End Of Message  (network, atm)

Equipements Terminaux

Epine dorsale

EPROM

  Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory  (hardware, memory)

EQL

  Exqualization  (physical layer)

ER
  Explicit Rate.  (atm)

ES

  End System  (network)
  Errored Second  (physical layer)

ESF

  Extended Super Frame  (network, T1)

ESI

  End Station / System Identifier  (atm)

Esprit

ET
  Exchange Termination  (network)

ETAG

  End Tag  (atm)

ETCD

  Data Communication Equipment

Ethernet

EtherTalk  (network)(source: foldoc)

ETHOS

  The European Telematics Horizontal Observatory Service

ETSI

  European Telecommunications Standards Institute  (standard, body)

ETTD

  Equipement Terminal de Traitement de Données

Exploreur

Extranet  (World-Wide Web, network, Internet)(source: foldoc)

EXZ

  Excessive Zeroes  (physical layer, error event)

FAI

FAQ
  Frequently Asked Questions  (network, Internet)

Fast LAN

Fault Management

Fault Tolerance

FC

  Face Contact  (physical layer)

FCC
  Federal Communications Commission  (communications, network)

FCS
  Frame Check Sequence  (communications, network)

FDDI

  Fiber Distributed Data Interface  (network)

FDM

  Frequency-Division Mutliplexing  (network)

FDM (source: foldoc)
  
Frequency Division Multiplexing  (communications)

FDMA

  Frequency Division Multiplexing Access  (communications, network)

FEBE

  Far End Block Error  (physical layer)

FEC

  Forward Error Correction  (atm)

FECN
  Forward Explicit Congestion Notification  (network)

FERF

  Far End Receive Failure  (physical layer, error)

Feuilleteur

Finger  (network, Internet)

FIFO
  First In First Out  (system) (source: foldoc)

FIORL
  Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link  (network)

Firewall  (network, security)
  Garde Barrière/ Pare Feu  (réseau, sécurité)

Flow control

FM
  Facilities Management
  Infogérance.

FMBS

  Frame Mode Bearer Service

FOIRL
  Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link  (communications)
  Liaison Inter-Répéteur pour Fibre Optique  (communications)

Fouilleur

Fragmentation

Frame

  

FR

  Frame Relay  (network)

Frame Relay Forum

Freeware  (software)

FRM

  Fast Resource/Reservation Management

FRS

  Frame-Relay Service  (network)

FTAM

  File Transfer Access and Management  (network)

FTP

  File Transfer Protocol  (network, Internet)

FTP Anonyme

  Anonymous FTP  (network,

FT-PNNI

  ForeThought PNNI  (atm)

Full Duplex  (communications)

FUNI

  Frame-based UNI  (atm)

Fureteur

FYI  (standart, Internet) (source: foldoc)
  For Your Information
 (standard, Internet)

Gateway

Gbps
 (unit, communications)
  Gigabits per second

GCAC

  Generic Connection Admission Control  (network, control)

GCRA
  Generic Cell Rate Algorithm  (atm)

GDMO

  Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects  (object)

GEA
  Gigabit Ethernet Alliance  (standard, vendor consortium)

GED
  Electronic Document Management
  Gestion Electronique de Documents

GEDT
  Gestion Electronique de Documents Techniques

GEIDE
  Gestion Electronique d'Information et de Documents Existants

GEP
  Gestion Electronique de Processus

Gestionnaire de Périphérique

GFC

  Generic Flow Control  (atm)

GIF
  Graphic Interchange Format  (graphic, Internet)

Gigue
 (réseau, communications)

GIP
  Global Internet Project  (network, Internet)

GIX

  Global Internet eXchange  (réseau, Internet)

GML

  Generalized Markup Language

Gopher  (network, protocol, Internet)

Gorilla Arm(source: foldoc)

Gosip

  Government OSI Procurement Specification  (network)

GPRS

  General Packet Radio Service  (téléphone mobile)

Grappe

  Cluster

Groupe

Groupware  (tool)
  Travail en groupe  (outil, réseau)

GSM
  Global System for Mobile communications  (communications)
  Système Global de communications Mobiles  ()

gTLD
  Generic Top Level Domain  (network, Internet)

GTS

  Generic Traffic Shaping

GUS

  Guide to the Use of Standards  (standard, network)

Half-Duplex  (communications)

HAN
  Home Area Network  (network)
  Réseau de Zone Résidentielle  (réseau).

HDB3

  High Density Bipolar  (physical layer)

HDLC

  High Level Data Link Control  (network, data-link layer)

HDSL
  High bit/data rate Digital Subscriber Line/Loop  (physical layer, network,communications, protocol)

Header  (atm)

HEC

  Header Error Control  (atm)

Hexadecimal (Or "hex")  (mathematics)(source: foldoc)

HIPPI

  HIgh Performance Parallel Interface  (physical layer)

HLF
  Higher Layer Functions  (network)

HMMP
  Hypermedia Management Protocol  (communication, protocol,web)
  Protocole d'administration Hypermédia

HMMS
  Hypermedia Management Schema  (communication, protocol,web)

HMON
  HyperMedia Object Manager  (web)

HOL

  Head-of-Line  (atm)

Home Page  (World-Wide Web)(source: foldoc)
  Page d'Accueil
 (World-Wide Web)

Host

HPPI

  High Performance Parallel Interface  (communications, network)

HSCSD

  High Speed Circuit Swithched Data  (téléphone mobile, GSM)

HSSI

  Height-Speed Serial Interface  (standard, network)

HTML (source: foldoc)

  Hypertext Markup Language
 (network, Internet, hypertext, World-Wide Web)

HTTP(source: foldoc)
  Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
 (network, Internet, protocol)

Hub

IAB
  Internet Architecture Board  (network, Internet, standard)

IAHC
  Internet (International) Ad Hoc Comity  (network, Internet)

IANA
  Internet Assigned Numbers Authority  (network, Internet)

IAP(source: foldoc)
  Internet Access Provider
 (network, company, Internet)
  Fournisseur d'accès Internet
 (réseau, Internet)

IBC
  Integrated Broadband Communication  (network)

IC
  Integrated Circuitry  (hardware)

ICD

  International Code Designator  (atm)

ICMP

  Internet Control Message Protocol  (network, Internet)

ICR

  Initial Cell Rate  (atm)

IDE
  Intelligent Drive Electronics / Integrated Drive Electronics  (hardware)

IDL
  Interface Definition Language

IDU

  Interface Data Unit  (network, layer)

IE

  Interlligence économique  

IEC - IC - IXC
  InterExchange Carrier  (réseau)
  International Electrotechnical Commission  (standard)
  International Engineering Consortium  (standard)

IEEE
  Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  (standard, body)

IETF

  Internet Engineering Task Force  (standard, body, network, Internet)

IGMP

  Internet Group Management Protocol  (network, Internet)

IISP

  Interim Inter-Switch Protocol (P-NNI phase 0)  (atm)

ILMI

  Interim Local Management Interface  (atm)

IM
 (communications)
  Intermodulation

IMA
  Inverse Multiplexing for ATM  (network, atm)

IMAP
  Internet Message Access Protocol  (network, Internet)
  Protocole d'Accès aux Messages Internet
 (réseau, Internet)

IN
  Intelligent Network  (network)

Indeo  (graphic, compression, algorithm)

Infogérance

Ingénierie Inverse

INRIA
  Institut national de la recherche en informatique et en automatique  (organisme, informatique)

INT

  Institut National des Télécommunications  (general)

Interface  (jargon)(source: foldoc)

Integrity
  
  Intégrité

Intercom  (hardware)

Interféromètre  (hardware)

Internic

  Internet Network Information Center  (network, Internet)

Interoperability  (general, harware, network)
  Interopérabilité

Internet(Note: capital "I")  (network, Internet)

internet(Note: not capitalised)  (network)

Internetwork

Interoperability

Intranet  (networking, Internet) (source: foldoc)

IP
  Internet Protocol  (network)

IP Address  (network, Internet)

IPFSP

  IP Fax Service Provider  (network, Internet)
  Fournisseur d'un Service Fax sur IP
 (réseau, Internet)

IPNS

  ISDN PABX Networking Specification  (network)

IPP
  Internet Printing Protocol  (network, Internet)

IPX

  Internetwork Packet Exchange  (network)

IRC
  Internet Relay Chat  (network, Internet, service)

Iridium (network, satellite)

IRLE

  

IRQ

  Interrupt ReQuest  (hardware)

IRTF
  Internet Research Task Force  (network, Internet, standard)

IS

  Intermediate System  (atm)

ISDN
  Integrated Services Digital Network  (network)

ISO
  International Standard Organisation  (standard, body)

Isoc
  Internet Society  (network, Internet, standard)

Isochronous /

ISP
  Internet Service Provider  (network, Internet)

IT
  Information technology  (general)

Itineris

ITSEC

  Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria  (security)

ITU / UIT

  International Telecommunication Union

ITU-T / UIT-T

  International Telecommunications Union-Telecommunications  (network, standards body)

ITU-TSS
  International Telecommunications Union-Telecommunications Standards Sector  (network, normalization)

IWF

  Interworking Function

IWU
  Interworking Unit  (network)

IXC

  Inter-Exchange Carrier

J2

JAMES
  Joint ATM Experiment on European Services  (atm)

JAVA  (language, object, Internet, www)

JAVASCRIPT  (network, web)

JDK
  
  Kit de Développement Java

Jeton
  Token

Jitter  (network, atm)

JPEG

  Joint Photographic Experts Group

JTC

  Joint Technical Committee

JTM

  Job Transfer Manipulation

Kbps

  Kilobits per second  (unit, communications)

Kermit

KIS

  Knowbot Information Service  (network)(source: foldoc)

Knowbot

LAN
  Local Area Network.

LANE

  LAN Emulation  (atm)

LANES
  LAN Emulation Services (Whitetree, Inc.)  (atm)

LAP

  Link Acces Protocol  (atm)

LAPB

  Link Access Procedure, Balanced  (data-link layer)

Large Bande

LATA

  Local Access and Transport Area

Latency

LBO

  Line Build Out  (physical layer, T1)

LCV

  Line Code Violation  (physical layer, error)

LCP

  Link Control Protocol  (protocol)(source: foldoc)
  Link Control Protocole de Contr&oacirc;le de Lien
 (atm)

LDAP

  Leightweight Directory Access Protocol  (standard, X.500)

LE

Leaky bucket

LE-ARP

  LAN Emulation ARP  (atm)

leased line  (communications)
  Ligne spécialisée-Ligne Louée  (communications)

LEC

  LAN Emulation Client  (atm)

LECS

  LAN Emulation Configuration Server  (atm)

LENNI

  LAN Emulation Network Node Interface  (atm)

LEO
  Low Earth Orbit[ing satellite [system]]  (communications)
  [[système de]satellite en] Orbite basse  (communications)

LES

  LAN EmulationServer.  (atm)
  LAN Emulation Service
 (atm)

LEVRAGE

  LEarn from Video Extensive Real Atm Gigabit Experiment

LI  (atm)

  Lengh Indicator

LIS

  Logical IP Subnetwork  (atm)

LLC
  Logical Link Control

LLC Encapsulation

  Logical Link Control Encapsulation

LMDS

  Local Multipoint Distribution Service  (network)
  Service de Distribution Multipoint Local  (réseau, opérateur)

LMI

  Local Management Interface  (atm)

LNNI
  LAN emulation network-to-network interface-LAN Emulation Network Node Interface  (atm)

LNPA

  Ligne Numérique à Paire Asymétrique  (réseau)

Load Balancing  (communications)

Local Loop-Local Access  (network)

LocalTalk  (hardware, network)

LOF

  Loss Of Frame  (network, control)

Log In / Log On  (communications)
  Procédure de Connexion  (communications)

LOP

  Loss Of Pointer  (network, control)

LOS

  Loss Of Signal  (error, network, control)

LRC
  Longitudinal Redundancy Check  (atm)

LS

LSB

  Least Significant Bit

LT
  Line Termination  (network, communications).

Luminance  (video)

L-UNI / LUNI
  LAN emulation user network interface  (atm)

M13
  DS-1/DS-3 multiplexer
 (network)Device which multiplexes 28 DS-1 signals into

MAC
  Media Access Control  (network)

MAC Address

Mainframe  (computer)

  Macroordinateur

MAN
  Metropolitan Area Network  (network)

MAPI(source: foldoc)
  
Microsoft Mail Application Program Interface  (messaging)

Mapping  (network)

MAQ  (communications)
  Modulation d'Amplitude en Quadrature  (communications)

MAU
  Media Access Unit / Media attachment Unit  (network)
  Unité d'Accès/d'Attachement au Média  (couche physique, réseau)
  Multistation Access Unit  (network)

MBONE
  Multicast BackbONE  (network, Internet)

Mbps
 (unit, communications)
  Megabits per second

MBS

  Maximum Burst Size  (atm)

MCA

  Micro Channel Architecture  (hardware)

MCDV

  Maximum Cell Delay Variation  (atm)

MCLR

  Maximum Cell Loss Ratio  (atm)

MCR

  Minimum Cell Rate  (atm)

MCTD

  Maximum Cell Transfer Delay

MDI
  Medium-Dependent Interface  (network, ethernet)
  Interface Dépendante du Médium
 (réseau, ethernet)

MDIX/ MDI-X
  Medium-Dependent Interface-X  (network, ethernet)
  Interface Croisée dépendante du Médium
 (réseau, ethernet)

Mean Cell Transfer Delay

Méthode d'Accès

  Access Method (communications, network)

Messaging Directory  (messaging, network, X.400)

Meta Directory  (messaging, network, X.400)

MHS

  Message Handling System (messaging, standard, network)

MIB

  Management Information Base (network)

MIC

  Media Interface Connector  (cable)

MICDA

  Modulation par Impulsions et Codage

MID

  Message IDentifier
  Multiplex IDentification  (atm)

Middleware  (communications)

MIDI

  Musical Instrument Digital interface  (réseau)

MIE

  

MIF
  Management Information Format  (network, management, web)

MIME

  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension  (file format, multimedia, messaging)

MIN

  Multistage Interconnection Network

Mips

Mirror(source: foldoc)

MMDS

  Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service  (network)
  Service de Distribution Multipoint Multicanal  (réseau, opérateur)

MMF

  MultiMode Fiber Optic Cable  (physical layer)

MNP

  Microcom Network Protocol  (communications, network)

Modem

  Modulator/demodulator  (hardware, communications)

MOF
  Managed Object Format  (network, management, web)

 
Mosaic  (network, Internet)

MPEG

  Motion Picture Experts Group  (compression, standard, algorithm, file format, body)

MPOA

  Multiprotocol Over ATM  (atm)

MR

  Mean Rate  (atm)

MRT  (communications)
  Multiplexage à répartition dans le temps  (communications)

MSB
  Most Significant Bit

MSP
  Maintenance Service Provider  (network)

MTA

  Message Transfer Agent  (messaging)

MTS
  Message Transfer System  (messaging)

MTU

  Maximum Transmission Unit  (atm)

Multicast

Multicast Addressing

Multicast Packets  (network)

Multimedia

Multiplex  (communications)

Multiplexage  (communications)

Multiplexer  (communications)
  Multiplexeur  (communications).

Multiplexeur  (communications)

Multiplexing or Multiplex Operation or "multiple access"  (communications)(source: foldoc)

Multiplexor  ()
  Multiplexeur  (communications).

Multiprotocol encapsulation over ATM

Mux

  MUltipleXer

NAT

  Network Address Translation

Native Applications  (atm)

Navigateur  (www, Internet)

NBS

  National Bureau of Standards (standard, network)

NDIS

  Network Driver Interface Specification (network)

Netatalk  (communications)

Netbios

  Network Basic Input Output System (network)

Netbeui

  NetBIOS Extended User Interface (network)

Netiquette
(source: foldoc)

Netware
 (operating system, networking)

News Netnews (source: foldoc)

Neutral Interconnect  (network, Internet)(source: foldoc)
  Plaque d'Interconnexion Neutre
 (réseau, Internet)

Newsgroup  (network, messaging, Internet) (source: foldoc)

NEXT
  Near End CrossTalk loss  (physical layer)

NFS

  Network File System (network)

NGII
  Next Generation Internet Initiative  (network, Internet)
  Initiative pour l'Internet de la prochaine génération
 (réseau, Internet)

NHRP

  Next Hop Resolution Protocol

NIC

  Network Interface Card or Controller  (hardware, network)

NID

  

Nist

  National Institute of Standards and Technology (standard, body)

N-ISDN

  Narrowband Integrated Services Digital Network  (network)

NM

  Network Management Entity  (atm)

NMF
  Network Management Forum  (standard, vendor consortium)

NML

  Network Management Layer  (atm)

NMS

  Network Management System/Station

NNI

  Network-to-Network Interface  (atm)

NOC

  Network Operation Center  (network)

NPC
  Network Parameter Control  (atm)

NPH
  Non-Parsed Header  (network, Internet)
  Enrête Non Analysé
 (HTTP, Internet)

NRZ
  Non-Return to Zero  (communications)

NRZI
  Non-Return to Zero Inverted  (communications)

NS
  Network Supervision  (network)

NSAP

  Network Services Access Point  (network, normalization)

NSAPA

  Network Services Access Point Address  (atm)

NSF
  National Science Foundation  (network, Internet)

NT

  Network Termination

NTI
  Noeud de Transit International  (réseau, Internet)

NTSC

  National TV Standard Committee  (atm)

Numeris  (network)

OAM

  Operation, Administration, and Maintenance  (atm)  (atm)

OAM&P

  Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning

OC-1
  Optical Carrier 1  (network)

OC-n
  Optical Carrier

Octet  (network)

ODBC
  Open Databases Connectivity

ODI
  Open Data-link Interface  (network)

Off-Line
  

OID

  Object IDentifier  (network management, mib)
  Identificateur d'Objet  (administration de réseaux, mib)

OLE
  Object Linking and Embedding

OLTP
  On Line Transaction Processing

OMG
  Object Management Group  (standard, vendor consortium)

OMPI

ONA
  Open Network Architecture

On-Line
  

ONP
  Open Network Provision

OOF

  Out-Of-Frame  (physical layer, alarm)

(The) Open Group  (standard, vendor consortium)

Openview

Opérateur
  Carrier or Common Carrier or TelcoTelco or PTT.

ORB
  Object Request Broker  (operating system)

OSF
  Open Software Foundation  (standard, body)

OSI

  Open Systems Interconnection(OSI, seven layer model)  (normalization, network)

OSPF

  Open Shortest Path First Protocol  (network, Internet, routing protocol)

OSIRM

  Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model

OUI

  Organzationally Unique Identifier  (network)

OURS
  Open User Recommended Solutions  (information technology, standard, vendor consortium)

Outsourcing

Overhead  (communications)
  Information supplémentaire  (communications)

PABX/PBX

  Private Automatic Branch eXchange

Packet  (network, communications)

Packet Switching  (network)

PAD

  Packet Assembler-Disassembler  (network)

Padding(general)

Page d'Accueil

  Home Page  (world-wide-web)

Paire Torsadée(general)

  Twisted Pair

PAL

  Phase Alternate Line  (tv)

Palmtop [computer](computer)

  Ordinateur de poche

Parité  (communications)

Parity  (communications)
  Parité.

Passerelle
 (réseau)
  Gateway  (network)

Payload  (atm)

  

PBX

  Private Branch Exchange  (communications)
  Autocommutateur Privé  (communications)

PC

  Priority Control  (atm)

PCI

  Peripheral Component Interconnect  (hardware)

PCL

  Peripheral Component Interconnect  (hardware)

PCM

  Pulse Coded Modulation  (communications)

PCMCIA

  Personal Computer Memory Card International Association  (body, hardware, standard)
  Association internationale pour la Carte à Mémoire pour Ordinateur Personnel  (norme, matériel)

PCR
  Peak Cell Rate.  (atm)

PDA
  Personal Digital Assistant  (computer)(source: foldoc)
  Assistant Numérique Personnel
 (ordinateur)

PDH

  Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy

PDN

  Public Data Network

PDS

  Premises Distribution System  (network)

PDU

  Protocol Data Unit

Peak Duration  (atm)

Peer-to-Peer

  Peer-to-Peer Network / Computing  (network, computing)
  d'Egal-à-Egal  (communications, réseau)

PHY/PL

  Physical Layer  (network)

PHY-SAP

  Physical Layer Service Access Point

Piggyback
 (communications)
  

PING

  Packet INternet Groper  (network, Internet)

PIU
  Path Information Unit  (network)

Pixel

  PICture ELement  (graphics)

PL

  Physical Layer.

PLCP

  Physical Layer Convergence Protocol  (atm)

Plesiochronous (communications)

PLP

  Packet Level Protocol  (protocol, network level)

PM

  Physical Medium

PMD

  Physical Medium Dependent

PMP
  Point to Multipoint  (atm)(UNI 3.0)

P-NNI

  Private Network-to-Network Interface  (atm)

POF
  Plastic Optical Fiber  (hardware)

POH
  Path Overhead  (network)

Point-to-Point [Connection]  (network)

Polling

  

PON
  Passive Optical Network  (network)

POP
  Post Office Protocol  (network, Internet)
  Protocole d'Accès au Bureau de Poste
 (réseau, Internet)
  
Point of Presence  (communications)
  Point de Présence  (communications)

Port  (network, Internet)
Portal/portail (Internet)

Postscript

  

POTS

  Plain Old Telephone Service
  "Le Bon Vieux Téléphone"  (réseau)

PPP
  Point to Point Protocol  (network, Internet, service)

PPT
  Packet Payload Type  (atm)
  Printer Pass-Through
 (printing)

Presentation Services Layer

PRI(source: foldoc)
  Primary Rate Interface
 (ISDN)
  Accès Primaire RNIS  (rRNIS)

Private Network

PRM

  Protocol Reference Model

PRMD
  Private Management Domain  (messaging)

PROM

  Programmable Read-Only Memory  (hardware, memory)

Prospero  (network, Internet) (source: foldoc)

Protocol  (standard, network)(source: foldoc)

Proxy  (networking)
  Mandataire/ Procuration  (réseau, Internet)

Proxy Gateway  (networking)(source: foldoc)
  Mandataire,
Passerelle de Serveur Relais  (réseau, Internet)

Proxy Server  (programming, World-Wide Web)(source: foldoc)
  Serveur Mandataire/de Procuration
 (réseau, Internet)

PRS

  Primary Reference Source  (hardware, physical layer)

PS
  Protection Switching  (network)

PSDN
  Packet Switching Data Network  (network)

PSDN
  Public Switched Network  (network)
  Réseau Public Commuté  (réseau)
  Packet Switched Network  (network)
  Réseau de Commutation de Paquets  (réseau)

PSTN
  Public Switched Telephone Network  (network)

PT

  Payload Type
  Type de "capacité Utile"  (réseau)

PTI

  Payload Type Identifier  (atm)

PTT
  Postal, Telegraph and Telephony company(or Adminsitration)  (network)

Public Network

Push Media  (communications,messaging) (source: foldoc)

P-UNI

  Private User Network Interface

Push (source: foldoc)
  
  

Push Media  (communications,messaging) (source: foldoc)
  Média permettant la fourniture automatique d'information
 (communication, messagerie)

PVC
  Permanent (or Provisioned ) Virtual Connection  (atm)
  Permanent Virtual Circuit

PVCC

  Permanent Virtual Channel Connection  (atm)BR>

PVPC

  Permanent Virtual Path Connection  (atm)BR>

PVN
  Private Virtual Network

PVP
  Permanent Virtual Path

Px64

Q.2931

Q.93B

Q.931
 (network, isdn, atm, fr)

Q.933

Q.2110

Q.2130

Q.2931

QAM(source: foldoc)
  Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
 (communications)


  Modulation d'Amplitude en Quadrature  (communications)
  Quality Assurance Management

 

QBE

  Query By Example  (general)

QD

  Queuing delay  (physical level, atm)

QoS

  Quality of Service  (atm)

QoS Classes

  Quality of Service Classes

Q-SIG  (standard, itu-t)

  

Quote
  

RACE

  Research and technology development in

RAM

  Random Access Memory  (hardware, memory)
  Mémoire à Accès Aléatoire: Mémoire vive  (mémoire électronique)

RARE

  Reseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne

RBL

  Radio en Boucle Locale (réseaux)

RBOC

  Regional Bell Operating Company

RD

  Routing Domain  (routing)

RDI

  Remote Defect Indication  (atm)

RDF

  Rate Decrease Factor

RED
  Random Early Detection

Renater  (network, Internet)

Répartiteur  (network)

  

Repeater  (network)

Reserved(field)
  

Reverse Engineering(source: foldoc)

RFC
  Request for Comment

RFI
  Request for Information  (network)
  Radio Frequency Interference  (physical level)

RFP
  Request for Procurement/Pricing  (network)

RGB(source: foldoc)
  Red, Green, Blue
 (graphics)

RIC

  Réseau d'InterConnexion

RIF

  Rate Increase Factor

Ring Topology

RIP

  Routing Information Protocol  (protocol, routing, network layer)

RIPE  (network, Internet)

RISC

  Reduced Instruction Set Computer  (processor, hardware)

RITD
  

RITL
  Radio In The Loop (network, radio)

RJ / RJ numbers
  Registered Jack numbers, e.g. RJ11, RJ45

RJ11

RJ45
  Registered Jack

RLI
  Réseau Local Industriel

RM
  Resource Management  (atm)

RNIS
  Réseau numérique à intégration de services  (réseau)

RNRT

  Réseau National de Recherche en Télécommunications  (organisation, télécommunications, france)

ROF
  

Rollback  (databases)
  

Router  (network)

Routing

Routing Table

RPA
  Remote Passphrase Authentification  (network)

RPC
  Remote Procedure Call  (operating system, unix, network, Internet)

RPIS

RPV
  Virtual Private Network  (network)

RS-232  (communications, standard)(source: foldoc)

RSA  (security, cryptography, company)
  Rivest, Shamir, Adleman

RSVP
  Resource ReSerVation Protocol  (network, Internet)

RTC
  

RTFM
  Read The F*cking Manual  (network, Internet)

RTS

  Request To Send  (physical layer)

RTSC
  Read The Source Code ()  (network, Internet)

RTT

  Round-Trip Time  (atm)

RVA

  

RWM
  Read-Write Memory  (hardware, memory)
  Mémoire Lecture-Ecriture  (matériel, memoire)

Rx  (network, communications)
  Receiver  (network, hardware)

SA

  Source Address  (network)
  Source MAC Address  (physical layer)

SAA

  System Application Architecture  (network)

SAAL

  Signaling AAL  (atm)

SAP
  Service Access Point  (network, standard)
  Subnetwork Attachment Point
  [Novell] Service Advertising Protocol

SAR  (atm)

  Segmentation and reassembly sublayer
 (atm)

SAR-PDU

  Segmentation and reassembly protocol data unit  (atm)

SBR

  Statistic Bit Rate  (atm)

SC

  Structured Cabling  (cabling)
  Structured Connector  (physical layer)
  Strick and Click  (physical layer, optical cable)

Scellement
  Message Integrity Checking  (communications, security)

SCP
  Service Control Point  (network, isdn)

SCR
  Sustainable Cell Rate  (atm)

SCSI
  Small Computer Serial / System Interface  (hardware)

SCSSI
  

SDA
  Sélection Directe à l'Arrivée  (réseau)

SDH

  Synchronous Digital Hierarchy  (network, communications)

SDL
  Specification and Description Language  (network)(source: foldoc)
  2. Langage de Spécification et de Description
 (network)

SDLC
  Synchronous Data Link Control  (network)

SDT
  Structured Data Transfer  (atm, communications)

SDU
  Service Data Unit  (network)

SEAL

  Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer  (atm)
  Couche d'Adaptation Efficiente et Naturelle
 (atm)

SECAM

  Système en Couleur avec Mémoire  (tv)

Sgment  (general)

SEL
  Selector  (atm)

Sémaphore  (network)

Semi-duplex

  Half duplex  (communications)

SEP
  Signaling Endpoint  (network)

Sérialisation

  

Server  (general)

  
  Serveur  (general)

Service Layer  (network)

  

Service Types  (atm)

SES
  Severely Errored Seconds

SF
  Super Frame

SFINX
    ()
  Service for French INternet eXchange  ()

SG
  Study Group  (standard, network)

SGML

  Standard Generalized Markup Language  (general)

SGMP
  Simple Gateway Management Protocol

Shareware  (software)

SIG

  SMDS Interest Group  (network, atm)

Signaling  (atm)

SIP
  SMDS Interface Protocol  (network, smds)

SIR

  Sustained Information Rate  (atm, smds)

SLIP

  Serial Line
IP  (network, Internet)

Slot

Smartphone  (hardware,phone)
  Téléphone Intelligent [malin]  (téléphonie)

SMB

  Server Message Block  (network)

SMDS

  Switched Multimegabit Digital Service  (network)

SMF
  Single Mode Fiber

SMDS Interest Group  (SMDS,standard, vendor consortium)

SMI

  Structure of Management Information  (network)

Smiley face  (network, Internet)

SMP

  Symetric Multi Processor  (computer, parallel)

SMTP

  Simple Mail Transfer Protocol  (network, Internet, messaging)

SN

  Sequence Number  (atm)

SNA
  Systems Network Architecture  (network)

SNAP
  SubNetwork Attachment Point  (network)

SNI
  SMDS Network Interface  (network,smds)

SNMP

  Simple Network Management Protocol  (network, Internet)

SNP

  Sequence Number Protection  (atm)

SOG-IS
  Senior Officers Group for Information Systems Security  (security)

SOH
  Section Overhead  (network)

SONET

  Synchronous Optical Network

SP
  Service Provider  (network)

SPANS
  Simple Protocol for ATM Network Signaling

Spag

  Standard Promotion and Application Group  (atm)

SPARC
  Scalable Processor Architecture Reduced instructionset Computer

SPE
  Synchronous Payload Envelope

SPN
  Subscriber Premises Network  (network)

SPVC
  Smart PVC

SQL

  Structured Query Langage  (general)

Span  (communications)

SPANS

  Simple Protocol for ATM Network Signalling  (atm)

SPVC

  Switched or Semi-Permanent Virtual Connection  (atm)

SRTS
  Synchronous Residual Time Stamp  (atm, communications)

SS

  Switching System  (communications, network, atm)

SS7

  Signaling System Number 7  (network, signaling, protocol)

SSCF

  Service Specific Coordination Function  (atm)

SSCOP

  Service Specific Connection-Oriented Protocol  (atm)

SSCS

  Service Specific Convergence Sublayer.  (atm)

SSI

  Server Side Include  (network, Internet,www)
  Inclusion Par le Serveur
 (network, Internet,www)

SSL

  Secure Socket Layer  (security, Internet, protocol, cryptography)

SSM

  Single Segment Message  (network)

SSP
  Service Switching Point  (network, isdn)

ST

  Segment Type  (atm)
  Stick and Turn or Straight Tip

Standard  (standard)

Starlan

STD

STD-1

  Internet Standard 1

STDM

  Statistical Time-Division Multiplexing  (network, communications)
  Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing  (network, communications)

STM

  Synchronous Transfer Mode  (network)

STM-1

  Synchronous Transport Module-1  (atm, network)

STM-n

  Synchronous Transport Module-n (where 'n' is an integer)  (atm, network)

STM-nc
  Synchronous Transport Module 'n' concatenated (where 'n' is an integer)  (atm, network)

STP

  Shielded Twisted Pair  (network, hardware)

STS
  Synchronous Transport Signal  (switching, transport)

STS-1

  Synchronous Transport Signal-1  (network)

STS-n

  Synchronous Transport Signal-'n'(where 'n' is an integer)  (network)

STS-nc
  Synchronous Transport Signal 'n' concatenated (where 'n' is an integer)  (network)

STUR
  

SVC

  Switched Virtual Connection  (network)

SVCC
  Switched Virutal Channel (or Circuit) Connection  (atm)

SVPC
  Switched Virutal Path (or Circuit) Connection  (atm)

SVGA
  Super Video Graphics Array  (hardware)

Swap   (operating system, software)(source: foldoc)
  Echange
  (système d'exploitation)

Switch, ATM  (network, atm)

Switch Fabric

Switched Ethernet  (network)

Switched LAN

Synchronisation
  

Synchronous  (communications)

T1  (network)

T3  (network)

TA
  Terminal Adapter/Adaptator  (network, isdn)

Table de routage
  Routing Table  (network)

Tag  (World-Wide Web)

TASI

  Time Assignment Speech Interpolation  (communications)

TAXI

  Transparent Asynchronous Transmitter/receiver Interface  (network)

TC

  Transmission Convergence  (atm)

TCP
  Transmission Control Protocol  (network, Internet)
  Key Escrow
 (communication, cryptography)

TCP/IP
  Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol  (network, Internet)

TCR
  Tagged Cell Rate  (atm)

TCS
  Transmission Convergence Sublayer  (atm)

TCU

  Transmission Control Unit  (communications

TDJ

  Transfer Delay Jitter  (atm)

TDM

  Time-Division Multiplexing  (network)

TDM(source: foldoc)
  Time Division Multiplexing
 (communications)

TDMA
  Time Division Multiple Access  (communications)
  Accès Multiple à Répartition dans le Temps  (communications)

TE
  Terminal Equipment  (network)

Telco  (general)
  TELephone COmpany  (network)
  Compagnie de Téléphone  (réseau).

Teletel

Telnet

TERENA
  Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association  (network)

Terminal  (general)

TFTP
  Trivial File Transfert Protocol/B>  (network, Internet, unix)

Throughput  (communications)

Time-Out / Timeout  (general)
  Expiration du Temps Imparti  (general)

Tiers de Confiance  (security, cryptography)
  Tiers de Confiance  (sécurité, cryptographie)

Time Sharing(Or "timesharing")  (operating system) (source: foldoc)

TM

  Traffic Management

Token  (network)

Token-Passing  (network)
  

Token Ring  (network)

Traffic Contract  (atm)

Traffic Descriptors  (atm)

Traffic shaping  (atm)

Trailer

Traitement par Lots  (programmation)

Trame

Transceiver
  

Transpac

TTP
  Trusted Third Party  (security, cryptography)
  Tiers de Confiance  (sécurité, cryptographie)

Twisted Pair (Cable)(hardware)

  

Tx
  Transmitter  (network)

UART

  Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter  (hardware)

UAS
  Unavailable Seconds  (transmission, error)

UCD  USA
  Uniform Call Distributor  (telephone)
  Répartisseur d'Appels Uniformes  (téléphonie)

UCT

UBR

  Unspecified Bit Rate  (atm)
  Débit binaire non spécifié

UDP

  User Datagram Protocol  (network, Internet)

UIT / ITU

  Union Internationale des Télécommunications (normalisation)

UIT-T / ITU-T

UME

  UNI Management Entity  (atm)

UMTS

  Universal Mobile Telecommunications System  (network, internet)

UNI

  User Network Interface  (atm)

UPC
  Usage Parameter Control  (atm)

UREC
  Unité REseau du CNRS  (network)

URL
  Uniform Resource Locator  (network,world wide web)

Usenet

  Users' Network/yoos'net/ or /yooz'net/  (network, Internet)

USI

  User Service Interface

UTOPIA

  Universal Test & Operation Physical Interface for ATM

UTP

  Unshielded Twisted Pair

UUI
  User to User Information  (atm)

V.22  (protocol,communications)

V.22bis  (protocol,communications)

V.32  (protocol,communications)

V.32bis  (protocol,communications)

V.32ter / V.32terbo  (protocol,communications)

V.34  (protocol,communications)

V.34bis  (protocol,communications)

V.35  (protocol, communications, standard)

V42

V.42bis

VAN
  Value Added Network  (network)
  Réseau à Valeur Ajoutée(RVA)  (réseau)

Vannevar

VBR

  Variable bit rate  (atm)

VBR-NRT / nrt-VBR

  Variable Bit Rate - Non-Real Time  (atm)

VBR-RT / rt-VBR

  Variable Bit Rate - Real Time  (atm)

VC

  Virtual Circuit  (network)
  Virtual Connection  (network)
  Virtual channel  (network, atm)

VCC

  Virtual Channel Connection  (atm)

VCI

  Virtual Channel Identifier  (atm)

VCL
  Virtual Channel Link  (network)

VCPI

  Virtual Control Program Interface

VDU

  Visual Display Unit  (hardware)

VESA

  Video Electronics Standards Association  (body, standard)

VF

  Variance Factor

VFast

VGA

  Video Graphics Array  (hardware)

Vidéopad

  Vidéotex Packet Aseembler-Dissasembler  (network)

Videotex

VIM

  Vendor Independant Messaging  (communications,networking)

Virus

VLAN

  Virtual Local Area Network  

Vocodeur

  Vocoder (communications)

VOD

  Video on Demand  (communications)

Vortal (Internet)

Vortail (Internet)

VP

  Virtual Path

VPC

  Virtual Path Connection. (atm)

VPCI/VCI

  Virtual Path Connection Identifier/Virtual Channel Identifier  (network)

VPDN
  Virtual Private Data Network  (network, public)

VPI

  Virtual Path Identifier  (atm)

VPL
  Virtual Path Link  (network,atm)

VPN
  Virtual Private Network  (network)
  Réseau Privé Virtuel (RPV)  (network, Internet)

VPT
  Virtual Path Terminator  (network)

VRC
  Vertical Redundancy Check  (network)

VRML
  Virtual Reality Modeling Language  (language)

VRU  USA
  Voice Response Unit  (telephone)
  Unité de Réponse Vocale/ Répondeur Vocal Interactif  (téléphonie)

VS/VD
  Virtual Source / Virtual Destination  (atm)

VSA

  Virtual Scheduling Algotithm  (atm)

VSAT
  Very Small Aperture Terminal  (communications)

VT
  Virtual Tributary  (network,atm)

VTAM

  Virtual Telecommunications Access Method

VTOA
  Voice Telephony Over ATM  (atm)

VTP

  Virtual Terminal Protocol

WAIS

  Wide Area Information Servers(Service)  (networking) (source: foldoc)

WAL  (communications)
  WATS Acces Line  (telephone, network)

WAN

  Wide Area Network  (network)

WAP

  Wireless Application Protocol  (network, Internet, téléphonie mobile)

WATM

  Wireless ATM

WATS  (communications)
  Wide Area Telephone Service  (telephone, network)
  Service de Téléphonie Large Zone  (telephone, réseau)

WATTC

  Worldwide Administration Telegraph and Telephone Conference

Wave
  

WBEM
  Web Based Enterprise Management  (network, management, web, vendor consortium)

WDM
  Wavelenght Division Multiplex{ing|er}  (network)
  Multiplexage par Répartion en Longueur d'Onde

Web
  World Wide Web  (network, Internet)

WebCrawler  (network, Internet)

WFMC / WMC
  WorkFlow Management Coalition  (standardization, workflow)

WG
  Working Group  (standardization, Internet)

White Pages  (network, Internet)

WHOIS  (network, Internet)

Wide Band or Wideband  (communications, network)
  Large Bande  (réseau).

Windows

  

WIRE  (atm)

WML
  Wireless Markup Language  (Wap, Internet, téléphonie mobile)

Workflow

World Wide Web

WWW

W3

Web

  World Wide Web  (network, Internet)

Worm  (networking,security) (source: foldoc)

WRT
  With Respect To  (network, Internet)

WYSIWYG
  What You See is What You Get  (general, gui, graphic interface)

W3C
  World Wide Web Consortium  (world wide web, standard, vendor consortium)

X
  X Windows   (graphic interface, protocol,windows)

X.121

X.25

X.400  (standard, messaging)

X.500  (standard, communications)

X.509  (standard, communications)

XC
  Cross-Connect  (network)

XDF
  Xrm Decrease Factor  (atm)

XDR
  eXternal Data Representation  (general)

XML(source: foldoc)
  eXtensible Markup Language
 (language, text, Internet)

XMS
  eXtended Memory Specification  (hardware)

XNS
  Xerox Network Systems  (network)

X-Open
  

Xrm

XTP
  eXpress Transport Protocol  (network)

X-Windows  (standard)
  

Yahoo  (network, Internet)

.yu
  Yugoslavia domain-name code. Rump Yugoslavia currently consists

YUV

Z39.50 (ANSI)  (networking, standard) (source: foldoc)

ZBTSI
  Zero Byte Time Slot Interchange  (ESF)

Zip
  

[to] Zip  (communications, compression)
  "Zipper"  (communications, compression)

Z-modem
  

Zone  (network)

ZTA
  

10Base2  (network)

10Base5  (network)

10BaseF  (network)

10Base-T  (network)

802.x  (network)

:-)  (network, Internet)

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Last modified: Wed May 15 GMT 2000    <Philippe Molinié>