1–2 MULTINET4 MULTI-PORT SERIAL SERVER & MANAGED SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
GLOSSARY CHAPTER 1: GLOSSARY
CCITT Comité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique. An
institution to coordinate telecommunication standards. Although the
CCITT acronyms is still widely used the institution has been known
since 1992 as ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T).
CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. A method of
authentication of remote clients used by Point to Point Protocol (PPP)
servers and based on a shared secret.
CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing. A CIDR address is written with a
forward slash preceding a suffix indicating the number of bits in the
prefix length, such as 192.168.0.0/16.
CIR Committed Information Rate. A guaranteed data rate negotiated with
a carrier.
CFX Configuration XML File.
DCE Data Communications Equipment. Typically a communication device
such as a modem. In an RS-232 link a DCE communicates with a DTE.
DDS Digital Data Service. A private line digital service from carriers other
than AT&T.
DES Data Encryption Standard (DES). A NIST-standard cryptographic cipher
that uses a 56-bit key.
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
DiffServ DIFFerentiated SERVices. A type of Quality of Service (QoS)
functionality.
DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier. An identifying number for a private or
switched virtual circuit in a frame relay network.
DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point. A value in the DiffServ portion of an
IP packet header used for classification purposes.
DSR/DTR Data Set Ready/Data Terminal Ready. RS-232 handshake signals sent
from the modem to the terminal (DSR) or from the terminal to the
modem (DTR) indicating readiness to accept data.
DTE Data Terminal Equipment. Typically a computer system. In an RS-232
link a DTE communicates with a DCE.
EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol. An internet routing protocol.
ESP Encapsulation Security Payload. An IPSec header extension for
supporting security services.
FCS Frame Check Sequence. Extra characters added to a Frame for error
detection and correction.
FEFI Far End Fault Indication.
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