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AC Access Client MAC Media Access Control

AP Access Point MC Multicast
AUI Attachment Unit Interface MDI Medium Dependent Interface
BC Broadcast MIB Management Information Base
BFOC Bayonet Fiber Optical Connector MMF Multimode Fiber
BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit MTU Maximum Transmission Unit (max.
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check packet size)
CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access NIC Network Interface Card
Collision Avoidance NLP Normal Link Pulse
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access NMS Network Management Station
Collision Detection OID Object Identifier
DSAP Destination Service Access Point OPC Openness, Productivity Connectivity
DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point (former: OLE for Process Control)
DTE Data Terminal Equipment OSI Open Systems Interconnection
(end device) OUI Organizationally Unique Identifier
ELED Edge-emitting LED PoE Power over Ethernet
FCS Frame Check Sequence POF Polymer Optical Fiber
FDB Forwarding Data Base QoS Quality of Service
FDX Full Duplex RJ Registered Jack
FLP Fast Link Pulse RSTP Rapid Spanning Tree Notes:
Protocol
F/O optical fiber SC Subscriber Connector
FTP Foiled Twisted Pair SCADA Supervisory Control And Data
File Transfer Protocol Acquisition
GARP Generic Attribute Registration SMF Singlemode Fiber
Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management
GVRP GARP VLAN Registration Protocol Protocol
HDX Half Duplex - Halbduplex SSAP Source Service Access Point
IFG Inter Frame Gap (also: IPG) STP Shielded Twisted Pair
IP Internet Protocol Spanning Tree Protocol
Industrial Protection TOS Type of Service
IPX Internet Packet Exchange TP Twisted-Pair
(Novell protocol, like IP)
UC Unicast
LAN Local Area Network
UDP User Datagram Protocol
LC Lucent or Lampert Connector
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair
LD Laser Diode
VLAN Virtual LAN
LED Light Emitting Diode
WDS Wireless Distribution System
LLC Logical Link Control
WFQ Weighted Fair Queuing
WLAN Wireless LAN