FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Enterprise Operating System Command Line Interface User Manual (620-000134-720, April 2005)

Glossary
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Glossary
This glossary includes terms and definitions from:
• American National Standard Dictionary for Information Systems
(ANSI X3.172-1990), copyright 1990 by the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI). Copies can be purchased from the
American National Standards Institute, 25 West 42nd Street, New
York, NY 10036. Definitions from this text are identified by (A).
• ANSI/EIA Standard - 440A: Fiber Optic Terminology, copyright 1989
by the Electronic Industries Association (EIA). Copies can be
purchased from the Electronic Industries Association, 2001
Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. Definitions
from this text are identified by (E).
• IBM Dictionary of Computing (ZC20-1699). Definitions from this
text are identified by (D).
• Information Technology Vocabulary, developed by Subcommittee 1
(SC1), Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1), of the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Definitions of published
parts of this vocabulary are identified by (I). Definitions taken
from draft international standards, committee drafts, and
working papers developed by ISO/IEC SC1/JTC1 are identified
by (T), indicating that final agreement has not been reached
among the participating national bodies of SC1.
The following cross-references are used in this glossary:
Contrast with. This refers to a term that has an opposite or
substantively different meaning.