HP Telnet/iX User's Guide (36957-90156)

Glossary 49
Glossary
A
address A numerical identifier
defined and used by a particular
protocol and associated software
to distinguish one node from
another.
address resolution In NS
networks, the mapping of node
names to IP addresses and the
mapping of IP addresses to
subnet addresses. See also probe
protocol, ARP.
AFCP Avesta Flow Control
Protocol. An HP proprietary
protocol which provides data flow
control features. AFCP is
optimized for communications
between nodes, including DTCs,
in an MPE/iX environment.
ARP Address Resolution
Protocol. ARP provides IP to LAN
station address resolution for
Ethernet nodes on a LAN.
ARPA Advanced Research
Projects Agency.
ARPANET The Advanced
Research Projects Agency
computer network.
ASCII American National
Standard Code for Information
Interchange. A character set
using 7-bit code used for
information interchange among
data processing and data
communications systems. The
American implementation of
International Alphabet No. 5.
B
binary mode Data transfer
scheme in which no special
character processing is
performed. All characters are
considered to be data and are
passed through with no control
actions being taken.
byte A sequence of eight
consecutive bits operated on as a
unit.
C
Client A Telnet client provides
outbound Telnet access to a
remote host.
D
DCE Data circuit-terminating
equipment. The interfacing
equipment required in order to
interface to data terminal
equipment (DTE) and its
transmission circuit. Synonyms:
data communications equipment,
dataset.
domain name A name
designated for a system in
ARPANET standard format. This
name can be used by other nodes
on the network to access the host
for which it is configured.
DTC Datacommunications and
Terminal Controller. The DTC is
a hardware device, configured as
a node on a LAN, that enables
asynchronous devices to access
HP 3000 Series 900 computers or
HP 9000 Series computers.