OSI/AS Programming Manual

Abbreviations
056783 Tandem Computers Incorporated Abbreviations-1
The following list defines abbreviations and acronyms used in this manual and in the
other Tandem OSI/AS and Tandem OSI/TS manuals. Not all terms listed here are
used in this particular manual.
AA-SPDU. Abort accept SPDU
AARE-APDU. A-associate response APDU
AARQ-APDU. A-associate request APDU
AB-SPDU. Abort SPDU
ABRT-APDU. A-abort APDU
AC-PPDU. Alter context PPDU
AC-SPDU. Accept SPDU
ACA-PPDU. Alter context acknowledge PPDU
ACPM. Association control protocol machine
ACSE. Association Control Service Element
AE. Application entity
AFI. Authority and format identifier (part of an NSAP address)
AK-TPDU. Data acknowledge TPDU
AMAE. Application management application entity
AMAP. Application management application process
AP-ABORT. Application process abort
APDU. Application protocol data unit
API. Application programmatic interface
APS procedures. Application, presentation, and session procedures
ARP-PPDU. Abnormal release provider PPDU
ARU-PPDU. Abnormal release user PPDU
ASN.1. Abstract Syntax Notation-1
CC-TPDU. Connect confirm TPDU
CEPI. Connection endpoint identifier
CLNS. Connectionless-mode network service
CN-SPDU. Connect SPDU
CONS. Connection-mode network service
COUP. Configuration Utility Program
CP-PPDU. Connect presentation PPDU