ACSE/Presentation and ROSE Interface Programmer's Guide

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Glossary
EDI Electronic Data Interchange;
an emerging Application Layer
standard for the electronic
exchange of business data.
ES End system.
EWOS European Workshop on
Open Systems.
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data
Interface; a standard for a local
area network that uses fiber optics
and operates at 100 Mbps.
FTAM File Transfer, Access and
Management; an Application
Layer standard that enables users
to transfer and access files within
a multivendor network.
GOSIP Government OSI Profile;
a set of OSI specifications that the
U.S. Government is using for its
network procurement.
IEEE 802 a series of standards for
local area networking developed by
the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
implementors agreement
accord reached by computer users
and vendors on how they will
implement a networking standard
so that their products can
communicate. Also known as
functional standard or standard
profiles.
international standard (IS) a
networking standard that has been
approved by ISO or CCITT.
International Consultative
Committee on Telephone and
Telegraph division of the U.N.
International Telecommunications
Union that coordinates standard-
setting activities.
interoperability the ability of
different vendors' products to
communicate along a network;
along with conformance, a
requirement of an OSI product.
Integrated Services Digital
Network a developing standard
whose goal is to permit the
integration of data networks with
telephone communications and
other services (e.g., video) by
means of digital technology.
IDI Initial domain identifier. The
second part of the initial domain
part (IDP) definition of an NSAP.
See IDP.
IDP Initial domain part. The IDP
part of an NSAP identifies which
national or international group