AppendixA
DocumentTerminology
ThefollowingtermsarelistedheretoaidthereaderoftheST :
TableA-1DocumentTerminology
ACLAccessControlListItislterpolicyappliedoningressoregresstoaservice
deviceonaninterfacetocontrolthetrafcaccess.
ATMAsynchronous
TransferMode
ATMisastandardizeddigitaldatatransmission
technology.ATMisacell-basedswitchingtechniquethat
usesasynchronoustimedivisionmultiplexing.
BGPBorderGateway
Protocol
TheBorderGatewayProtocol(BGP)isthecorerouting
protocoloftheInternet.ItmaintainsatableofIPnetworks
or'prexes'whichdesignatenetworkreachabilityamong
autonomoussystems(AS).Itisdescribedasapathvector
protocol.BGPdoesnotusetraditionalIGPmetrics,but
makesroutingdecisionsbasedonpath,networkpolicies
and/orrulesets.
CLICommandLine
Interface
AtextbasedadministratorinterfacetocongureaITnode.
LANLocalAreaNetworkAsystemdesignedtointerconnectcomputingdevices
overarestrictedgeographicalarea(usuallyacoupleof
kilometers)
MACMediaAccess
Control
Amedia-specicaccesscontrolprotocolwithinIEEE802
specications.Theprotocolisformediumsharing,packet
formatting,addressing,anderrordetection.
MPLSMulti-ProtocolLabel
Switching
MPLStechnologyimplementsthedeliveryofhighly
scalable,differentiated,end-to-endIPandVPNservices.
Thetechnologyallowscorenetworkrouterstooperateat
higherspeedswithoutexaminingeachpacketindetail,
andallowsdifferentiatedservices.
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