Glossary of Terms 277
PSK: Phase shift keying
PSN: Packet-switched network
PSNP: Partial Sequence Number PDU
PSPDN: Packet-switched public data network
PSTN: Public switched telephone network
PTT: Post, telephone, and telegraph
PVC: Permanent virtual circuit
QA: Quality assurance
QC: Quality control
QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QoS: Quality of service
RADIUS: Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAM: Random access memory
RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RBOCs: Regional Bell operating companies
RCP: Remote Copy Protocol
RFC: Request for Comments
RIP: Routing Information Protocol
RISC: Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RJE: Remote job entry
RLP: Remote Location Protocol
RMON: Remote monitoring
ROI: Return on investment
ROM: Read-only memory
RPC: Remote procedure call
RSA: Rivest, Shamir, Adleman (public key encryption)
RTFM: Read the fine manual
RTMP: Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (AppleTalk)
RTP: Real-Time Transport Protocol
SA (1): Source address
SA (2): Security Association
SABM: Set asynchronous balanced mode
SABME: Set asynchronous balanced mode extended
SAP (1): Service access point
SAP(2): Service Advertisement Protocol (Novell)
SAS: Single attached station
SDH: Synchronous digital hierarchy
SLDC (1): Systems development life cycle
SLDC (2): Synchronous Data Link Control
SDU: Service data unit
SHA: Secure Hash algorithm
SF: Super Framing (T1/E1)
SIMM: Single inline memory module
SIP: SMDS Interface Protocol
SLARP: Serial Link Address Resolution Protocol
SLIP: Serial Line Interface Protocol
SMDS: Switched Multi-megabit Data Service
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA: Systems Network Architecture
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