Appendix A
Acronyms
Table A-1
Acronym
NAM
NBP
NCIA
NDE
NET
NetBIOS
NFFC
NMP
NSAP
NSF
NTP
NVRAM
OAM
ODM
OSI
OSM
OSPF
PAE
PAgP
PBD
PC
PCM
PCR
PDP
PDU
PEP
PFC
PGM
PHY
PIB
PIM
PPP
PRID
PVST+
QDM
QM
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List of Acronyms (continued)
Expansion
Network Analysis Module
Name Binding Protocol
Native Client Interface Architecture
NetFlow Data Export
network entity title
Network Basic Input/Output System
NetFlow Feature Card
Network Management Processor
network service access point
Nonstop Forwarding
Network Time Protocol
nonvolatile RAM
Operation, Administration, and Maintenance
order dependent merge
Open System Interconnection
Optical Services Module
open shortest path first
port access entity
Port Aggregation Protocol
packet buffer daughterboard
Personal Computer (formerly PCMCIA)
pulse code modulation
peak cell rate
policy decision point
protocol data unit
policy enforcement point
Policy Feature Card
Pragmatic General Multicast
physical sublayer
policy information base
protocol independent multicast
Point-to-Point Protocol
Policy Rule Identifiers
Per VLAN Spanning Tree+
QoS device manager
QoS manager
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