Appendix E. Abbreviations
| A | application layer |
| ACK | acknowledgment |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
| AS | autonomous systems |
| ASN.1 | Abstract Syntax Negotiation One |
| ATM | automated teller machines |
| B | bandwidth |
| BER | basic encoding rules |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
| BPDU | bridge message or protocol data unit |
| BSC | binary synchronous control |
| BVI | bridge-group virtual interface |
| C bit | Cost bit |
| C/R | command/response bit |
| CIDR | Classless Interdomain Routing |
| CIX | Commercial Internet Exchange |
| CLNP | connectionless network protocol |
| CM | configuration message |
| CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect |
| D bit | delay bit |
| D | delay |
| DA | destination address |
| DF | Don't Fragment |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| DLC | data link control |
| DLS | Data Link Switching |
| DP | destination port |
| DSAP | destination service access point address |
| DSP |
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