FDDI Glossary
This is a short explanation of the most commonly used abbreviations used in FDDI.
- ALS
- Active Line State
- BER
- Bit Error Rate
- CCE
- Configuration Control Element
- CFM
- Configuration Management
- CMT
- Connection Management
- DA
- Destination Address
- DAC
- Dual Attachment Concentrator
- DAS
- Dual Attachment Station
- DMDAC
- Dual Mac Dual Attachment Concentrator
- DMDAS
- Dual Mac Dual Attachment Station
- ECF
- Echo Frame
- ECM
- Entity Coordination Management
- ED
- Ending Delimiter
- EFS
- End of Frame Sequence
- ESF
- Extended Service Frame
- FC
- Frame Control
- FCS
- Frame Check Sequence
- FDDI
- Fiber Distributed Data Interface
- FS
- Frame Status
- HLS
- Halt Line State
- ILS
- Idle Line State
- LCT
- Link Confidence Test
- LEM
- Link Error Monitor
- MAC
- Medium Access Control
- MIB
- Management Information Base
- MIC
- Media Interface Connector
- MLS
- Master Line State
- NAC
- Null Attachment Concentrator
- NIF
- Neighbor Information Frame
- NLS
- Noise Line State
- NRZ
- No Return to Zero
- NRZI
- No Return to Zero Invert on ones
- PA
- Preamble
- PCM
- Physical Connection Management
- PHY
- Physical Layer Protocol
- PI
- Primary In
- PMD
- Physical Medium Dependent
- PMF
- Parameter Management Frame
- PO
- Primary Out
- QLS
- Quiet Line State
- RAF
- Resource Allocation Frame
- RDF
- Request Denied Frame
- SA
- Source Address
- SAC
- Single Attachment Concentrator
- SAS
- Single Attachment Station
- SD
- Starting Delimiter
- SFS
- Start of Frame Sequence
- SI
- Secondary In
- SIF
- Station Information Frame
- SMDAC
- Single Mac Dual Attachment Concentrator
- SMDAS
- Single Mac Dual Attachment Station
- SMT
- Station Management
- SO
- Secondary Out
- SRF
- Status Reporting Frame
- STP
- Shielded Twisted Pair
- THT
- Token Holding Timer
- TNE
- Timer Noise Element
- TRT
- Token Rotation Timer
- TTRT
- Target Token Rotation Time
- TVX
- Valid Transmission Timer
- UTP
- Unshielded Twisted Pair