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GL-1

Issue 2 December 1996

Glossary

address mask

A bit mask used to select bits from an IP address for subnet

addressing. The mask is 32 bits long and selects the network

portion of the IP address and one or more bits of the local

portion.

agent

A software program housed within a managed network device,

such as a host, gateway, or terminal server. An agent stores

management data and responds to the manager’s data

requests.

ANSI

The American National Standards Institute sets standards for

the US computer industry. ANSI participates in defining network

protocol standards.

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol. The TCP/IP protocol used to

dynamically bind a high-level IP address to a low-level physical

hardware address. ARP is only across a single physical network

and is limited to networks that support hardware broadcast.

ASCII

The American Standard Code for Information Interchange,

widely accepted code for representing alphanumeric information.

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