Specifications

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Glossary
CCR
Console Carrier Request. An ULTRIX host function that allows connections to the
access server remote console port.
Clear To Send
See CTS.
circuit timer
LAT. The LAT protocol timer that determines the minimum interval at which a
access server transmits virtual circuit messages.
client-server
Internet. The model of interaction in a distributed system in which a program at
one site sends a request to a program at another site and awaits a response. The
requesting program is called a client; the program satisfying the request is called
the server.
command line recall and edit
A feature that allows the user to recall and edit previously entered commands.
community name
A character string that is used as a password that the Internet host must know in
order to access the access server through SNMP.
connection queue
LAT. The queue on a access server that stores connection requests for a printer or
a service.
Console Carrier Request
See CCR.
console port
Any access server port assigned to receive the access server 900 series of messages
and to which an interactive device can be connected.
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check. An error detection scheme in which a receiver checks
each block of data for errors.
CTS
Clear To Send. A signal sent from the port device to the access server to indicate
that the port device is ready to receive data.
Cyclic Redundancy Check
See CRC.