HP ARPA File Transfer Protocol User's Guide (36957-90159)

Glossary

address A numerical identiﬁer deﬁned and used by a particular

protocol and associated software to distinguish one node from another.

address resolution In NS networks, the mapping of node names to IP

addresses and the mapping of IP addresses to subnet addresses. See

Also: probe protocol, ARP.

ARP Address Resolution Protocol. ARP provides IP to LAN station

address resolution for Ethernet nodes on a LAN.

ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency.

ASCII American National Standard Code for Information Interchange.

A character set using 7-bit code used for information interchange

among data processing and data communications systems. The

American implementation of International Alphabet No. 5.

binary mode Data transfer scheme in which no special character

processing is performed. All characters are considered to be data and

are passed through with no control actions being taken.

byte A sequence of eight consecutive bits operated on as a unit.

bytestream A ﬁle record format in which the data deﬁnition is deﬁned

by the application. Data is stored in a contiguous stream of bytes (no

record terminators).

control connection The communication path between the FTP User

PI and the Server PI used to exchange commands and replies. This

connection follows the TELNET Protocol guidelines.

data connection A full duplex connection over which data is

transferred in a speciﬁed mode and type. The path may be between a

serve-DTP and a user-DTP, or between two server DTPs.

directory See working directory.

DTP The data transfer process that establishes and manages the data