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Glossary alarm AL_PA American National Standard Code for Information Interchange American National Standards Institute ANSI API application application client application program application program interface arbitrated loop (1) A notification of an abnormal condition within a system that provides an indication of the location or nature of the abnormality to either a local or remote alarm indicator. (2) A simple network management protocol (SNMP) message notifying an operator of a network or device problem. See arbitrated loop physical address. ASCII. A standard character set consisting of 7-bit coded characters (8-bit including parity check) used for information exchange between systems and equipment (D). ANSI. A national organization consisting of producers, consumers, and general interest groups that establishes procedures by which accredited organizations create and maintain industry standards in the United States (A). See American National Standards Institute. See application program interface. (1) The use to which a data processing system is put, for example, a payroll application, an airline reservation application, or a network application. (2) A collection of software components used to perform specific types of work on a computer (D). The source object of the small computer system interface (SCSI) commands and destination for the command responses. (1) A program that is specific to the solution of an application problem. Synonymous with application software. (2) A program written for or by a user that applies to the user's work, such as a program that does inventory control or payroll. (3) A program used to connect and communicate with stations in a network, enabling users to perform application-oriented activities (I). API. A set of programming functions and routines that provides access between protocol layers, such as between an application and network services. One of the three connection topologies offered by Fibre Channel protocol. Up to 126 node ports and one fabric port can communicate g-3

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g-3
Glossary
alarm
(1) A notification of an abnormal condition within a system that
provides an indication of the location or nature of the abnormality to
either a local or remote alarm indicator. (2) A simple network
management protocol (SNMP) message notifying an operator of a
network or device problem.
AL_PA
See
arbitrated loop physical address
.
American National
Standard Code for
Information
Interchange
ASCII. A standard character set consisting of 7-bit coded characters
(8-bit including parity check) used for information exchange between
systems and equipment
(D).
American National
Standards Institute
ANSI. A national organization consisting of producers, consumers,
and general interest groups that establishes procedures by which
accredited organizations create and maintain industry standards in
the United States
(A)
.
ANSI
See
American National Standards Institute
.
API
See
application program interface
.
application
(1) The use to which a data processing system is put, for example, a
payroll application, an airline reservation application, or a network
application. (2) A collection of software components used to perform
specific types of work on a computer
(D)
.
application client
The source object of the small computer system interface (SCSI)
commands and destination for the command responses.
application program
(1) A program that is specific to the solution of an application
problem. Synonymous with application software. (2) A program
written for or by a user that applies to the user's work, such as a
program that does inventory control or payroll. (3) A program used
to connect and communicate with stations in a network, enabling
users to perform application-oriented activities
(I)
.
application program
interface
API. A set of programming functions and routines that provides
access between protocol layers, such as between an application and
network services.
arbitrated loop
One of the three connection topologies offered by Fibre Channel
protocol. Up to 126 node ports and one fabric port can communicate