z/OS Communications Server: IP Sockets Application Programming Interface Guide and Reference
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z/OS Communications Server: IP Sockets Application Programming Interface Guide and Reference
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AIX®
Advanced Interactive Executive
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
API
Application program interface
APPC
Advanced Program-to-Program Communications
APPN
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII
American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation One
AT-TLS
Application Transparent Transport Layer Security
AUI
Attachment Unit Interface
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
BNC
Bayonet Neill-Concelman
CCITT
Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique. The International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee
CETI
Continuously Executing Transfer Interface
CLAW
Common Link Access to Workstation
CLIST
Command List
CMS
Conversational Monitor System
CP
Control Program
CPI
Common Programming Interface
CREN
Corporation for Research and Education Networking
CSD
Corrective Service Diskette
CTC
Channel-to-Channel
CU
Control Unit
CUA
Common User Access
DASD
Direct Access Storage Device
DBCS
Double Byte Character Set
DLL
Dynamic Link Library
DNS
Domain Name System
DOS
Disk Operating System
DPI
Distributed Program Interface
EBCDIC
Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EISA
Enhanced Industry Standard Adapter
ELANS
IBM® Ethernet LAN Subsystem
ESCON®
Enterprise Systems Connection
FAT
File Allocation Table
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FTAM
File Transfer Access Management
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FTP API
File Transfer Protocol Applications Programming Interface
GCS
Group Control System
GDDM®
Graphical Data Display Manager
GDF
Graphics Data File
HCH**
HYPERchannel device**
HIPPI
High Performance Parallel Interface
HPFS
High Performance File System
ICAT
Installation Configuration Automation Tool
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
ILANS
IBM Token-Ring LAN Subsystem
IP
Internet Protocol
IPL
Initial Program Load
ISA
Industry Standard Adapter
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
IUCV
Inter-User Communication Vehicle
JES
Job Entry Subsystem
JIS
Japanese Institute of Standards
JCL
Job Control Language
LAN
Local Area Network
LAPS
LAN Adapter Protocol Support
LCS
IBM LAN Channel Station
LPD
Line Printer Daemon
LPQ
Line Printer Query
LPR
Line Printer Client
LPRM
Line Printer Remove
LPRMON
Line Printer Monitor
LU
Logical Unit
MAC
Media Access Control
Mbps
Megabits per second
MBps
Megabytes per second
MCA
Micro Channel Adapter
MHS
Message Handling System
MIB
Management Information Base
MIH
Missing Interrupt Handler
MILNET
Military Network
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
MVS™
Multiple Virtual Storage
MX
Mail Exchange
NCP
Network Control Program
NCS
Network Computing System
NDIS
Network Driver Interface Specification
NFS**
Network File System**
NIC
Network Information Center
NLS
multicultural support
NSFNET
National Science Foundation Network
OS/2
Operating System/2®
OSF**
Open Software Foundation**, Inc.
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
OSIMF/6000
Open Systems Interconnection Messaging and Filing/6000
OV/MVS
OfficeVision/MVS
OV/VM
OfficeVision/VM
PAD
Packet Assembly/Disassembly
PC
program call
PCA
Parallel Channel Adapter
PDN
Public Data Network
PDU
Protocol Data Units
PING
Packet Internet Groper
PIOAM
Parallel I/O Access Method
POP
Post Office Protocol
PROFS™
Professional Office Systems
PSCA
Personal System Channel Attach
PSDN
Packet Switching Data Network
PU
Physical Unit
PVM
Passthrough Virtual Machine
RACF®
Resource Access Control Facility
RARP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
REXEC
Remote Execution
REXX
Restructured Extended Executor Language
RFC
Request For Comments
RIP
Routing Information Protocol
RISC
Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RPC
Remote procedure call
RSCS
Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem
SAA
System Application Architecture
SBCS
Single Byte Character Set
SDLC
Synchronous Data Link Control
SLIP
Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMI
Structure for Management Information
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA
Systems Network Architecture
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SOA
Start of Authority
SPOOL
Simultaneous Peripheral Operations Online
SQL
IBM Structured Query Language
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TSO
Time Sharing Option
TTL
Time-to-Live
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
VGA
Video Graphic Array
VM
Virtual Machine
VMCF
Virtual machine communication facility
VM/SP
Virtual Machine/System Product
VM/XA
Virtual Machine/Extended Architecture
VTAM®
Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
WAN
Wide Area Network
XDR
eXternal Data Representation

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