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data path object environment
A data path object environment is one of the two programming environments
that are extensions of the operating system. The data path object environment
supports the functions of Nortel Multiservice Switch network services, that is,
functions that associate with data path processing.
data service unit (DSU)
A type of interface used to connect a terminal to a digital medium. In most
cases, it is used in conjunction with a CSU. Refer to
(CSU) (page 27)
data terminal equipment (DTE)
The name used to designate the user equipment on a subscriber link.
data type
A division of information with common qualities that affect their representation
and semantics (for example, numbers or strings). Data types are used to
represent values in component instances, component attributes, verb options,
response attributes. They are used as index values within replicated, vector,
and array attribute types. The component model supports the following data
types and variations: array, ASCII string, binary-coded decimal (BCD),
component name, compound, dashed hex string, decimal, enumeration,
extended ASCII string, hex number, hex string, IP address, link, list, long, null,
replicated, integer sequence, set of bits, signed, time, fixed-point decimal,
vector, and wild-carded BCD.
For more information on each attribute type, see the appendix on attribute
types in NN10600-060 Nortel Multiservice Switch 7400/15000/20000
Component Reference.
DBNL
See dial backup network link (DBNL) (page
DBR
See domain-based rerouting (DBR) (page
DCE
See data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) (page
DCS
See data collection system (DCS) (page
DE
See discard eligibility (DE) (page
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