Glossary - Cisco Octal-Port DMT ATU-C Line Card Information Manual

Octal-Port DMT ATU-C Line Card

Glossary

A
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. A digital subscriber line (DSL) technology in which the
ADSL
transmission of data from server to client is much faster than the transmission from the client to
the server.
See ATU-C.
ADSL Transmission
Unit—central office
See ATU-R.
ADSL Transmission
Unit—remote
See ADSL.
asymmetric digital
subscriber line
See ATM.
Asynchronous
Transfer Mode
Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A cell-based data transfer technique in which channel demand
ATM
determines packet allocation. ATM offers fast packet technology, real time, demand led switching for
efficient use of network resources.
ADSL Transmission Unit—central office.
ATU-C
ADSL Transmission Unit—remote.
ATU-R
C
Cisco Broadband Operating System. Operating System that users access to configure and operate the
CBOS
Cisco products.
Cisco Connection Online.
CCO
The card cage (housing) where modules are placed.
chassis
See CCO.
Cisco Connection
Online
Command Line Interface.
CLI
customer premises equipment.
CPE
Common Transmit Clock.
CTC
D
Discrete Multitone.
DMT
Cisco IOS Release 12.1(6)DA
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