A Note About Abbreviations

The field of network management features an enormous and ever-growing array of abbreviations and acronyms. Since this book is aimed at practitioners , we chose not to expand all abbreviations inline (though many are). Instead, there is a detailed glossary at the end of the book containing descriptions and short definitions of many of the abbreviations. Readers less familiar with the abbreviated terms will hopefully find the glossary useful. There is also a list of abbreviations at the start of the book.