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ABR

Available Bit Rate

ACK

Acknowledgement flag, TCP header

ACL

Access Control List

ANAR

Auto-Negotiation Advertisement Register

ANER

Auto-Negotiation Expansion Register

API

Application Programming Interface

Application Server

A host computer that provides access to a software application. In the context of this Reference Architecture, it is used to mean a J2EE Application Server, which essentially serves as an enterprise platform for Java applications.

See also [J2EE]

ARI/FCI

Address Recognition Indicator/Frame Copier Indicator

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ASIC

Application Specific Integrated Circuit

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode