Index_A

A

abstraction layer 140

distribution abstraction layer 140

encryption 32

Ack 177

action

in state machines 61

routines 61

action routines 177

shared 60

Adaptive Communications Environment (ACE) 165

Advanced Encryption Standard 32

AES 32

agent 119, 177

for management 68

SNMP 40, 48

AgentX 148, 177

Agere 30

Agilent 170

alert

critical 126

non-critical 126

ALG 30

always on 71

AMCC 30

analysis

in test equipment 170

anchor block 79

ANSI 57, 177

ANVL 169

API 177

appliance 21

application layer 4

application layer gateways 30

architecture

single-board/multi-processor 132

single-board/single-processor 132

ARP 177

array-based allocation 85

ASIC 30, 177

programmable 30

asynchronous mode 51

ATM 178

authentication 178

Automated Network Validation Library 169