Glossary

This is a list of useful acronyms and their meanings A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | A ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode AFS Andrew File System D DCE Distributed Computing Environment DCEWG Distributed Computing Environment Working Group DFS Distributed File System DICCE Distributed Informatics, Computing & Collaborative Environment DIT Directory Information Tree DOE Department of Energy DSAs Directory Server Agents E EMTF E-Mail Task Force ER Energy Research ESCC ESnet Coordinating Committee ESnet Energy Sciences Network ESSC ESnet Steering Committee I ICFA Internation Committee on Future Accelerators IETF Internet Engineering Task Force IP Internet Protocol ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor L LAN Local Area Network M MAN Metropolitan Area Network MBone Multicast Backbone MCU Multipoint Control Unit MHS Message Handling Services MICS Mathematical, Information and Computational Sciences MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MTA Mail Transfer Agent N NERSC National Energy Research Supercomputing Center NIC Network Information Center NMTF Network Monitoring Task Force NOMC Network Operations Management Center NTIC National Technical Information Service O OER Office of Energy Research OSC Office of Scientific Computing OSF Open Software Foundation P PKI Public Key Infrastructures PVS Permanent Virtual Channel R REE Remote Experimental Environment S SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol V VCS Video Collaboration Services VCSS Video Conferencing Scheduling Service W WAN Wide Area Network