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Application Profile - A number of application protocols required for a specified task or industry sector. [Associated with STEP] Trade and Industry, United Kingdom. "Open Systems in Manufacturing". Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Related Terms: Application Profile - application | application protocol | industry | standard for the exchange of product model data | trade | Application Protocol - Defines the context for the use of product data and specifies the use of the standard in that context to satisfy an industrial need. [Associated with STEP] , United States Government. "Military Standard 1840-B" 3 November 1992. Acronym: AP Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: Application Protocol - application | application profile | data | industry | military | standard for the exchange of product model data | trade | Communication Protocol - The rules governing the exchange of information between devices on a data link. Acronym: CP Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Fairfax CALS Shared Resource Center, 1994Related Terms: Communication Protocol - communication | communications | computer | data | hardware | telecommunications | File Transfer Protocol (1) - A way of transferring files between computers. A protocol that describes file transfers between a host and a remote computer. It is also used to program based on this protocol. Acronym: FTP Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: File Transfer Protocol (1) - computer | communications | data | gopher | internet | protocol | software | Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile - The U.S. government's OSI protocols that address communication and inter-operation of computer systems across government agencies; they mandate that network procurements comply with the Open System Interconnection model. [ed. The Canadian Government also endorses GOSIP] .e. TBITS.] Technology Glossary" Executive Reference, 1993. Acronym: GOSIP Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile - communications | computer | government | information management | network | procurement | Internet Protocol - A standard that describes how packets of data are transported across the Internet and recognized as an incoming message. Acronym: IP Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: Internet Protocol - application protocol | computer | file transfer protocol | internet | standard | software | Manufacturing Automation Protocol - A largely moribund communication standard proposed by General Motors in 1986 that ideally would have enabled system devices within a manufacturing company to communicate among themselves. Acronym: MAP Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from: Gartner Group "Information Technology Glossary" Executive Reference, 1993Related Terms: Manufacturing Automation Protocol - computer-aided manufacturing | continuous acquisition and life-cycle support | department of defense | manufacturing | manufacturing technology | production | protocol | standard | technology | Network Driver Interface Specification - A Microsoft specification for a type of device driver that allows multiple transport protocols to run on one network card simultaneously. Acronym: NDIS Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: Network Driver Interface Specification - computer | network | protocol | software | specification | Network News Transport Protocol - An extension of the TCP/IP protocol that describes how newsgroup messages are transported between compatible servers. Acronym: NNTP Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: Network News Transport Protocol - communications | computer | electronic mail | internet | newsgroup | protocol | transmission control protocol/internet protocol | world wide web | Open System - A system capable of communicating with other open systems by virtue of implementing common international standard protocols. Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from Joan Smith, "An Introduction to CALS: The Strategy and the Standards", 1990Related Terms: Open System - computer | hardware | interface | international | international standards organization | international standards organization/open system | open system interconnection | protocol | software | standard | system | Protocol (1) - A set of procedures for establishing and controlling data transmission. Examples include IBM's BSC (Binary Synchronous Communications) and SDLC (Synchronous Data Link Control) protocols. Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Fairfax CALS Shared Resource Center, 1994Related Terms: Protocol (1) - exchange | file transfer protocol | interchange | interface | internet protocol | network news transport protocol | point-to-point protocol | serial line internet protocol | simple mail transfer protocol | transmission control protocol/internet protocol | Protocol (2) - A set of rules (priorities) and exception handlers for managing the communications on a network. A set of rules or standards that describes ways to operate to achieve compatibility. Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: Protocol (2) - exchange | file transfer protocol | interchange | interface | internet protocol | network news transport protocol | point-to-point protocol | serial line internet protocol | simple mail transfer protocol | transmission control protocol/internet protocol | Serial Line IP/Point-to-Point Protocol - Two protocols that allow dial-up access to the Internet through a serial link. Most Internet access packages support both, through you can use only one at a time. Acronym: SLIP/PPP Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: Serial Line IP/Point-to-Point Protocol - computer | internet | internet protocol | modem | point-to-point protocol | protocol | standard | telecommunications | standard | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - A protocol that describes how information is passed between reporting devices and data collection programs. It can be used to gather information about hosts on the Internet. Acronym: SMTP Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - computer | electronic mail | internet | network protocol | protocol | world wide web | START-UP - Supplies for Technological Advanced Requirements Through Users Protocols, a STATEL. A CADDIA programme on the interchange of electronic data between Eurostat and the national statistical offices. Acronym: START-UP Reference: Professor Derek Urwin, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, U.K., http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~pol028/index.htmRelated Terms: START-UP - international | trade | Telnet (1) - A terminal emulation protocol that lets you logon to other computers on the internet. Once logged on you can retrieve files from or send files to that remote computer. Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: Telnet (1) - communications | computer | internet | protocol | software | world wide web | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - A compilation of network and transport level protocols that allow a PC to speak the same language as other PCs on the Internet or other networks. Acronym: TCP/IP Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - computer | interchange | interface | internet | internet protocol | network | protocol | software | standard | telecommunications | world wide web | Transport (1) - A network or telecommunications transmission protocol; a set of rules for the transfer of analog or digital data.Related Terms: Transport (1) - exchange | interface | interchange | network | telecommunications | protocol | X.25 - A data communication protocol that ensures data integrity while data is being transmitted to, from and within the network. This standard defines the interconnection of packet-switching networks and their associated computers or terminals. These types of networks make efficient use of the telecommunications networks by taking the data generated Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics AgencyRelated Terms: X.25 - computer | data | exchange | interface | network | protocol | standard | telecommunications | X.400 | X.500 |
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