API Application Programming Interface ARP Address Resolution Protocol ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode BOA Basic Objekt Adapter BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture DII Dynamic Invocation Interface DNS Domain Name Service DSI Dynamic Skeleton Interface DTE Data Terminal Equipment FTP File Transfer Protocol HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol IDL Interface Definition Language ISO International Organization for Standardization IEEE Institute of Electrical Electronics and Engineers IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol IP Internet Protocol LAN Local Area Network MAC Medium Access Control MASA Mobile Agent System Architecture MIB Management Information Base NIS Network Information Service OMA Object Management Architecture OMG Object Management Group OMT Object Modeling Technique ORB Object Request Broker OSI Open Systems Interconnect PC Personal Computer PDU Protocol Data Unit QoS Quality of Service RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RFC Request for Comment SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol StP Software through Pictures TCP Transmission Control Programm UDP User Datagram Protocol URL Uniform Resource Identifiers VLAN Virtual Local Area Network WAN Wide Area Network