Networking Glossary
- address resolution A means for mapping Network Layer addresses onto media-specific addresses. See ARP. [Source: RFC 1208]
- Application Layer (Address Resolution Protocol) The top-most layer in the OSI Reference Model providing such communication services as electronic mail and file transfer. [Source: RFC 1208]
- ADMD (Administration Management Domain) An X.400 Message Handling System public service carrier. Examples: MCImail and ATTmail in the U.S., British Telecom Gold400mail in the U.K. The ADMDs in all countries worldwide together provide the X.400 backbone. See PRMD. [Source: RFC 1208]
- ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) Now called DARPA, the U.S. government agency that funded the ARPANET. [Source: RFC 1208]
- agent In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server application. See NMS, DUA, MTA. [Source: RFC 1208]
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