Internet Dictionary

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	FDDI
	Fiber Distributed Data Interface. A LAN standard defined in ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Standard X3T9.5 that operates at 100 Mbps, uses a token-passing technology, and uses fiber-optic cabling for physical connectivity. FDDI has a base transmission distance of up to 2 kilometers and uses a dual-ring architecture for redundancy.

	NNTP
	Network News Transfer Protocol. An application protocol used to support the transfer of network news (Usenet) within the Internet. The protocol is used for bulk news transfer and remote access from clients to a central server. NNTP uses TCP to support reliable transfer. This protocol is a point-to-point transfer protocol. Efforts to move to a reliable multicast structure for Usenet news are still an active area of protocol refinement and research.

	RSVP
	Resource ReSerVation Setup Protocol. An IP-based protocol used for communicating application Quality of Service (QoS) requirements to intermediate transit nodes in a network. RSVP uses a soft-state mechanism to maintain path and reservation state in each node in the reservation path.