SKB Acronyms - Organizations

RINA	Recursive InterNetworking Architecture Description: Theory and architecture for IPC
TINOS	The InterNet Operating System Description: one of the first RINA implementations

RINA

AP	Application Process
CACE	Common Application Connection Establishment
CDAP	Common Distributed Application Protocol Description: the only application protocol needed for IPC
DAF	Distributed Application Facility Description: a layer in a RINA network
DAP	Distributed Application Process Description: part of a distributed application
DIF	Distributed IPC Facility Description: a layer as a specialized DAF
DMS	DIF Management System Description: the management system of RINA, also known as Distributed Management System
DTCP	Data Transfer Control Protocol Description: the optional (control) part of EFCP
DTP	Data Transfer Protocol Description: the required part of EFCP
EFCP	Error and Flow Control Protocol Description: the main protocol of a DIF, has two parts: DTP and optionally DTCP
FAI	Flow Allocator Instance
IPCP	IPC Process Description: part of a distributed application
POA	Point Of Attachment
RA	Resource Allocator
RIB	Resource Information Base Description: database with all objects of a RINA network
RMT	Relaying and Multiplexing Task

AM-DMS	Application Management DMS
MA	Management Agent
NM-DMS	Network Management DMS
NSM-DMS	Network System Management DMS
OS-DMS	Operating System DMS