Agilent Technologies 8714ET Switch User Manual


 
Glossary-6 LAN Interface Supplement
Glossary
time out A period of system
inactivity during which the system
awaits user or network response. If
there is no response by the end of
the period, the system takes an
action.
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) A
protocol for passing data on an IP
network. UDP does not guarantee
delivery, and does not require a
connection. It is a lightweight and
efficient protocol, but all error
processing and retransmission of
data must be done by the
application program. Specified by
RFC-768.
VISA (Virtual Instrument
Software Architecture) VISA is an
I/O library used to develop I/O
applications and instrument
drivers that comply with
plug&play standards.
Applications and instrument
drivers developed with VISA work
on any system that has the VISA
I/O layer. This allows software
from many sources to work
together.