ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection)

A proprietary storage area network (SAN) developed

by IBM for a high speed serial interface between mainframe computers and peripherals such as external disk drives. ESCON supports data transfer rates up to 17 MBps in half-duplex (HDX) over distances up to 43 km. ESCON is yielding to Fibre Connections (FICON), a faster technology that runs over Fibre Channel. See also Bps, Fibre Channel, FICON, HDX, mainframe, peripheral, SAN, and serial.

• 8-Phase Shift Keying (8-PSK)
• 8-PSK (8-Phase Shift Keying)
• 8-VSB (8-level vestigial sideband)
• 9
• 900
• 900 Service
• 911
• AAL1 (ATM Adaptation Layer Type 1)
• AAL2 (ATM Adaptation Layer Type 2)
• AAL3/4 (ATM Adaptation Layer Type 3/4)
• AAL5 (ATM Adaptation Layer Type 5)
• AAL (ATM Adaptation Layer)
• A (Ampere)
• AAV (Alternative Access Vendor)
• abbreviation
• Abilene Project
• Abilene Project
• ABM (Asynchronous Balanced Mode)
• Above 890 Decision
• ABR (Available Bit Rate)
• absorption
• abstruse
• AC-3 (Adaptive Transform Coder 3)
• AC-3 (Adaptive Transform Coder 3)
• AC (Alternating Current)