traffic shaper

Synonymous with traffic manager. A bandwidth optimizer that classifies packet traffic by analyzing application information contained deep within the packet. Traffic shapers essentially are Application Layer (OSI Layer 7) switches with buffering capability for traffic queuing and partitioning. Traffic shaping is also known as policing. See also application, Application Layer, bandwidth, network optimization, OSI Reference Model, and queue.

• NAK (Negative AcKnowledgement)
• .name
• N-AMPS (Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service)
• NANC (North American Numbering Council)
• nanometer (nm)
• nano- (n)
• NANP (North American Numbering Plan)
• NA (Numerical Aperture)
• NAP (Network Access Point)
• NAP (Network Access Point)
• narrowband
• Narrowband AMPS (N-AMPS)
• Narrowband ISDN (N-ISDN)
• Narrowband PCS (Narrowband Personal Communications Services or N-PCS)
• Narrowband TACS (NTACS)
• Narrowband Total Access Communications System (NTACS)
• narrowcast
• NAS
• NA-TDMA (North American Time Division Multiple Access)
• National Bureau of Standards (NBS)
• National Do-Not-Call Registry
• National Electrical Code (NEC)
• National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA)
• National Information Infrastructure (NII)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)