Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Possibilities of a Distributed Network Intelligence

4. Heterogeneous Environments

5. Mechanics for Distributing Intelligence

Self-Test

Glossary

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AIN
advanced intelligent network

COM
component object module

CORBA
common object request broker architecture

DCE
distributed computing environment

DCOM
distributed component object module

IDL
interface definition language

IN
intelligent networking

IN/1
intelligent network model 1

IP
Internet protocol

IPX
Internet packet exchange

MOM
message-oriented middleware

NetBIOS
network basic input/output system

OAM&P
operational, administrative, management, and provisioning

OLTP
online transaction processing

OMG
object management group

ORB
object request broker

OSF
open software foundation

OSI
open standards interconnection

RBOC
regional Bell operating company

RDBMS
relational database management system

RPC
remote procedure call

SCP
service control point

SMS
service management system

SPX
sequenced packet exchange

TCP
transmission control protocol

TP
transaction processing

UDP
user datagram protocol