New IEEE Standard - Inactive-Withdrawn. Terms that pertain to data communications and networking, from the following areas, are defined: data transmission, general communications, general networks, local area networks, network communications security, network errors, networking hardware, network management, network nodes, network signaling, open system architecture, packet, protocols, standards and standards organizations, telephony. The glossary is primarily a compilation of terms defined in individual IEEE standards, but also includes a number of common terms.