Interconnection World Glossary: X.21, The Physical Layer protocol of X.25,X.25, A still-popular data protocol, X.400, A standard for electronic mail exchange
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X.21
The Physical Layer protocol of X.25

X.25
A still-popular data protocol

X.400
A standard for electronic mail exchange

X.500
An ITU family of directory services

X.509
ITU standard defining formats for digital certificates and CRL (Certificate Revocation Lists)

XDSL
A generic acronym for the suite of DSL services, where thee « x » can be replaced with any of a number of letters. (ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+, HDSL, HDSL2, SDSL, SHDSL, VDSL, etc.)

XHTML
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language

XMISSION
Transmission

XMIT
Transmit

XML
Extensible Markup Language

Xmodem
File transfer protocol

XO
Crystal Oscillator

XOFF
ASCII Transmitter Off Character

XON
ASCII Transmitter On Character

XT
Crosstalk

x-y Mount
Altazimuth Mount

XON/XOFF
Abbreviation for transmitter on/transmitter off.


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