# Commission Decision of 16 March 2007 laying down the network requirements for the Schengen Information System II (1st pillar) (notified under document number C(2007) 845) (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, German, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish text is authentic) (2007/170/EC), Division 1.1: Acronyms and abbreviations

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This section describes the acronyms used throughout the document.
Acronyms and abbreviations
Explanation
BLNI
Backup Local National Interface
CEP
Central End Point
CNI
Central National Interface
CS
Central System
CS-SIS
Technical support function containing the SIS II database
DNS
Domain Name Server
FCIP
Fibre Channel over IP
FTP
File Transport Protocol
HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
IP
Internet Protocol
LAN
Local Area Network
LNI
Local National Interface
Mbps
Megabits per second
MDC
Main Developer Contractor
N.SIS II
The national section in each Member State
NI-SIS
A uniform national interface
NTP
Network Time Protocol
SAN
Storage Area Network
SDH
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SIS II
Schengen Information System, second generation
SMTP
Simple Mail Transport Protocol
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
s-TESTA
Secure Trans-European Services for Telematics between Administrations, is a measure of the IDABC Programme (Interoperable delivery of pan-European eGovernment services to public administrations, business and citizens. Decision of the European Parliament and Council 2004/387/EC of 21.4.2004).
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
VIS
Visa Information System
VPN
Virtual Private Network
WAN
Wide Area Network

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/170/annex/division/1/division/1.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-170/annex/division-1/division-1.1
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