Frame Relay Access Device

<communications> (FRAD) Hardware and software that turns packets from TCP, SNA, IPX, etc into frames that can be sent over a Frame Relay wide area network.

FRADs are a hot topic in data comms because companies like Netlink, Motorola, Stratacom are making lots of money out of them.

Nearby terms:
frame pointer « frame rate « Frame Relay « Frame Relay Access Device » frames per second » Frame Technology Corporation » framework