Network Acronyms
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- AAA
- Authentication Authorization and Accounting
- ACL
- Access Control List
- ADSL
- Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
- AES
- Advanced Encryption Standard
- AH
- Authentication Header
- AM
- Amplitude Module
- APIPA
- Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
- ARIN
- American Registry for Internet Numbers
- ARP
- Address Resolution Protocol
- ASP
- Application Service Provider
- ATM
- Asychronous Transfer Mode
- BERT
- Bit-Error Rate Test
- BGP
- Border Gateway Protocol
- BNC
- British Naval Connector/Bayonet Niell-Concelman
- BootP
- Boot Protocol/Bootstrap Protocol
- BPDU
- Bridge Protocol Data Unit
- BRI
- Basic Rate Interface
- CARP
- Common Address Redundancy Protocol
- CHAP
- Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
- CIDR
- Classless Inter Domain Routing
- CNAME
- Canonical Name
- CRAM-MD5
- Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
- CSMA / CA
- Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
- CSMA / CD
- Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
- CSU
- Channel Service Unit
- dB
- Decibels
- DHCP
- Dynamic Configuration Protocol
- DLC
- Data Link Control
- DMZ
- Demilitarized Zone
- DNS
- Domain Name Service / Domain Name Server / Domain Name System
- DOCSIS
- Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification
- DoS
- Denial of Service
- DDoS
- Distributed Denial of Service
- DSL
- Digital Subscriber Line
- DSSS
- Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
- DSU
- Data Service Unit
- DWDM
- Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
- E1
- E-Carrer Level 1
- EAP
- Extensible Authentication Protocol
- EDNS
- Extension Mechanisms for DNS
- EGP
- Exterior Gateway Protocol
- EIGRP
- Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
- EMI
- Electromagnetic Interference
- ESD
- Electrostatic Discharge
- ESSID
- Extended Service Set Identifier
- ESP
- Encapsulated Security Packets
- FDDI
- Fiber Distributed Data Interface
- FDM
- Frequency Division Multiplexing
- FHSS
- Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
- FM
- Frequency Modulation
- FQDN
- Fully Qualified Domain Name / Fully Qualified Distinguished Name
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol
- GBIC
- Gigabit Interface Converter
- Gbps
- Gaga bits per second
- GPG
- GNU Privacy Guard
- HDLC
- High-Level Data Link Control
- HIDS
- Host Intrusion Detection System
- HIPS
- Host Intrusion Prevention System
- HSPA
- High Speed Packet Access
- HSRP
- Hot Standby Router Protocol
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- HTTPS
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
- Hz
- Hertz
- IANA
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- ICA
- Independent Computer Architecture
- ICANN
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- ICMP
- Internet Control Message Protocol
- ICS
- Internet Connection Sharing
- IDF
- Intermediate Distribution Frame
- IDS
- Intrustion Detection System
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IGMP
- Internet Group Multicast Protocol
- IGP
- Interior Gateway Protocol
- IIS
- Internet Information Services
- IKE
- Internet Key Exchange
- IMAP4
- Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
- InterNIC
- Internet Network Information Center
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- IPS
- Intrusion Prevention System
- IPSec
- Internet Protocol Security
- IPv4
- Internet Protocol version 4
- IPv6
- Internet Protocol version 6
- ISAKMP
- Internet SEcurity Association and Key Management Protocol
- ISDN
- Integrated Services Digital Network
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider
- IT
- Information Technology
- IV
- Initialization Vector
- Kbps
- Kilobits per second
- L2F
- Layer 2 Forwarding
- L2TP
- Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
- LACP
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol
- LAN
- Local Area Network
- LC
- Local Connector
- LDAP
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LEC
- Local Exchange Carrier
- LED
- Light Emitting Diode
- LLC
- Logical Link Control
- MAC
- Media Access Control / Medium Access Control
- Mbps
- Megabits per second
- MDF
- Main Distribution Frame
- MDI
- Media Dependent Interface
- MDIX
- Media Dependent Interface Crossover
- MIB
- Management Information Base
- MIMO
- Multiple Input, Multiple Output
- MMF
- Multimode Fiber
- MPLS
- Multi-Protocol Label Switching
- MS-CHAP
- Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
- MT-RJ
- Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
- MX
- Mail Exchanger
- NAC
- Network Access Control
- NaaS
- Network as a Service
- NAS
- Network Attached Storage
- NAT
- Network Address Translation
- NCP
- Network Control Protocol
- NetBEUI
- Network Basic Input / Output Extended User Interface
- NetBIOS
- Network Basic Input / Output System
- NFS
- Network File Service
- NIC
- Network Interface Card
- NIDS
- Network Intrusion Detection System
- NIPS
- Network Intrusion Prevention System
- nm
- Nanometer
- NNTP
- Network News Transport Protocol
- NTP
- Network Time Protocol
- NWLINK
- MIcrosoft IPX/SPX Protocol
- OCx
- Optical Carrier
- OS
- Operating System
- OSPF
- Open Shortest Path First
- OTDR
- Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
- PAP
- Password Authenticaion Protocol
- PAT
- Port Address Translation
- PC
- Personal Computer
- PDU
- Protocol Data Unit
- PGP
- Pretty Good Privacy
- PKI
- Public Key Infrastructure
- PoE
- Power over Ethernet
- POP3
- Post Office Protocol version 3
- POTS
- Plain Old Telephone System
- PPP
- Point-to-Point Protocol
- PPPoE
- Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
- PPTP
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
- PRI
- Primary Rate Interface
- PSTN
- Public Switched Telephone Network
- PVC
- Permanent Virtual Circuit
- QoS
- Quality of Service
- RADIUS
- Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
- RARP
- Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- RAS
- Remote Access Service
- RDP
- Remote Desktop Protocol
- RFI
- Radio Frequency Interface
- RG
- Radio Guide
- RIP
- Routing Internet Protocol
- RJ
- Registered Jack
- RSA
- Rivest, Shamir, Adelman
- RSH
- Remote Shell
- RTP
- Real Time Protocol
- RTSP
- Real Time Streaming Protocol
- RTT
- Round Trip Time or Real Transfer Time
- SA
- Security Association
- SC
- Standard Connector / Subscriber Connector
- SCP
- Secure Copy Protocol
- SDSL
- Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line
- SFTP
- Secure File Transfer Protocol
- SFP
- Small Form-factor Pluggable
- SIP
- Session Initiation Protocol
- SLIP
- Serial Line Internet Protocol
- SMF
- Single Mode Fiber
- SMTP
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SNAT
- Static Network Address Translation
- SNMP
- Simple Network Time Protocol
- SOA
- Start of Authority
- SOHO
- Small Office Home Office
- SONET
- Sychronous Optical Network
- SPS
- Standby Power Supply
- SSH
- Secure Shell
- SSID
- Service Set Identifier
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer
- ST
- Straight Tip or Snap Twist
- STP
- Spanning Tree Protocol or Shielded Twisted Pair
- SVC
- Switched Virtual Connection
- T1
- T-Carrier Level 1
- TA
- Terminal Adaptor
- TACACS+
- Terminal Access Control Access Control System+
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TCP/IP
- Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
- TDM
- Time Division Multiplexing
- TDR
- Time Domain Reflectometer
- Telco
- Telephone Company
- TFTP
- Trivial File Transfer Protocol
- TKIP
- Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
- TSL
- Transport Layer Security
- TTL
- Time to Live
- UDP
- User Datagram Protocol
- UNC
- Universal Naming Convention
- UPS
- Uninterruptible Power Supply
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator
- USB
- Universal Serial Bus
- UTP
- Unshielded Twisted Pair
- VDSL
- Variable Digital Subscriber Line
- VLAN
- Virtual Local Area Network
- VNC
- Virtual Network Connection
- VoIP
- Voice over IP
- VPN
- Virual Private Network
- VRRP
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
- VTC
- Video Teleconference
- VTP
- Virtual Trunk Protocol
- WAN
- Wide Area Network
- WAP
- Wireless Application Protocol / Wireless Access Point
- WEP
- Wired Equivalent Privacy
- WINS
- Windows Internet Name Service
- WLAN
- Wireless Local Area Network
- WPA
- Wi-Fi Protected Access
- www
- World Wide Web
- X.25
- CCITT Packet Switching Protocol
- XML
- eXtensible Markup Language
- XDSL
- Extended Digital Subscriber Line
- Zeroconf
- Zero Configuration
- TLS
- Transport Layer Security