Network+ Acronyms
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- AC
- alternating current
- ACK
- acknowledgemnt
- ACL
- access control list
- ADSL
- Asymmetic Digital Subscriber Line
- ARCNet
- Attached Resource Computer Network
- ARP
- Address Resolution Protocol
- ARPA
- Advanced Research Projects Agency
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ATM
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- AUI
- Attachment Unit Interface
- Bash
- Bourne Again Shell
- BDC
- Backup DOmain Controller
- BGP
- Border Gateway Protocol
- BNC
-
BayoNet Connector
Bayonet Nut Connector
British Naval Connector - BSOD
- Blue Screen of Death
- CAD
- computer-aided design
- CCIE
- Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert
- CDM
- Custom Device Module
- CERT
- Computer Emergency Response Team
- CERT/CC
- CERT Coordination Center
- CIR
- Committed Information Rate
- CPU
- central processing unit
- CRC
- cyclical redundancy check
- CSMA/CA
- Carrier Sense Mutiple Access/Collision Avoidance
- CSMA/CD
- Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
- CSNW
- Client Services for NetWare
- CTS
- clear to send
- DARA
- Defense Advanced Research Preojects Agency
- DAT
- digital audiotape
- DDNS
- Dynamic Domain Name Service
- DEC
- Digitial Equipment Corporation
- DES
- Data Encryption Standard
- DHCP
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DIN
- Deutsches Institut fur Normung e. V. (german Instititute for Standardization)
- DIP
- dual in-line package
- DIX
- Digital, Intel, and Xerox
- DLL
- Dynamic Link Library
- DLT
- digital linear library
- DMA
- direct memory access
- DMZ
- demilitarized zone
- DNNS
- Dynamic DNS
- DNS
- Domain Name Service
- DOD
- Department of Defense
- DoS
- Denial of Service
- DQDB
- Distributed Queue Dual Bus
- DSL
- Digitial Subscriber Line
- DVD
- digital video disc or digitial versitile disk
- EBCDIC
- Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
- EEPROM
- Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- EGP
- External Gateway Protocol
- EISA
- Extended Industry Standard Architecture
- EMI
- electromagnetic interference
- ENS
- Event Notification Services
- ESD
- electrostatic discharge
- FDDI
- Fiber Distributed Data Interface
- FDM
- frequency-division multiplexing
- FM
- frequency modulation
- FPNW
- File and Print Services for NetWare
- FQDN
- Fully Qualified Domain Name
- FSMA
- Field-installable SubMiniature Assembly
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol
- GFS
- Gandfather-Father-Son
- GSNW
- Gateway Servies for NetWare
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface
- HAL
- Hadware Abstraction Layer
- HAM
- Host Adapter Module
- HCL
- Hardware Compatibiliy List
- HDSL
- High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
- HP
- Hewlett Packard
- HTML
- HyperText Markup Language
- HTTP
- HyperText Transfer Protocol
- IBM
- International Business Machines
- IC
- integrated circuit
- ICMP
- Internet Control Message Protocol
- IDE
- Integrated Drive Electronics
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
- IETF
- Internet Engineering Task Force
- IIS
- Internet Information Server
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- IPX
- Internetwork Packet eXchange
- IPX/SPX
- Internetwork Packet eXchange/Sequenced Packet eXchange
- IRQ
- interupt request
- ISA
- Industry Standard Architecture
- ISDN
- Integrated Services Digital Network
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider
- JVM
- Java Virtual Machine
- LAN
- local area network
- LCD
- Liquid Crystal Display
- LCP
- Link Control Protocol
- LDAP
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LED
- light-emitting diode
- LIP
- Large Internet Packet
- LLC
- logical link control
- LSL
- Link Support Layer
- LSP
- Link State Packet
- MAC
- Media Access Control
- MAD
- Microsoft Active Directory
- MAN
- metropolitan area network
- MAP
- Manufactoring Automation Protocol
- MAU
- Multistation Access Unit
- MCA
- MicroChannel Architecture
- MIB
- Management Information Base
- MIT
- Mass. Institute of Technology
- MSAU
- MultiStation Access Unit
- NAI
- Network Associates International
- NAT
- Network Address Translation
- NCP
- Netware Core Protocol
- NCSC
- National Computing Security Center
- NDPS
- Novell Distributed Print Services
- NDS
- Novell Directory Services
- NetBEUI
- NetBIOS Extended User Interface
- NetBIOS
- Network Basic Input/Output System
- NFS
- Network File System
- NIC
- network interface card
- NIS
- Network Information Service
- NLM
- NetWare Loadable Module
- NLSP
- NetWare Link State Protocol
- NOS
- network operating system
- NPA
- NetWare Peripheral Architecture
- NSA
- National Security Agency
- NTDS
- NT Directory Services
- NWPA
- NetWare Peripheral Architecture
- ODI
- Open Datalink Interface
- OEM
- original equipment manufacturer
- OS
- operating systenm
- OSI
- Open Systems Interconnect
- OSPF
- Open Shortest Path First
- PARC
- Palo Alto Research Center
- PCI
- Peripheral Compnent Interconnect
- PCMCIA
-
Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association - PDC
- Primary Domain Controller
- PGP
- Pretty Good Privacy
- POP
- Post Office Protocol
- POSIX
- Potable Operating System Interface
- POTS
- Plain Old Telephone Service
- PPP
- Point-to-Point Protocol
- PPTP
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
- PSTN
- Public Switched Telephone Network
- PVC
- permenent virtual circuit
- QIC
- quarter inch cartridge
- QoS
- quality of service
- RAID
- redundant array of independent (or inexpensive disks)
- RAM
- Random Accesss Memory
- RAS
- Remote Access Server
- RFC
- Request for Commentq
- RFI
- radio frquency interference
- RIP
- Routing Information Protocol
- RISC
- reduced instruction set computing
- RJ
- Registered Jack
- RSA
- Rivest, Shamir, Adleman
- RTC
- Real-Time Clock
- RTS
- Request to Send
- SAM
- Security Accounts Manager
- SCO
- Santa Cruz Operation
- SCSI
- Small Computer System Interface
- SDSL
- Single-Line Digital Subscriber Line
- SEI
- Software Engineering Institute
- SFM
- Services for Macintosh
- S-HTTP
- Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- SID
- Security Identifier
- SLIP
- Serial Line Internet Protocol
- SMB
- Server Message Block
- SMS
- Systems Management Server; Storage Management services
- SMTP
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SNDS
- Scalable Novell Directory Services
- SNMP
- Simple Network Managemetn Protocol
- SOP
- Standard Operating Procedures
- SPARC
- Scalable Processor ARChitecture
- SPS
- Standby Power Supply
- SPX
- Sequenced Packet eXchange
- SQL
- Structed Query Language
- STP
- shielded twisted pair
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TCP/IP
- Trasmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
- TCSEC
- Trusted Coomputer System Evaluation Criteria
- TDMA
- Time Division Mutilple Access
- TDR
- time-domian reflectometer
- Telnet
- Terminal Emulation for Networks
- TFTP
- Trival File Transfer Protocol
- TNIEG
- Trusted Network Interpretation Environmental Guidleline
- TTL
- Time To Live
- UDP
- User Datagram Protocol
- UID
- User ID
- UNC
- Universal (or Uniform) Naming Convention
- UPS
- uninterruptible power supply
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator
- USB
- Universal Serial Bus
- UTP
- Unshielded Twisted Pair
- VAX
- Virtual Address eXtension
- VDM
- Virtual DOS Machine
- VDSL
- Very High-bit-rate Digitial Subscirber Line
- VESA
- Video Electronics Standards Association
- VMS
- Virtual Memory System
- VPN
- Virtual Private Network
- WAN
- Wide Area Network
- WINS
- Windows Internet Naming Sewrvice
- WWW
- World Wide Web
- XNS
- Xerox Network Service