Acronym List Flashcards
(198 cards)
1
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AAAA
A
Authentication, Authorization,
Accounting, Auditing
2
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ACL
A
Access Control List
3
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AES
A
Advanced Encryption Standard
4
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AH
A
Authentication Header
5
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AP
A
Access Point
6
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APC
A
Angled Physical Contact
7
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APIPA
A
Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
8
Q
ARP
A
Address Resolution Protocol
9
Q
AUP
A
Acceptable Use Policy
10
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BGP
A
Border Gateway Protocol
11
Q
BNC
A
British Naval Connector/Bayonet Neill-Concelman
12
Q
BYOD
A
Bring Your Own Device
13
Q
CAM
A
Content Addressable Memory (table)
14
Q
CAN
A
Campus Area Network
15
Q
CDMA
A
Code Division Multiple Access
16
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CIA
A
Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
17
Q
CIDR
A
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
18
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CLI
A
Command-Line Interface
19
Q
CNAME
A
Canonical Name
20
Q
CPU
A
Central Processing Unit
21
Q
CRC
A
Cyclic Redundancy Check
22
Q
CSMA/CA
A
Carrier-Sense Multiple
Access with Collision Avoidance
23
Q
CSMA/CD
A
Carrier-Sense Multiple Access
with Collision Detection
24
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CSU
A
Channel Service Unit
25
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
26
CWDM
Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing
27
DaaS
Desktop as a Service
28
dB
Decibel
29
DDoS
Distributed Denial-of-Service
30
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
31
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
32
DNS
Domain Name System
33
DoS
Denial-of-Service
34
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
35
DSU
Data Service Unit
36
DWDM
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
37
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
38
EIA
Electronic Industries Association
39
EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
40
EIRP
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
41
ESP
Encapsulating Security Payload
42
EUI
Extended Unique Identifier
43
FCoE
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
44
FHRP
First Hop Redundancy Protocol
45
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
46
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
46
GBIC
Gigabit Interface Converter
47
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
48
HA
High Availability
49
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
50
HIDS
Host Intrusion Detection System
51
HIPS
Host Intrusion Prevention System
52
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
53
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
54
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
55
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
56
IBSS
Independent Basic Server Set
57
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
58
ICS
Industrial Control System
59
IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
60
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
61
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
62
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
63
IoT
Internet of Things
64
IP
Internet Protocol
65
IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
66
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
67
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4
68
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6
69
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
70
ISP
Internet Service Provider
71
LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
72
LAN
Local Area Network
73
LC
Local Connector
74
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
75
LDAPS
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (over SSL)
76
LED
Light-Emitting Diode
77
LLDP
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
78
LTE
Long-Term Evolution
79
MAC
Media Access Control/Medium Access Control
80
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
81
MDF
Main Distribution Frame
82
MDIX
Medium Dependent Interface Crossover
83
MFA
Multifactor Authentication
84
mGRE
Multipoint Generic Routing Encapsulation
85
MIB
Management Information Base
86
MIMO
Multiple Input, Multiple Output
87
MU-MIMO
Multiuser - Multiple Input, Multiple Output
88
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
89
MPLS
Multiprotocol Label Switching
90
MSS
Maximum Segment Size
91
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure
92
MT-RJ
Mechanical Transfer - Registered Jack
93
MTTR
Mean Time to Repair
94
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
95
MX
Mail Exchange
96
NAC
Network Access Control
97
NAS
Network Attached Storage
98
NAT
Network Address Translation
99
NDA
Non-Disclosure Agreement
100
NDP
Neighbor Discovery Protocol
101
NFV
Network Function Virtualization
102
NGFW
Next-Generation Firewall
103
NIC
Network Interface Card
104
NIDS
Network Intrusion Detection System
105
NIPS
Network Intrusion Prevention System
106
NS
Name Server
107
NTP
Network Time Protocol
108
OID
Object Identifier
109
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
110
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
111
OTDR
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
112
PaaS
Platform as a Service
113
PAN
Personal Area Network
114
PAT
Port Address Translation
115
PC
Personal Computer
116
PDU
Power Distribution Unit
117
PoE
Power over Ethernet
118
POP3
Post Office Protocol version 3
119
PSK
Pre-Shared Key
120
PTR
Pointer Record
121
QoS
Quality of Service
122
QSFP
Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable
123
RA
Router Advertisements
124
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
125
RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive
(or Independent) Disks
126
RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
127
RF
Radio Frequency
128
RFC
Request for Comment
129
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
130
RG
Radio Guide
131
RIP
Routing Internet Protocol
132
RJ
Registered Jack
133
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
134
RSSI
Received Signal Strength Indication
135
RTO
Recovery Time Objective
136
RTSP
Real Time Streaming Protocol
137
SaaS
Software as a Service
138
SAN
Storage Area Network
139
SC
Standard Connector/Subscriber Connector
140
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
141
SCP
Secure Copy Protocol
142
SDN
Software-Defined Network
143
SDWAN
Software-Defined WAN
144
SFP
Small Form-factor Pluggable
145
SFTP
Secure File Transfer Protocol
146
SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
147
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
148
SLA
Service Level Agreement
149
SLAAC
Stateless Address Auto-Configuration
150
SMB
Server Message Block
151
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
152
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
153
SOA
Start of Authority
154
SOHO
Small Office Home Office
155
SPAN
Switched Port Analyzer
156
SQL
Structured Query Language
157
SRV
Service Record
158
SSD
Solid-State Drive
159
SSH
Secure Shell
160
SSID
Service Set Identifier
161
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
162
SSO
Single Sign-On
163
ST
Straight Tip or Snap Twist
164
STP
Spanning Tree Protocol
165
SYSLOG
System Log
166
TACACS+
Terminal Access Controller Access
Control System Plus
167
TAP
Terminal Access Point
168
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
169
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
170
TIA/EIA
Telecommunications Industry
Association/Electronic Industries Alliance
171
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
172
TLS
Transport Layer Security
173
TTL
Time to Live
174
TX/RX
Transmit and Receive
175
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
176
UPC
Ultra-Physical Contact
177
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
178
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
179
USB
Universal Serial Bus
180
UTM
Unified Threat Management
181
UTP
Unshielded Twister Pair
182
VIP
Virtual IP
183
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
184
VM
Virtual Machine
185
VNC
Virtual Network Computing
186
vNIC
virtual Network Interface Card
187
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
188
VPN
Virtual Private Network
189
VRRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
190
vSwitch
Virtual Switch
191
WAN
Wide Area Network
192
WAP
Wireless Access Point
193
WDM
Wavelength Division Multiplexing
194
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
195
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
196
WPA
WiFi Protected Access
197
WPS
Wi-Fi Protected Setup
