ACRONYMS Flashcards
(322 cards)
1
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AAA
A
AUTHENTICATION AUTHORIAZATION AND ACCOUNTING
2
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AAAA
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AUTHENTICATION AUTHORIZATION ACCOUNTING and Auditing
3
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ACL
A
Access Control List
4
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ADSL
A
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
5
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AES
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Advanced Encryption Standard
6
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AH
A
Authentication Header
7
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AP
A
Access Point
8
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APC
A
Angle Polished Connector
9
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APIPA
A
Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
10
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APT
A
Advanced Persistent Tool
11
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ARIN
A
American Registry of Internet Numbers
12
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ARP
A
Address Resolution Protocol
13
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AS
A
Autonomous System
14
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ASIC
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Application Specific Integrated Circuit
15
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ASP
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Application Service Provider
16
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ATM
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode
17
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AUP
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Acceptable Use Policy
18
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BCP
A
Business Continuity Plan
19
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BERT
A
Bit-Error Rate Test
20
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BGP
A
Border Gateway Protocol
21
Q
BLE
A
Bluetooth Low Energy
22
Q
BNC
A
British Naval Connector/Bayonet Neill-Concelmann
23
Q
BootP
A
Boot Protocol/Bootstrap Protocol
24
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BPDU
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Bridge Protocol Data Unit
25
BRI
Basic Rate Interface
26
BSSID
Basic Service Set Identifier
27
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
28
CaaS
Communication as a Service
29
CAM
Content Addressable Memory
30
CAN
Campus Area Network
31
CARP
Common Address Redundancy Protocol
32
CASB
Cloud Access Security Broker
33
CAT
Category
34
CCTV
Closed Circuit TV
35
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
36
CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
37
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
38
CIDR
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
39
CNAME
Canonical Name
40
CoS
Class of Service
41
CPU
Central Processing Unit
42
CRAM-MD5
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism-Message Digest 5
43
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Checking
44
CSMA/CA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
45
CSU
Channel Service Unit
46
CVW
Collaborative Virtual Workspace
47
CWDM
Course Wave Division Multiplexing
48
DaaS
Desktop as a Service
49
dB
Decibel
50
DCS
Distributed Computer System
51
DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
52
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
53
DLC
Data Link Control
54
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
55
DLR
Device Level Ring
56
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
57
DNAT
Destination Network Address Translation
58
DNS
Domain Name Service
59
DOCSIS
Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification
60
DoS
Denial of Service
61
DR
Designated Router
62
DSCP
Differentiated Services Code Point
63
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
64
DSSS
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
65
DSU
Data Service Unit
66
DWDM
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
67
E1
E-Carrier Level 1
68
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
69
EDNS
Extension Mechanisms for DNS
70
EGP
Exterior Gateway Protocol
71
EIA/TIA
Electronic Industries Alliance/Telecommunication Industries Association
72
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
73
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
74
ESP
Encapsulated Security Payload
75
ESSID
Extended Service Set Identifier
76
EUI
Extended Unique Identifier
77
FC
Fibre Channel
78
FCoE
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
79
FCS
Frame Check Sequence
80
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing
81
FHSS
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
82
FM
Frequency Modulation
83
FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name
84
FTP
File Transfer protocol
85
FTPS
File Transfer Protocol Security
86
GBIC
Gigabit Interface Converter
87
Gbps
Gigabits per second
88
GLBP
Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
89
GPG
GNU Privacy Guard
90
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
91
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
92
HA
High Availability
93
HDLC
High-Level Data Link Control
94
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
95
HIDS
Host Intrusion Detection System
96
HIPS
Host Intrusion Prevention System
97
HSPA
High-Speed Packet Access
98
HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol
99
HT
High Throughput
100
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
101
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
102
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
103
Hz
Hertz
104
IaaS
Infrastructure as a service
105
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
106
ICA
Independent Computer Architecture
107
ICANN
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
108
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
109
ICS
Internet Connection Sharing/ Industrial Control System
110
IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
111
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
112
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
113
IGMP
Internet Group Message protocol
114
IGP
Interior Gateway Protocol
115
IGRP
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
116
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
117
IMAP4
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
118
InterNIC
Internet Network Information Center
119
IoT
Internet of Things
120
IP
Internet Protocol
121
IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
122
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
123
ISAKMP
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
124
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
125
IS-IS
intermediate system to intermediate system
126
ISP
Internet Service Provider
127
IT
Information Technology
128
ITS
Intelligent Transportation System
129
IV
Initialization Vector
130
Kbps
kilobits per second
131
KVM
Keyboard Video Mouse
132
L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
133
LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
134
LAN
Local Area Network
135
LC
Local connector
136
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
137
LEC
Local Exchange Carrier
138
LLC
Logical Link Control
139
LLDP
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
140
LSA
Link State Advertisements
141
LTE
Long Term Evolution
142
LWAPP
Light Weight Access Point Protocol
143
MaaS
Mobility as a Service
144
MAC
Media Access Control
145
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
146
Mbps
Megabits per second
147
MBps
Megabytes per second
148
MDF
Main Distribution Frame
149
MDI
Media Dependent Interface
150
MDIX
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
151
MGCP
Media Gateway Control Protocol
152
MIB
Management Information Base
153
MIMO
Multiple Input, Multiple Output
154
MLA
Master License Agreement/ Multilateral Agreement
155
MMF
Multimode Fiber
156
MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
157
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
158
MPLS
Multiprotocol Label Switching
159
MS-CHAP
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
160
MSA
Master Service Agreement
161
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheet
162
MT-RJ
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
163
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
164
MTTR
Mean Time To Recovery
165
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
166
MU-MIMO
Multiuser Multiple Input, Multiple Output
167
MX
Mail Exchanger
168
NAC
Network Access Control
169
NAS
Network Attached Storage
170
NAT
Network address translation
171
NCP
Network Control Protocol
172
NDR
Non-Delivery Receipt
173
NetBeui
Network Basic Input/output Extended User Interface
174
NetBios
Network Basic Input/output system
175
NFC
Near Field Communication
176
NFS
Network File Service
177
NGFW
Next-Generation Firewall
178
NIC
Network Interface Card
179
NIDS
Network Intrusion Detection System
180
NIPS
Network Intrusion Prevention System
181
NIU
Network Interface Unit
182
nm
Nanometer
183
NNTP
Network News Transport Protocol
184
NTP
Network Time Protocol
185
OCSP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
186
OCx
Optical Carrier
187
OS
Operating System
188
OSI
Open Systems Interconnect
189
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
190
OTDR
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
191
OUI
Organizationally Unique Identifier
192
PaaS
Platform as a Service
193
PAN
Personal Area Network
194
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
195
PAT
Port Address Translation
196
PC
Personal Computer
197
PCM
Phase-Change Memory
198
PDoS
Permanent Denial of Service
199
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
200
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
201
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
202
PoE
Power over Ethernet
203
POP
Post Office Protocol
204
POP3
Post Office Protocol version 3
205
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
206
PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
207
PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
208
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
209
PRI
Primary Rate Interface
210
PSK
Pre-Shared Key
211
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
212
PTP
Point-to-Point
213
PTR
Pointer
214
PUA
Privileged User Agreement
215
PVC
Permanent Virtual Circuit
216
QoS
Quality of Service
217
QSFP
Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable
218
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
219
RARP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
220
RAS
Remote Access Service
221
RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
222
RF
Radio Frequency
223
RFI
Radio Frequency Interference
224
RFP
Request for Proposal
225
RG
Radio Guide
226
RIP
Routing Internet Protocol
227
RJ
Registered Jack
228
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
229
RSA
Rivest, Shamir, Adelman
230
RSH
Remote Shell
231
RSTP
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
232
RTO
Recovery Time Objective
233
RTP
Real-Time Protocol
234
RTSP
Real-Time Streaming Protocol
235
RTT
round trip time or real transfer time
236
SA
Security Association
237
SaaS
Software as a Service
238
SC
Standard Connector/ Subscriber Connector
239
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
240
SCP
Secure Copy Protocol
241
SDLC
Software Development Life Cycle
242
SDN
Software Defined Network
243
SDP
Session Description Protocol
244
SDSL
Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line
245
SFP
Small Form-factor Pluggable
246
SFTP
Secure File Transfer Protocol
247
SGCP
Simple Gateway Control Protocol
248
SHA
Secure Hash Algorithm
249
SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
250
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
251
SLA
Service Level Agreement
252
SLAAC
Stateless Address Auto Configuration
253
SLIP
Serial Line Internet Protocol
254
SMB
Server Message Block
255
SMF
Single-Mode Fiber
256
SMS
Short Message Service
257
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
258
SNAT
Static Network Address Translation/Source Network Address Translation
259
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
260
SNTP
Simple Network Time Protocol
261
SOA
Start of Authority
262
SOHO
Small Office Home Office
263
SONET
Synchronous Optical Network
264
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
265
SOW
Statement of Work
266
SPB
Shortest Path Bridging
267
SPI
Stateful Packet Inspection
268
SPS
Standby Power Supply
269
SSH
Secure Shell
270
SSID
Service Set Identifier
271
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
272
ST
Straight Tip or Snap Twist
273
STP
Spanning Tree Protocol/ Shielded Twisted Pair
274
SVC
Switched Virtual Circuit
275
SYSLOG
System Log
276
T1
Terrestrial Carrier Level 1
277
TA
Terminal Adaptor
278
TACACS
Terminal Access Control Access Control System
279
TACACS+
Terminal Access Control Access Control System+
280
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
281
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/IP
282
TDM
Time Division Multiplexing
283
TDR
Time Domain Reflectometer
284
Telco
Telecommunications Company
285
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
286
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
287
TLS
Transport Layer Security
288
TMS
Transportation Management System
289
TOS
Type of Service
290
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
291
TTL
Time to Live
292
TTLS
Tunneled Transport Layer Security
293
UC
Unified Communications
294
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
295
UNC
Universal Naming Convention
296
UPC
Ultra Polished Connector
297
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
298
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
299
USB
Universal Serial Bus
300
UTM
Unified Threat Management
301
UTP
Unshielded Twisted pair
302
VDSL
Variable Digital Subscriber Line
303
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
304
VNC
Virtual Network Connection
305
VoIP
Voice over IP
306
VPN
Virtual Private Network
307
VRF
Virtual Routing Forwarding
308
VRRP
Virtual Routing Redundancy Protocol
309
VTC
Video Teleconference
310
VTP
VLAN Trunk Protocol
311
WAF
Web Application Firewall
312
WAN
Wide Area Network
313
WAP
Wireless Application Protocol/ Wireless Access Point
314
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
315
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
316
WMS
Warehouse Management System
317
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
318
WPS
Wi-Fi Protected Setup
319
WWN
World Wide Name
320
XDSL
Extended Digital Subscriber Line
321
XML
eXtensible Markup Language
322
Zeroconf
Zero Configuration
