Network+ Acronyms Flashcards
(240 cards)
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A
A
Address
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AAA
A
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
3
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AAAA
A
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, and Address
4
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ABR
A
Area Border Router
5
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ACL
A
Access Control List
6
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AD
A
Active Directory
7
Q
ADSL
A
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
8
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AES
A
Advanced Encryption Standard
9
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AH
A
Authentication Header
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AP
A
Access Point
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APC
A
Angle Polished Connector
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APIPA
A
Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
13
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APT
A
Advanced Persistent Protocol
14
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ARIN
A
American Registry for Internet Numbers
15
Q
ARP
A
Address Resolution Ptotocol
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Q
AS
A
Autonomous System
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ASIC
A
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
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ASP
A
Application Service Provider
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ATM
A
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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AUI
A
Attachment Unit Interface
21
Q
AUP
A
Acceptable Use Policy
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Q
BCP
A
Business Continuity Plan
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BCS
A
Business Connectivity Services
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BDR
A
Backup Designated Router
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BERT
Bit Error Rate Test
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BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
27
BLE
Bluetooth Low Energy
28
BNC
British Naval Connector or Bayonet Neill-Concelman
29
BootP
Boot Protocol or Bootstrap Protocol
30
BDPU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
31
BRI
Basic Rate Interface
32
BSSID
Basic Service Set Identifier
33
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
34
CAM
Channel Access Method
35
CAN
Campus Area Network
36
CARP
Common Address Redundancy Protocol
37
CCTV
Closed Circuit TV
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CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
39
CDMA / CD
Carrier Division Multiple Access
40
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
41
CIRD
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
42
CIFS
Common Internet File System / Services
43
CLI
Command Line Interface
44
CNAME
Canonical Name
45
COOP
Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming
46
COS
Class of Service
47
CPU
Central Processing Unit
48
CRAM
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
49
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Checking
50
CSMA / CA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
51
CSU
Channel Service Unit
52
CWDM
Course Wave Division Multiplexing
53
dB
Decibels
54
DCS
Distributed Computer System
55
DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
56
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
57
DLC
Data Link Control
58
DLP
Data Leak Prevention
59
DLR
Device Level Ring
60
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
61
DNAT
Destination Network Address Translation
62
DNS
Domain Name Service or Domain Name Server or Domain Name System
63
DOCSIS
Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification
64
DoS
Denial of Service
65
DR
Designated Router
66
DSCP
Differentiated Services Code Point
67
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
68
DSSS
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
69
DSU
Data Service Unit
70
DWDM
Dense Wavelength Division Muliplexing
71
E1
E-Carrier Level 1
72
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
73
EDNS
Extension Mechanisms for DNS
74
EGP
Exterior Gateway Protocol
75
EIA / TIA
Electronic Industries Alliance / Telecommunication Industries Association
76
EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
77
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
78
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
79
ESP
Encapsulated Security Packets
80
ESSID
Extended Service Set Identifier
81
EUI
Extended Unique Identifier
82
FC
Fibre Channel
83
FCS
Frame Check Sequence
84
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
85
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing
86
FHSS
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
87
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard
88
FM
Frequency Modulation
89
FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name
90
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
91
FTPS
File Transfer Protocol Security
92
GBIC
Gigabit Interface Converter
93
Gbps
Gigabits per second
94
GLBP
Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
95
GPG
GNU Privacy Guard
96
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
97
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
98
GSM
Global System for Mobile communications
99
HBA
Host Bus Adapter
100
HDLC
High-level Data Link Control
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HDMI
High Definition Multimedia Interface
102
HIDS
Host Intrusion Detection System
103
HIPS
Host Intrusion Prevention System
104
HSPA
High-Speed Packet Access
105
HT
High Throughput
106
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
107
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
108
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
109
Hz
Hertz
110
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
111
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
112
ICA
Independent Computer Architecture
113
ICANN
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
114
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
115
ICS
Internet Connection Sharing or Industrial Control System
116
IDF
Immediate Distribution Frame
117
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
118
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
119
IGMP
Internet Group Multicast Protocol
120
IGP
Interior Gateway Protocol
121
IGRP
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
122
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
123
IMAP4
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
124
InterNIC
Internet Network Information Center
125
IO
Input / Output
126
IP
Internet Protocol
127
IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
128
IPSec
Intrusion Protocol Security
129
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4
130
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6
131
IR
Infrared
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ISAKMP
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
133
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer System
134
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
135
IS-IS
Intermediate System to Intermediate System
136
ISP
Internet Service Provider
137
IT
Information Technology
138
ITS
Intelligent Transportation System
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IV
Initialization Vector
140
Kbps
Kilobits per second
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KVM
Keyboard Video Mouse
142
L2F
Layer 2 Forwarding
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L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
144
LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
145
LAN
Local Area Network
146
LC
Local Connector
147
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
148
LEC
Local Exchange Carrier
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LED
Light Emitting Diode
150
LLC
Logical Link Control
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LSA
Link State Advertisement
152
LTE
Long Term Evolution
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LWAPP
Light Weight Access Point Protocol
154
MAC
Media Access Control or Medium Access Control
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MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
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Mbps
Megabits per second
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MBps
Megabytes per second
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MDF
Main Distribution Frame
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MDI
Media Dependent Interface
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MDIX
Media Dependent Interface Crossover
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MGCP
Media Gateway Control Protocol
162
MIB
Management Information Base
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MIBS
Management Information Bases
164
MIMO
Multiple Input, Multiple Output
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MLA
Master License Agreement
166
MLA
Multilateral Agreement
167
MMF
Multimode Fiber
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MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
169
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
170
MPLS
Multi-protocol Label Switching
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MS-CHAP
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
172
MSA
Master Service Agreement
173
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheet
174
MT-RJ
Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
175
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
176
MUMIMO
Multiuser Multiple Input, Multiple Output
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MX
Mail Exchanger
178
NAC
Network Access Control
179
NAS
Network Attached Storage
180
NAT
Network Address Translation
181
NCP
Network Control Protocol
182
NDR
Non-Delivery Receipt
183
NetBEUI
Network Basic Input / Output System Extended User Interface
184
NetBIOS
Network Basic Input / Output System
185
NFC
Near Field Communication
186
NFS
Network File Service
187
NIC
Network Interface Card
188
NIDS
Network Intrusion Detection System
189
NIPS
Network Intrusion Prevention System
190
NIST
Network Information Security and Technology
191
NIU
Network Interface Unit
192
nm
Nanometer
193
NMS
Network Management System
194
NNTP
Network News Transport Protocol
195
NTP
Network Time Protocol
196
OCx
Optical Carrier
197
OS
Operating Systems
198
OSI
Open Systems Interconnect
199
OSPF
Open Shortest PAth First
200
OTDR
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
201
OUI
Organizationally Unique Identifier
202
P2P
Peer-to-Peer
203
PaaS
Platform as a Service
204
PAN
Personal Area Network
205
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
206
PAT
Port Address Translation
207
PBX
Private Branch Exchange
208
PC
Personal Computer
209
PCM
Phase Change Memory
210
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
211
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
212
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
213
PLC
Programmable Logic Controller
214
PoE
Power over Ethernet
215
POP
Post Office Protocol
216
POP3
Post Office Protocol version 3
217
POTS
Plain Old Telephone System
218
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
219
PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol version 3
220
PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
221
PRI
Primary Rate Interface
222
PSK
Pre-Shared Key
223
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
224
PTP
Point-to-Point
225
PTR
Pointer
226
PVC
Permanent Virtual Circuit
227
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
228
QoS
Quality of Service
229
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
230
RARP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
231
RAS
Remote Access Service
232
RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
233
RDS
Radio Data System
234
RF
Radio Frequency
235
RFI
Radio Frequency Interference
236
RFID
Radio Frequency Indentification
237
RG
Radio Guide
238
RIP
Routing Internet Protocol
239
RJ
Registered Jack
240
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
