abbreviations Flashcards
IMAP
Internet Message access protocol
CPE
Customer Premise Equipment, equipment on the cxs end
CMTS
Cable modem termination systems (provides cx with net sys)
CM
cable modem
AES
advanced encryptions standard
TTS
Total Tech Services
UBR
Universal Broadband Router (provides cxs with net access)
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
WAN
Wide Area Network (network that spans a relatively large geographical area)
WEP
Wired equivalent privacy, a security protocol for wireless local area network
WIFI
wireless fidelity
WPA
wifi protocol access
TKIP
temporal key integrity protocol
TCP/IP
transport control protocol/internet protocol
SNR
Signal to Noise ratio
SMPT
Simple mail transfer protocol (for sending email messages between servers)
PSK
Pre shared key, wireless security encryptions keys that are entered into both sides of the message exchange
POP 3
Post office protocol, used to retrieve email from a mail server
NIC
network interface card, expansion board inserted into a pc so that the computer can be connected to a network
OEM
Original Equipment manufacturer
MRTG
Multi router traffic grapher
MER
Modulation error ratio
MAC
media access control/a lower sub layer
DBMV
decibels to milivotts
DHCP
dynamic host configuration protocol
DNS
domain name system (translates domain names into ip addresses)
DOS
disk operating sys
EMTA
embedded multimedia adapter (a combination cable modem and telephone adapter)
HTTP
hypertext transfer protocol
HTML
hyper text mark up language (used to create documents on the net)
IP
Internet protocol /specifies the format of packets and the addressing scheme
LAN
Local area networks
OS
Operating system
RF
Radio Frequency /the range within which radio waves may be transmitted
