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Acronym List Flashcards

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AAAA

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Authentication, Authorization,
Accounting, Auditing

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ACL

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Access Control List

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AES

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Advanced Encryption Standard

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AH

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Authentication Header

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AP

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Access Point

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APC

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Angled Physical Contact

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APIPA

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Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

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ARP

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Address Resolution Protocol

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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy

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BGP

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Border Gateway Protocol

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BNC

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British Naval Connector/Bayonet Neill-Concelman

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BYOD

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Bring Your Own Device

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CAM

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Content Addressable Memory (table)

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CAN

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Campus Area Network

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CDMA

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Code Division Multiple Access

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CIA

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Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability

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CIDR

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Classless Inter-Domain Routing

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CLI

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Command-Line Interface

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CNAME

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Canonical Name

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CPU

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Central Processing Unit

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CRC

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Cyclic Redundancy Check

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CSMA/CA

A

Carrier-Sense Multiple
Access with Collision Avoidance

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CSMA/CD

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Carrier-Sense Multiple Access
with Collision Detection

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CSU

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Channel Service Unit

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CVE

A

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

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CWDM

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Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing

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DaaS

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Desktop as a Service

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dB

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Decibel

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DDoS

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Distributed Denial-of-Service

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DHCP

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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DLP

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Data Loss Prevention

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DNS

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Domain Name System

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DoS

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Denial-of-Service

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DSL

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Digital Subscriber Line

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DSU

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Data Service Unit

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DWDM

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Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

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EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

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EIA

A

Electronic Industries Association

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EIGRP

A

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

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EIRP

A

Effective Isotropic Radiated Power

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41
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ESP

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Encapsulating Security Payload

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EUI

A

Extended Unique Identifier

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FCoE

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Fibre Channel over Ethernet

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FHRP

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First Hop Redundancy Protocol

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FTP

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File Transfer Protocol

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GRE

A

Generic Routing Encapsulation

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GBIC

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Gigabit Interface Converter

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GSM

A

Global System for Mobile Communications

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HA

A

High Availability

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HDMI

A

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

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HIDS

A

Host Intrusion Detection System

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HIPS

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Host Intrusion Prevention System

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HTTP

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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53
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HTTPS

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

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54
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HVAC

A

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

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IaaS

A

Infrastructure as a Service

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IBSS

A

Independent Basic Server Set

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ICMP

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

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ICS

A

Industrial Control System

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IDF

A

Intermediate Distribution Frame

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IDS

A

Intrusion Detection System

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IGMP

A

Internet Group Management Protocol

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IMAP

A

Internet Message Access Protocol

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63
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IoT

A

Internet of Things

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IP

A

Internet Protocol

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IPS

A

Intrusion Prevention System

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IPSec

A

Internet Protocol Security

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IPv4

A

Internet Protocol version 4

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IPv6

A

Internet Protocol version 6

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iSCSI

A

Internet Small Computer Systems Interface

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ISP

A

Internet Service Provider

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LACP

A

Link Aggregation Control Protocol

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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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LC

A

Local Connector

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LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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LDAPS

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (over SSL)

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LED

A

Light-Emitting Diode

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LLDP

A

Link Layer Discovery Protocol

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LTE

A

Long-Term Evolution

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MAC

A

Media Access Control/Medium Access Control

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MAN

A

Metropolitan Area Network

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MDF

A

Main Distribution Frame

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MDIX

A

Medium Dependent Interface Crossover

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MFA

A

Multifactor Authentication

84
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mGRE

A

Multipoint Generic Routing Encapsulation

85
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MIB

A

Management Information Base

86
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MIMO

A

Multiple Input, Multiple Output

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MU-MIMO

A

Multiuser - Multiple Input, Multiple Output

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MOU

A

Memorandum of Understanding

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MPLS

A

Multiprotocol Label Switching

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MSS

A

Maximum Segment Size

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MTBF

A

Mean Time Between Failure

92
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MT-RJ

A

Mechanical Transfer - Registered Jack

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MTTR

A

Mean Time to Repair

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MTU

A

Maximum Transmission Unit

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MX

A

Mail Exchange

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NAC

A

Network Access Control

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NAS

A

Network Attached Storage

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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

99
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NDA

A

Non-Disclosure Agreement

100
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NDP

A

Neighbor Discovery Protocol

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NFV

A

Network Function Virtualization

102
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NGFW

A

Next-Generation Firewall

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NIC

A

Network Interface Card

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NIDS

A

Network Intrusion Detection System

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NIPS

A

Network Intrusion Prevention System

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NS

A

Name Server

107
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NTP

A

Network Time Protocol

108
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OID

A

Object Identifier

109
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OSI

A

Open Systems Interconnection

110
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OSPF

A

Open Shortest Path First

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OTDR

A

Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

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PaaS

A

Platform as a Service

113
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PAN

A

Personal Area Network

114
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PAT

A

Port Address Translation

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PC

A

Personal Computer

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PDU

A

Power Distribution Unit

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PoE

A

Power over Ethernet

118
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POP3

A

Post Office Protocol version 3

119
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PSK

A

Pre-Shared Key

120
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PTR

A

Pointer Record

121
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QoS

A

Quality of Service

122
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QSFP

A

Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable

123
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RA

A

Router Advertisements

124
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RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

125
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RAID

A

Redundant Array of Inexpensive
(or Independent) Disks

126
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RDP

A

Remote Desktop Protocol

127
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RF

A

Radio Frequency

128
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RFC

A

Request for Comment

129
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RFID

A

Radio Frequency Identification

130
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RG

A

Radio Guide

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RIP

A

Routing Internet Protocol

132
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RJ

A

Registered Jack

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RPO

A

Recovery Point Objective

134
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RSSI

A

Received Signal Strength Indication

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RTO

A

Recovery Time Objective

136
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RTSP

A

Real Time Streaming Protocol

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SaaS

A

Software as a Service

138
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SAN

A

Storage Area Network

139
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SC

A

Standard Connector/Subscriber Connector

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SCADA

A

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

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SCP

A

Secure Copy Protocol

142
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SDN

A

Software-Defined Network

143
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SDWAN

A

Software-Defined WAN

144
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SFP

A

Small Form-factor Pluggable

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SFTP

A

Secure File Transfer Protocol

146
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SIEM

A

Security Information and Event Management

147
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SIP

A

Session Initiation Protocol

148
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SLA

A

Service Level Agreement

149
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SLAAC

A

Stateless Address Auto-Configuration

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SMB

A

Server Message Block

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SMTP

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

152
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SNMP

A

Simple Network Management Protocol

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SOA

A

Start of Authority

154
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SOHO

A

Small Office Home Office

155
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SPAN

A

Switched Port Analyzer

156
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SQL

A

Structured Query Language

157
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SRV

A

Service Record

158
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SSD

A

Solid-State Drive

159
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SSH

A

Secure Shell

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SSID

A

Service Set Identifier

161
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SSL

A

Secure Sockets Layer

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SSO

A

Single Sign-On

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ST

A

Straight Tip or Snap Twist

164
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STP

A

Spanning Tree Protocol

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SYSLOG

A

System Log

166
Q

TACACS+

A

Terminal Access Controller Access
Control System Plus

167
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TAP

A

Terminal Access Point

168
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TCP

A

Transmission Control Protocol

169
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TFTP

A

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

170
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TIA/EIA

A

Telecommunications Industry
Association/Electronic Industries Alliance

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TKIP

A

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

172
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TLS

A

Transport Layer Security

173
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TTL

A

Time to Live

174
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TX/RX

A

Transmit and Receive

175
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UDP

A

User Datagram Protocol

176
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UPC

A

Ultra-Physical Contact

177
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UPS

A

Uninterruptible Power Supply

178
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URL

A

Uniform Resource Locator

179
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USB

A

Universal Serial Bus

180
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UTM

A

Unified Threat Management

181
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UTP

A

Unshielded Twister Pair

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VIP

A

Virtual IP

183
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VLAN

A

Virtual Local Area Network

184
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VM

A

Virtual Machine

185
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VNC

A

Virtual Network Computing

186
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vNIC

A

virtual Network Interface Card

187
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VoIP

A

Voice over Internet Protocol

188
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VPN

A

Virtual Private Network

189
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VRRP

A

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

190
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vSwitch

A

Virtual Switch

191
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WAN

A

Wide Area Network

192
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WAP

A

Wireless Access Point

193
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WDM

A

Wavelength Division Multiplexing

194
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WEP

A

Wired Equivalent Privacy

195
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WLAN

A

Wireless Local Area Network

196
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WPA

A

WiFi Protected Access

197
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WPS

A

Wi-Fi Protected Setup

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