Acronyms Flashcards
Whats does IaaS stand for and give a description
Infrastructure as a Service. Type of cloud computing service that offers essential compute, storage, and networking resources on demand.
What does PaaS stand for and give description
Platform as a Service is a cloud computing model where third party provider delivers hardware and software tools to users over the internet. The PaaS provider host the hardware and software on its own infrastructure.
What is SaaS and give description
Software as a service is software distribution model in which a cloud provider hosts apps and makes them available to end users over the internet.
What does DNS mean
Domain Name System
What does FQDN stand for
Fully Qualified Domain Names
What do these stand for and describer them LAN WAN MAN PAN
Local Area Network. Group of local computers connected in one physical location.
Wide Area Network. Connects smaller networks together to communicate with one another. Not tied to a physical location.
Metropolitan Area Network. a network that is larger than a LAN but is located in a single geographic area.
Personal Area Network. connection of personal tech to communicate over short distance. I.E bluetooth.
What is QoS
Quality of Service is a tool that allows you to meter how much bandwidth things can use. IP, MAC, Ports.
Sets higher or lower priorities.
What is IEEE 802.11
The Wireless standard.
What is NFC
Near Field Communication. Such as tap to pay.
Whats does POTS stand for
Plain old Telephone service
What does PSTN stand for
Public switched telephone network
What is DOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
Whats is PPPoE
Point to Point protocol over Ethernet. Usually with DSL internet
What is FTP? and what ports does it use?
File Transfer Protocol. Always uses port 21. In active mode is also uses port 20.
What is SMPT? What ports does it use?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. enables mail to be sent between different servers. Port 25
