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Acronyms Flashcards

1
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What does MAC Address stand for?

A

Media Access Controller Address

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What does IP Address stand for?

A

Internet Protocol Address

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3
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What does OSPF (Router Protocol) stand for?

A

Open Shortest Path First
(Djisktra’s)

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What does RIP (router protocol) stand for?

A

Routing Information Protocol
(Bellman-Ford Algorithm)

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5
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What does BGP (router protocol) stand for?

A

Border Gateway Protocol

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6
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What does UDP stand for?

A

User Datagram Protocol

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What does TCP stand for?

A

Transmission Control Protocol

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What does DHCP stand for?

A

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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9
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What does DNS stand for?

A

Domain Name System

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10
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What does A (DNS records) stand for?

A

Address Record
(Resolves an IP address)

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What does CNAME (DNS records) stand for?

A

Canonical Name
(Alias to another name. Multiple names point to same address.)

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What does MX (DNS records) stand for?

A

Mail Exchanger
(Machine responsible for receiving emails.)

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13
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What does NTP stand for?

A

Network Time Protocol

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14
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What does SMTP stand for?

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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15
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What does IMAP stand for?

A

Internet Message Access Protocol

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16
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What does Telnet stand for?

A

Teletype Network

17
Q

What does SSH stand for?

A

Secure Shell

18
Q

What does FTP stand for?

A

File Transfer Protocol

19
Q

What does SFTP stand for?

A

Secure File Transfer Protocol

20
Q

What does HTTP stand for?

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

21
Q

What does HTTPS stand for?

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

22
Q

What does MITM stand for?

A

Man-in-the-Middle

23
Q

What does DoS stand for?

A

Denial of Service

24
Q

What does DDoS stand for?

A

Distributed Denial of Service

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