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Acronyms Flashcards

1
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MDI-X

A

Medium Dependent Interface Crossover

(What auto detects the transmit and receive pins)

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2
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WDM

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Wavelength Division Multiplexing

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3
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CWDM

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Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing
(Four separate 3.125Gbps @ 4 different wavelengths.)

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4
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DWDM

A

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
(160 signals increasing total throughout to 1.6Tbps)

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5
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TDMA

A

Time Division Multiple Access
(850 MHz or 1.9MHz) (Divides cellular channel into 3 time slots to increase data that can be carried)

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6
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CDMA

A

Code Division Multiple Access
(800 MHz and 1.9GHz) (2G and 3G) (filters based off codes, allows numerous signals to occupy single transmission channel)

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7
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GSM

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Global System for Mobiles
(900MHz or 1800MHz) (Digitizes+compresses data, sends down channel w/ 2 other streams of user data)

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8
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CSMA/CD

A

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection. (Senses when there is a collision on the line and will stop traffic and then clear the collision)

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9
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CSMA/CA

A

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance. (Method for WAPs where client will Request to Send(RTS) and the AP will reply with its Clear to Send(CTS))

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10
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RTS

A

Request to Send

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CTS

A

Clear to Send

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12
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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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13
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PAT

A

Port Address Translation(assigned port number on global IP)
(Also known as NAT Overload)

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14
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VLSM

A

Variable Length Subnet Masking
(Also known as Supernetting)

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15
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APIPA

A

Automatic Private IP Addressing

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16
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EUI64

A

Extended Unique Identifier
(Stateless address auto configuration, host assigning itself a unique 64-bit IPv6 interface identifier without the need for manual configuration or DHCP; uses MAC address)

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17
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NDP

A

Neighbor Discovery Protocol

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18
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IPAM

A

IP Address Management
(The administration of DNS and DHCP; a means of planning, tracking, and managing the Internet Protocol address space used in a network)

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19
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NAS

A

Network Attached Storage

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20
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SAN

A

Storage Area Network

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21
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DAS

A

Direct Attached Storage

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22
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LWAP

A

Lightweight Wireless Access Point

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23
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WLC

A

Wireless Alan Controller

24
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SSID

A

Service Set Identifier
(Network ID or Network name)

25
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ESSID

A

Extended Service Set Identifier
(Identifies the service set all devices belong to that are using the same service set(network name)

26
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BSSID

A

Basic Service Set ID
(Identifies the individual ID of that device)

27
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IDS/IPS

A

Intrusion detection system / intrusion prevention system
(Signature and/or anomaly based)

28
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WAF

A

Web Application Firewall

29
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NGFW

A

Next Generation FireWall
(Inspect later 7 traffic)

30
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DPI

A

Deep Packet Inspection

31
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UEBA

A

User and Entity Behavior Analytics

32
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UTM

A

Unified Threat Management

33
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PPTP

A

Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

34
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L2TP

A

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

35
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IPSEC

A

Internet Protocol Security

36
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PSTN

A

Public Switched Telephone Network

37
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ICS

A

Industrial Control System

38
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OT

A

Operational Technology

39
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SCADA

A

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

40
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AD(routing)

A

Administrative Distance

41
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IGPs

A

Interior Gateway Protocols

42
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EGP

A

Exterior Gateway Protocol

43
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IGRP

A

Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

44
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IS-IS

A

Intermediate System to Intermediate System

45
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IS-IS

A

Intermediate System to Intermediate System

46
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EIGRP

A

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

47
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BGP

A

Border Gateway Protocol

48
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QOS

A

Quality of Service

49
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COS

A

Class of Service

50
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Diffserv

A

Differentiated Services

51
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STP

A

Spanning Tree Protocol
(802.1D)

52
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RSTP

A

Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
(802.1w)

53
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LCAP

A

Link Control Aggregation Protocol

54
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PAgP

A

Port Aggregation Protocol

55
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DAI

A

Dynamic ARP Inspection

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