Acronyms Flashcards
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Address
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ACL
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Access Control List
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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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API
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Application Programming Interface
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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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Bayonet Neill–Concelman
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BSSID
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Basic Service Set Identifier
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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
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CDN
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Content Delivery Network
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CDP
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Cisco Discovery Protocol
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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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DAC
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Direct Attach Copper
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DAS
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Direct-attached Storage
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DCI
Data Center Interconnect
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DDoS
Distributed Denial-of-service
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DLP
Data Loss Prevention
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DNS
Domain Name System
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DNSSEC
Domain Name System Security Extensions
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DoH
DNS over Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
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DoS
Denial-of-service
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DoT
DNS over Transport Layer Security
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DR
Disaster Recovery
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EAPoL
Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN
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EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
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EOL
End-of-life
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EOS
End-of-support
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ESP
Encapsulating Security Payload
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ESSID
Extended Service Set Identifier
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EULA
End User License Agreement
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FC
Fibre Channel
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FHRP
First Hop Redundancy Protocol
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol
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GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
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GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
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GUI
Graphical User Interface
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HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
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IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
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IaC
Infrastructure as Code
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IAM
Identity and Access Management
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
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ICS
Industrial Control System
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IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
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IDS
Intrusion Detection System
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IoT
Internet of Things
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IIoT
Industrial Internet of Things
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IKE
Internet Key Exchange
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IP
Internet Protocol
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IPAM
Internet Protocol Address Management
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IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
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IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
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IS-IS
Intermediate System to Intermediate System
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LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
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LAN
Local Area Network
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LC
Local Connector
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LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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LDAPS
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over SSL
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LLDP
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
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MAC
Media Access Control
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MDF
Main Distribution Frame
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MDIX
Medium Dependent Interface Crossover
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MFA
Multifactor Authentication
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MIB
Management Information Base
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MPO
Multifiber Push On
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MTBF
Mean Time Between Failure
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MTTR
Mean Time To Repair
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MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
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MX
Mail Exchange
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NAC
Network Access Control
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NAS
Network-attached Storage
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NAT
Network Address Translation
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NFV
Network Functions Virtualization
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NIC
Network Interface Cards
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NS
Name Server
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NTP
Network Time Protocol
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NTS
Network Time Security
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OS
Operating System
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OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
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OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
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OT
Operational Technology
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PaaS
Platform as a Service
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PAT
Port Address Translation
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PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards
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PDU
Power Distribution Unit
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PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
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PoE
Power over Ethernet
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PSK
Pre-shared Key
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PTP
Precision Time Protocol
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PTR
Pointer
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QoS
Quality of Service
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QSFP
Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable
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RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service
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RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
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RFID
Radio Frequency Identifier
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RIP
Routing Information Protocol
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RJ
Registered Jack
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RPO
Recovery Point Objective
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RSTP
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
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RTO
Recovery Time Objective
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RX
Receiver
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SaaS
Software as a Service
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SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language
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SAN
Storage Area Network
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SASE
Secure Access Service Edge
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SC
Subscriber Connector
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SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
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SDN
Software-defined Network
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SD-WAN
Software-defined Wide Area Network
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SFP
Small Form-factor Pluggable
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SFTP
Secure File Transfer Protocol
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SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
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SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
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SLA
Service-level Agreement
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SLAAC
Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
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SMB
Server Message Block
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SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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SMTPS
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure
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SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
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SOA
Start of Authority
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SQL
Structured Query Language
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SSE
Security Service Edge
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SSH
Secure Shell
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SSID
Service Set Identifier
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SSL
Secure Socket Layer
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SSO
Single Sign-on
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ST
Straight Tip
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STP
Shielded Twisted Pair
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SVI
Switch Virtual Interface
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TACAS+
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus
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TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
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TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
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TTL
Time to Live
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TX
Transmitter
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TXT
Text
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UDP
User Datagram Protocol
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UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
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URL
Uniform Resource Locator
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USB
Universal Serial Bus
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UTM
Unified Threat Management
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UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
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VIP
Virtual IP
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VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
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VLSM
Variable Length Subnet Mask
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VoIP
Voice over IP
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VPC
Virtual Private Cloud
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VPN
Virtual Private Network
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WAN
Wide Area Network
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WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
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WPS
Wi-Fi Protected Setup
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VXLAN
Virtual Extensible LAN
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ZTA
Zero Trust Architecture
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EIRP
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
Actual power radiated by a given antenna
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