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AAA

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Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

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ACL

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Access Control List

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APFS

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Apple File System

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APK

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Android Package

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ARM

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Advanced RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) Machine

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ARP

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Address Resolution Protocol

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ATA

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Advanced Technology Attachment

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ATM

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Asynchronous Transfer Mode

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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy

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BIOS

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Basic Input/Output System

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BSOD

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Blue Screen Of Death

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BYOD

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Bring Your Own Device

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CAPTCHA

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Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart

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CDFS

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Compact Disc File System

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CDMA

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Code-Division Multiple Access

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CERT

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Computer Emergency Response Team

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CIFS

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Common Internet File System

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CMD

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Command Prompt

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CRL

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Certificate Revocation List

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DDoS

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Distributed Denial of Service

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DDR

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Double Data Rate

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DHCP

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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DMA

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Direct Memory Access

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DNS

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Domain Name System

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DRAM

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Dynamic Random Access Memory

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DRM

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Digital Rights Management

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EFS

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Encrypting File System

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EOL

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End-of-Life

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eSATA

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External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

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ESD

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Electrostatic Discharge

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EULA

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End-User License Agreement

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32
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exFAT

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Extensible File Allocation Table

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ext

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Extended File System

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FAT

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File Allocation Table

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35
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FAT12

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12-bit File Allocation Table

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FAT16

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16-bit File Allocation Table

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FAT32

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32-bit File Allocation Table

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FTP

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File Transfer Protocol

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GFS

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Grandfather-Father-Son

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GPS

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Global Positioning System

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GPT

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GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) Partition Table

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GPU

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Graphics Processing Unit

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GSM

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Global System for Mobile Communications

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GUI

A

Graphical User Interface

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HAL

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Hardware Abstraction LAyer

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HAV

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Hardware-Assisted Virtualization

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HCL

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Hardware Compatibility List

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HDCP

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High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection

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HDD

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Hard Disk Drive

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HDMI

A

Hight-Definition Multimedia Interface

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51
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HSM

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Hardware Security Module

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HTML

A

Hypertext Markup language

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53
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HTTP

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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HTTPS

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

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IaaS

A

Infrastructure as a Service

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IDE

A

Integrated Drive Electronics

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IDS

A

Intrusion Detection System

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IEEE

A

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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IMAP

A

Internet Mail Access Protocol

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IOPS

A

Input/Output Operations Per Second

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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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IPS

A

In-Plane Switching

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IPSec

A

Internet Protocol Security

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IR

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IRP

A

Incident Response Plan

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ISO

A

International Organization for Standardization

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ISP

A

Internet Service Provider

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ITX

A

Information Technology eXtended

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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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LCD

A

Liquid Crystal Display

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LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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MAC

A

Media Access Control / Mandatory Access Control

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MAM

A

Mobile Application Management

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MBR

A

Master Boot Record

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MDM

A

Mobile Device Management

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MFA

A

Multifactor Authentication

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MMC

A

Microsoft Management Console

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MSDS

A

Material Safety Data Sheet

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MSRA

A

Microsoft Remote Access

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NAC

A

Network Access Control

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NAT

A

Network Address Translation

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NDA

A

Non-disclosure Agreement

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NetBIOS

A

Networked Basic Input/Output System

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NFC

A

Near-field Communication

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NFS

A

Network File System

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NetBT

A

NetBIOS over TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)

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NIC

A

Network Interface Card

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NTFS

A

New Technology File System

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NVMe

A

Non-volatile Memory Express

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ONT

A

Optical Network Terminal

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OS

A

Operating System

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PaaS

A

Platform as a Service

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PAN

A

Personal Area Network

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PC

A

Personal Computer

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PCL

A

Printer Command Language

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PE

A

Preinstallation Environment

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PII

A

Personally Identifiable Information

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PIN

A

Personal Identification Number

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PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

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PoE

A

Power over Ethernet

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POP3

A

Post Office Protocol 3

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POST

A

Power-on Self-Test

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RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service

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RAID

A

Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks

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RDP

A

Remote Desktop Protocol

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RMM

A

Remote Monitoring and Management

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RTO

A

Recovery Time Objective

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SaaS

A

Software as a Service

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SAN

A

Storage Area Network

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SATA

A

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

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WPA

A

Wi-Fi Protected Access

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TKIP

A

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

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AES

A

Advanced Encryption Standard

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CCMP

A

Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol

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SAE

A

Simultaneous Authentication of Equals

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PSK

A

Pre-Shared Key

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EAP

A

Extensible Authentication Protocol

120
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TACACS+

A

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus

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SSID

A

Service Set ID

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UPnP

A

Universal Plug-and-Play

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RAT

A

Remote Access Trojan

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UEFI

A

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

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CYOD

A

Choose Your Own Device

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COPE

A

Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled

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COBO

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Corporate Owned, Business Only

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ACPI

A

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

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FDE

A

Full-disk Encryption

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