Acronyms

Question 1

ACK

Answer 1

Acknowledgement// Transport and other layers

Question 2

ACL

Answer 2

Access control List

Question 3

ADSL

Answer 3

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Question 4

AES

Answer 4

advanced encryption standard

Question 5

ANSI

Answer 5

american national standards institute

Question 6

ARP

Answer 6

address resolution protocol

Question 7

ATM

Answer 7

asynchronous transfer mode//telecom

Question 8

BGP

Answer 8

Border Gateway Protocol(routing protocol)//Application Layer,routers

Question 9

BSS

Answer 9

Basic service set(WI-Fi)/wireless

Question 10

CAT

Answer 10

Category(e.g.Cat-5 Cable//Physical Layer

Question 11

CHAP

Answer 11

Challenge-handshake Authentication Protocol(PPP)//Security,telecom

Question 12

CIDR

Answer 12

Classless INter-Domain Routing

Question 13

CIR

Answer 13

Committed Information Rate(Frame Relay)//Telecomq

Question 14

CLI

Answer 14

Command Line Interpreter//Hardware

Question 15

CPE

Answer 15

Customer Premises Equipment//Telecom

Question 16

CRC

Answer 16

cyclical redundancy check//Link and other layers

Question 17

CRC-16-CCITT

Answer 17

Cyclical redundancy check(x.25,HDLC)/Link Layers

Question 18

CSMA/CA

Answer 18

CArrier sense mulitple access/ collision avoidance//wireless

Question 19

CSMA/CD

Answer 19

Carrier sense multiple access/ collision detection//Physical Layer

Question 20

CSU/DSU

Answer 20

Channel service unit/data service unit//Telecom

Question 21

DCE

Answer 21

Data communications equipment//Telecom

Question 22

DEC(obs.)

Answer 22

Digital Equipment Corporation//Organization

Question 23

DES

Answer 23

Data Encryption Standard//Security

Question 24

DHCP

Answer 24

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol//Application Layer,Internet Layer

Question 25

DNS

Answer 25

Domain Name System//Application Layer

Question 26

DRAM

Answer 26

Dynamic random-access memory//Hardware

Question 27

DSL

Answer 27

Digital Subscriber Line//Telecom

Question 28

DSLAM

Answer 28

Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexor//Telecom

Question 29

DTE

Answer 29

Data Terminal Equipment

Question 30

EHA

Answer 30

Ethernet Hardware Address(Mac address)//Link Layer

Question 31

EIA

Answer 31

Electronics Industry Alliance//Organization

Question 32

EIGRP

Answer 32

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol//Internet Layer