Acronyms Flashcards
AAA
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
ABR
Area Border Router
ACI
Application Centric Infrastructures
ACL
Access Control List
AD
Administrative Distance
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AF
Assured Forwarding
API
Application Programming Interface
APIC-EM
Application Policy Infrastructure Controller – Enterprise Module
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
AS
Autonomous System
ASA
Adaptive Security Appliance
ASBR
Autonomous System Boundary Router
ASN
Autonomous System Number
BDR
Backup Designated Router
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
BID
Bridge ID (Identifier)
BPDU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
CBWFQ
Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing
CDP
Cisco Discovery Protocol
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIR
Committed Information Rate
CoS
Class of Service
CS
Class Selector
CST
Common Spanning Tree
DAI
Dynamic ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) Inspection
DBD
Database Description
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMVPN
Dynamic Multipoint VPN (Virtual Private Network)
DR
Designated Router
DSCP
Differentiated Service Code Point
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
DTP
Dynamic Trunking Protocol
DUAL
Diffusing Update Algorithm
eBGP
external BGP
EF
Expedited Forwarding
EGP
Exterior Gateway Protocol
EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
FC
Feasibility Condition
FD
Feasible Distance
FHRP
First Hop Redundancy Protocol
GLBP
Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
HDLC
High-level Data Link Control
HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IGP
Interior Gateway Protocol
IGRP
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
IPP
IP (Internet Protocol) Precedence
IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
IS-IS
Intermediate System - to - Intermediate System
ISE
Identity Service Engine
ISL
Inter-Switch Link
ISP
Internet Service Provider
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
LACP
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
LAN
Local-Area Network
LCP
Link Control Protocol
LLQ
Low Latency Queuing
LQM
Link Quality Monitoring
LSA
Link-State Advertisement
LSAck
Link-State Acknowledgement
LSDB
Link-State Database
LSP
Link-State Packet
LSPDU
Link-State Protocol Data Unit
LSU
Link-State Update
MAC
Media Access Control
MD5
Message Digest 5
mGRE
multipoint Generic Routing Encapsulation
MIB
Management Information Base
MISTP
Multiple Instance Spanning Tree Protocol
MLPPP
Multilink PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
MPLS
Multi-Protocol Label Switching
MST
Multiple Spanning Tree
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
NBAR
Network Based Application Recognition
NBI
Northbound Interface
NBMA
Nonbroadcast Multiaccess
NCP
Network Control Protocol
NHRP
Next Hop Resolution Protocol
NMS
Network Management Stations
ONF
Open Networking Foundation
OSC
Open SDN (Software-Defined Networking) Controller
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
PaaS
Platform as a Service
PAGP
Port Aggregation Protocol
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
PCP
Priority Code Point
PID
Process ID (Identifier)
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
PPPoE
PPP (Point-to-Point) over Ethernet
PVST+
Per-VLAN (Virtual LAN) Spanning Tree Plus
QoS
Quality of Service
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RD (or AD)
Reported Distance (or Advertised Distance)
RIP
Routing Information Protocol
RPVST+
Rapid PVST+ (Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus)
RSTP
Rapid STP (Spanning Tree Protocol)
RTP
Reliable Transport Protocol
SaaS
Software as a Service
SBI
Southbound Interface
SDN
Software-Defined Networking
SLA
Service Level Agreement
SLB
Server Load Balancer
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SPAN
Switch Port Analyzer
SPF
Shortest Path First
STP
Spanning Tree Protocol
SVI
Switch Virtual Interface
TACACS+
Terminal Access Controller Access – Control Systems Plus
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TID
Traffic ID (Identifier)
ToS
Type of Service
UDP
Universal Datagram Protocol
VID
VLAN (Virtual LAN) ID (Identifier)
VLAN
Virtual LAN (Local-Area Network)
VLSM
Variable-Length Subnet Mask
VNF
Virtual Network Function
VPN
Virtual Private Network
VRRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
VTP
VLAN (Virtual LAN) Trunking Protocol
WRED
Weighted Random Early Detection