Acronyms & Definitions

Question 1

(ISC)2

Answer 1

International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium

Question 2

API

Answer 2

Application Programming Interface

Question 3

ASCII

Answer 3

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Question 4

BGP

Answer 4

Broader Gateway Protocol

Question 5

CIDR

Answer 5

Classless interdomain Routing

Question 6

CMMI

Answer 6

Capability Maturity Model Integration

Question 7

COM

Answer 7

Component Object Model

A model that allows for interprocess communication within one application or between applications on the same computer system.

Harris, Shon (2013-09-16). CISSP Boxed Set, Second Edition (All-in-One) (Kindle Locations 23418-23419). McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition.

Question 8

CORBA

Answer 8

Commn Object Request
Broker Architecture

An open object- oriented standard architecture developed by the Object Management Group (OMG). It provides interoperability among the vast array of software, platforms, and hardware in environments today. CORBA enables applications to communicate with one another no matter where the applications are located or who developed them.

Harris, Shon (2013-09-16). CISSP Boxed Set, Second Edition (All-in-One) (Kindle Locations 23387-23389). McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition.

Question 9

CRC

Answer 9

Cyclic Redundancy Checking

Question 10

DCOM

Answer 10

Distributed Component Object Model

Supports the same model for component interaction, and also supports distributed interprocess communication (IPC).

DCOM enables applications to access objects that reside in different parts of a network.

So this is how the client/ server-based activities are carried out by COM-based operating systems and/ or applications.

Harris, Shon (2013-09-16). CISSP Boxed Set, Second Edition (All-in-One) (Kindle Locations 23422-23423). McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition.

Question 11

EAP-TLS

Answer 11

Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Layer

Question 12

FDDI

Answer 12

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)

Question 13

FTP

Answer 13

File Transfer Protocol

Question 14

GIF

Answer 14

Graphic interchange Format

Question 15

HDLC

Answer 15

High-Level Data Link Control

Question 16

HTTP

Answer 16

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Question 17

ICANN

Answer 17

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Question 18

ICMP

Answer 18

Internet Control Message Protocol

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IDS

Answer 19

Intrusion Detection Services

Question 20

IGMP

Answer 20

Internet Group Management Protocol

Question 21

IPS

Answer 21

Intrusion Prevention Service

Question 22

IPSec

Answer 22

Internet Protocol Security

Question 23

J2EE

Answer 23

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition

J2EE is an enterprise Java computing platform. This means it is a framework that is used to develop enterprise software written mainly in the Java programming language. It provides APIs for networking services, fault tolerance, security, and web services for large-scale, multi-tiered network applications.

Harris, Shon (2013-09-16). CISSP Boxed Set, Second Edition (All-in-One) (Kindle Location 23456). McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition.

Question 24

JPEG

Answer 24

Joint Photographic Experts Group Format

Question 25

L2TP

Answer 25

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

Question 26

LLC

Answer 26

Logical Link Control

Question 27

LPD

Answer 27

Line Printer Protocol

Question 28

MAC

Answer 28

Media Access Control

Question 29

MACSec

Answer 29

Media Access Control Security Standard

Question 30

MPTD

Answer 30

Maximum Period Time of Disruption

Question 31

MTD

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Maximum Tolerable Downtime

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MTU

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Maximum Transmission Unit

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NAT

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Network Address Translation

Question 34

**NIC**

Answer 34

**Network Interface Card**

Question 35

**OLE**

Answer 35

**Object Linking and Embedding** ## Footnote Provides a way for objects to be shared on a local personal computer and to use COM as their foundation. OLE enables objects— such as graphics, clipart, and spreadsheets— to be embedded into documents. The capability for one program to call another program is called ***linking.*** The capability to place a piece of data inside a foreign program or document is called ***embedding.*** Harris, Shon (2013-09-16). CISSP Boxed Set, Second Edition (All-in-One) (Kindle Locations 23444-23446). McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition. Harris, Shon (2013-09-16). CISSP Boxed Set, Second Edition (All-in-One) (Kindle Locations 23443-23444). McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition.

Question 36

**ORB**

Answer 36

**Object Request Broker** ## Footnote The ORB manages all communications between components and enables them to interact in a heterogeneous and distributed environment. The ORB works independently of the platforms where the objects reside, which provides greater interoperability. *Harris, Shon (2013-09-16). CISSP Boxed Set, Second Edition (All-in-One) (Kindle Locations 23399-23400). McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition.*

Question 37

OSPF

Answer 37

Open Shortest Path First

Question 38

PPP

Answer 38

Point-to-Point Protocol

Question 39

QoS

Answer 39

Quality of Service

Question 40

RADIUS

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Remote Authentication Dial-In User Server

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RIP

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Routing Information Protocol

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RPC

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Remote Procedure Call

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RPO

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Recovery Point Objective

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RTO

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Recovery Time Objective

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SMTP

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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SPX

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Sequenced Packet Exchange

Question 47

SQL

Answer 47

Structured Query Language

Question 48

SSL

Answer 48

Secure Sockets Layer

Question 49

STP

Answer 49

Shielded Twisted Pair

Question 50

TFTP

Answer 50

Trivia File Transfer Protocol

Question 51

TIFF

Answer 51

Tagged Image File Format

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ToS

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Type of Service

Question 53

TTL

Answer 53

Time to Live

Question 54

UTP

Answer 54

Unshielded Twisted Pair

Question 55

UTP

Answer 55

Unshield Twisted Pair

Question 56

VPN

Answer 56

Virtual Private Network

Question 57

WRT

Answer 57

Work Recovery Time