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1
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SSD

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Solid-state drive

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OLED

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Organic Light Emitting Diode

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TN LCD

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TN (Twisted Nematic) LCD

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IPS LCD

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IPS (In Plane Switching) LCD

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VA LCD

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VA (Vertical Alignment) LCD

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USB

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Universal Serial Bus

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7
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NFC

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Near Field Communication

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GSM

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Global System for Mobile Communications

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CDMA

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Code Division Multiple Access

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10
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PRL

A

Preferred Roaming List)

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11
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GPS

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Global Positioning System

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12
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MDM

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Mobile Device Management

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13
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TCP

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Transmission Control Protocol Communication

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14
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UDP

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User Datagram Protocol

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15
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FTP

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File Transfer Protocol

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16
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SSH

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Secure Shell

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17
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Telnet

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Telecommunication Network

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18
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SMTP

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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19
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DNS

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Domain Name System

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20
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DHCP

A

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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21
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HTTP and HTTPS

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol/Secure

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22
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POP3

A

Post office Protocol version 3

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23
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IMAP4

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Internet Message Access Protocol v4

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24
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SMB

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Server Message Block

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25
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NetBIOS

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Network Basic Input/Output System

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26
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SNMP

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Simple Network Management Protocol

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27
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LDAP

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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

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28
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RDP

A

Remote Desktop Protocol

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29
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PoE

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Power over Ethernet

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30
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ONT

A

Optical network terminal

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31
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ADSL

A

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

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32
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NIC

A

Network Interface Card

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33
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SDN

A

Software Defined Networking

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34
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NFC

A

Near field communication

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35
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DNS server

A

Domain Name System

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36
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DHCP server

A

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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37
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UTM

A

Unified Threat
Management

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38
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SCADA / ICS

A

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System

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39
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The DHCP Process (DORA)

A
  • Step 1: Discover - Client to DHCP Server
    – Find all of the available DHCP Servers
  • Step 2: Offer - DHCP Server to client
    – Send some IP address options to the client
  • Step 3: Request - Client to DHCP Server
    – Client chooses an offer and makes a formal request
  • Step 4: Acknowledgment - DHCP Server to client
    – DHCP server sends an acknowledgment to the client
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40
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RR

A

Resource Records

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41
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AAAA

A

Address records (A)

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42
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TXT

A

Text records

43
Q

MX

A

Mail exchanger record

44
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SPF protocol

A

Sender Policy Framework (SPF)

45
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DKIM

A

Domain Keys Identified Mail

46
Q

DMARC

A

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting,
and Conformance (DMARC)

47
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DSL/ADSL

A

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

48
Q

VPNs

A

Virtual Private Networks

49
Q

WISP

A

Wireless Internet Service Provider

50
Q

LAN

A

Local Area Network

51
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WAN

A

Wide Area Network

52
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PAN

A

Personal Area Network

53
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MAN

A

Metropolitan Area Network

54
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SAN

A

Storage Area Network

55
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WLAN

A

Wireless LAN

56
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UTP

A

Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable

57
Q

STP

A

Shielded Twisted Pair cable

58
Q

TIA

A

Telecommunications Industry Association

59
Q

VGA

A

Video Graphics Array

60
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HDMI

A

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

61
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DVI

A

Digital Visual Interface

62
Q

SATA

A

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

63
Q

PATA

A

Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment

64
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eSATA

A

external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

65
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SCSI standard

A

Small Computer Systems Interface

66
Q

(LUN)

A

logical unit

67
Q

IDE

A

Integrated
Drive Electronics

68
Q

RAM

A

Random Access Memory

69
Q

DIMM

A

Dual inline memory module

70
Q

SO-DIMM

A

Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module

71
Q

DRAM

A

Dynamic Random Access Memory

72
Q

SDRAM

A

Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

73
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DDR3 SDRAM

A

Double Data Rate 3 Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

74
Q

(DDR5) SDRAM

A

Double Data Rate 5 Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

75
Q

(DDR4) SDRAM

A

Double Data Rate 4 Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

76
Q

mSATA

A

Mini-Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

77
Q

AHCI

A

Advanced Host Controller Interface

78
Q

NVMe

A

Non-volatile Memory Express

79
Q

EEPROM

A

(Electrically erasable programmable
read-only memory

80
Q

RAID

A

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

81
Q

ATX form factor

A

Advanced Technology Extended

82
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ITX form factor

A

Information Technology EXtended

83
Q

PCIe

A

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express

84
Q

PCI

A

Peripheral Component Interconnect

85
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BIOS

A
  • Basic Input/Output System
86
Q

POST

A

Power-On Self-Test

87
Q

UEFI BIOS

A

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

88
Q

CMOS

89
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TPM

A

Trusted Platform Module

90
Q

HSM

A

Hardware Security Module

91
Q

ARM

A

Advanced RISC (reduce, insertion, substitution, copy )Machine

92
Q

RISC

A

reduce, insertion, substitution, copy

93
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HTT

A

Hyper-Threading Technology

94
Q

NIC

A

Network Interface Card

95
Q

PCL

A

Printer Command Language

96
Q

PS

A

PostScript

97
Q

IaaS

A

Infrastructure as a service

98
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SaaS

A

Software as a service

99
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PaaS

A

Platform as a service

100
Q

VDI

A

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

101
Q

DaaS

A

Desktop as a Service

102
Q

POST

A

Power On Self Test

103
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S.M.A.R.T

A

Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology

104
Q

LCI

A

Liquid Contact Indicator

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