Network+ Acronyms Flashcards
A
Address
AAA
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
AAAA
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, and Address
ABR
Area Border Router
ACL
Access Control List
AD
Active Directory
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
AH
Authentication Header
AP
Access Point
APC
Angle Polished Connector
APIPA
Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
APT
Advanced Persistent Protocol
ARIN
American Registry for Internet Numbers
ARP
Address Resolution Ptotocol
AS
Autonomous System
ASIC
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASP
Application Service Provider
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUI
Attachment Unit Interface
AUP
Acceptable Use Policy
BCP
Business Continuity Plan
BCS
Business Connectivity Services
BDR
Backup Designated Router
BERT
Bit Error Rate Test
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
BLE
Bluetooth Low Energy
BNC
British Naval Connector or Bayonet Neill-Concelman
BootP
Boot Protocol or Bootstrap Protocol
BDPU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
BRI
Basic Rate Interface
BSSID
Basic Service Set Identifier
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
CAM
Channel Access Method
CAN
Campus Area Network
CARP
Common Address Redundancy Protocol
CCTV
Closed Circuit TV
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
CDMA / CD
Carrier Division Multiple Access
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIRD
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CIFS
Common Internet File System / Services
CLI
Command Line Interface
CNAME
Canonical Name
COOP
Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming
COS
Class of Service
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRAM
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Checking
CSMA / CA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
CSU
Channel Service Unit
CWDM
Course Wave Division Multiplexing
dB
Decibels
DCS
Distributed Computer System
DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DLC
Data Link Control
DLP
Data Leak Prevention
DLR
Device Level Ring
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DNAT
Destination Network Address Translation
DNS
Domain Name Service or Domain Name Server or Domain Name System
DOCSIS
Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification
DoS
Denial of Service
DR
Designated Router
DSCP
Differentiated Services Code Point
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
DSSS
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSU
Data Service Unit
DWDM
Dense Wavelength Division Muliplexing
E1
E-Carrier Level 1
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
EDNS
Extension Mechanisms for DNS
EGP
Exterior Gateway Protocol
EIA / TIA
Electronic Industries Alliance / Telecommunication Industries Association
EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
ESP
Encapsulated Security Packets
ESSID
Extended Service Set Identifier
EUI
Extended Unique Identifier
FC
Fibre Channel
FCS
Frame Check Sequence
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing
FHSS
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard
FM
Frequency Modulation
FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FTPS
File Transfer Protocol Security
GBIC
Gigabit Interface Converter
Gbps
Gigabits per second
GLBP
Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
GPG
GNU Privacy Guard
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service