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A

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Address

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AAA

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Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

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AAAA

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Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, and Address

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ABR

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Area Border Router

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ACL

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Access Control List

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AD

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Active Directory

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ADSL

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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

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AES

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Advanced Encryption Standard

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AH

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Authentication Header

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AP

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Access Point

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APC

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Angle Polished Connector

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APIPA

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Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

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APT

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Advanced Persistent Protocol

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ARIN

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American Registry for Internet Numbers

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ARP

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Address Resolution Ptotocol

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AS

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Autonomous System

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ASIC

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Application Specific Integrated Circuit

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ASP

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Application Service Provider

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ATM

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Asynchronous Transfer Mode

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AUI

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Attachment Unit Interface

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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy

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BCP

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Business Continuity Plan

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BCS

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Business Connectivity Services

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BDR

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Backup Designated Router

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BERT

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Bit Error Rate Test

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BGP

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Border Gateway Protocol

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BLE

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Bluetooth Low Energy

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BNC

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British Naval Connector or Bayonet Neill-Concelman

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BootP

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Boot Protocol or Bootstrap Protocol

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BDPU

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Bridge Protocol Data Unit

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BRI

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Basic Rate Interface

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BSSID

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Basic Service Set Identifier

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BYOD

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Bring Your Own Device

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CAM

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Channel Access Method

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CAN

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Campus Area Network

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CARP

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Common Address Redundancy Protocol

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CCTV

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Closed Circuit TV

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CDMA

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Code Division Multiple Access

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CDMA / CD

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Carrier Division Multiple Access

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CHAP

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Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

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CIRD

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Classless Inter-Domain Routing

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CIFS

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Common Internet File System / Services

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CLI

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Command Line Interface

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CNAME

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Canonical Name

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COOP

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Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming

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COS

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Class of Service

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CPU

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Central Processing Unit

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CRAM

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Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism - Message Digest 5

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CRC

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Cyclic Redundancy Checking

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CSMA / CA

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Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance

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CSU

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Channel Service Unit

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CWDM

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Course Wave Division Multiplexing

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dB

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Decibels

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DCS

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Distributed Computer System

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DDoS

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Distributed Denial of Service

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DHCP

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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DLC

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Data Link Control

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DLP

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Data Leak Prevention

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DLR

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Device Level Ring

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DMZ

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Demilitarized Zone

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DNAT

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Destination Network Address Translation

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DNS

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Domain Name Service or Domain Name Server or Domain Name System

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DOCSIS

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Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification

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DoS

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Denial of Service

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DR

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Designated Router

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DSCP

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Differentiated Services Code Point

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DSL

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Digital Subscriber Line

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DSSS

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Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

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DSU

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Data Service Unit

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DWDM

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Dense Wavelength Division Muliplexing

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E1

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E-Carrier Level 1

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EAP

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Extensible Authentication Protocol

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73
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EDNS

A

Extension Mechanisms for DNS

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EGP

A

Exterior Gateway Protocol

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EIA / TIA

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Electronic Industries Alliance / Telecommunication Industries Association

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EIGRP

A

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

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EMI

A

Electromagnetic Interference

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ESD

A

Electrostatic Discharge

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ESP

A

Encapsulated Security Packets

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ESSID

A

Extended Service Set Identifier

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EUI

A

Extended Unique Identifier

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FC

A

Fibre Channel

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FCS

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Frame Check Sequence

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FDDI

A

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

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FDM

A

Frequency Division Multiplexing

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FHSS

A

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

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FIPS

A

Federal Information Processing Standard

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FM

A

Frequency Modulation

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FQDN

A

Fully Qualified Domain Name

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FTP

A

File Transfer Protocol

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91
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FTPS

A

File Transfer Protocol Security

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92
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GBIC

A

Gigabit Interface Converter

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Gbps

A

Gigabits per second

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GLBP

A

Gateway Load Balancing Protocol

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GPG

A

GNU Privacy Guard

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GPRS

A

General Packet Radio Service

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GRE

A

Generic Routing Encapsulation

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GSM

A

Global System for Mobile communications

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HBA

A

Host Bus Adapter

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HDLC

A

High-level Data Link Control

101
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HDMI

A

High Definition Multimedia Interface

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HIDS

A

Host Intrusion Detection System

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HIPS

A

Host Intrusion Prevention System

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HSPA

A

High-Speed Packet Access

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HT

A

High Throughput

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HTTP

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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HTTPS

A

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

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HVAC

A

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

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Hz

110
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IaaS

A

Infrastructure as a Service

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IANA

A

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

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ICA

A

Independent Computer Architecture

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ICANN

A

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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ICMP

A

Internet Control Message Protocol

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ICS

A

Internet Connection Sharing or Industrial Control System

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IDF

A

Immediate Distribution Frame

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IDS

A

Intrusion Detection System

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IEEE

A

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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IGMP

A

Internet Group Multicast Protocol

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IGP

A

Interior Gateway Protocol

121
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IGRP

A

Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

122
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IKE

A

Internet Key Exchange

123
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IMAP4

A

Internet Message Access Protocol version 4

124
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InterNIC

A

Internet Network Information Center

125
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IO

A

Input / Output

126
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IP

A

Internet Protocol

127
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IPS

A

Intrusion Prevention System

128
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IPSec

A

Intrusion Protocol Security

129
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IPv4

A

Internet Protocol version 4

130
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IPv6

A

Internet Protocol version 6

131
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IR

132
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ISAKMP

A

Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol

133
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iSCSI

A

Internet Small Computer System

134
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ISDN

A

Integrated Services Digital Network

135
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IS-IS

A

Intermediate System to Intermediate System

136
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ISP

A

Internet Service Provider

137
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IT

A

Information Technology

138
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ITS

A

Intelligent Transportation System

139
Q

IV

A

Initialization Vector

140
Q

Kbps

A

Kilobits per second

141
Q

KVM

A

Keyboard Video Mouse

142
Q

L2F

A

Layer 2 Forwarding

143
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L2TP

A

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

144
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LACP

A

Link Aggregation Control Protocol

145
Q

LAN

A

Local Area Network

146
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LC

A

Local Connector

147
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LDAP

A

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

148
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LEC

A

Local Exchange Carrier

149
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LED

A

Light Emitting Diode

150
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LLC

A

Logical Link Control

151
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LSA

A

Link State Advertisement

152
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LTE

A

Long Term Evolution

153
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LWAPP

A

Light Weight Access Point Protocol

154
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MAC

A

Media Access Control or Medium Access Control

155
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MAN

A

Metropolitan Area Network

156
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Mbps

A

Megabits per second

157
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MBps

A

Megabytes per second

158
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MDF

A

Main Distribution Frame

159
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MDI

A

Media Dependent Interface

160
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MDIX

A

Media Dependent Interface Crossover

161
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MGCP

A

Media Gateway Control Protocol

162
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MIB

A

Management Information Base

163
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MIBS

A

Management Information Bases

164
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MIMO

A

Multiple Input, Multiple Output

165
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MLA

A

Master License Agreement

166
Q

MLA

A

Multilateral Agreement

167
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MMF

A

Multimode Fiber

168
Q

MOA

A

Memorandum of Agreement

169
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MOU

A

Memorandum of Understanding

170
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MPLS

A

Multi-protocol Label Switching

171
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MS-CHAP

A

Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

172
Q

MSA

A

Master Service Agreement

173
Q

MSDS

A

Material Safety Data Sheet

174
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MT-RJ

A

Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack

175
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MTU

A

Maximum Transmission Unit

176
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MUMIMO

A

Multiuser Multiple Input, Multiple Output

177
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MX

A

Mail Exchanger

178
Q

NAC

A

Network Access Control

179
Q

NAS

A

Network Attached Storage

180
Q

NAT

A

Network Address Translation

181
Q

NCP

A

Network Control Protocol

182
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NDR

A

Non-Delivery Receipt

183
Q

NetBEUI

A

Network Basic Input / Output System Extended User Interface

184
Q

NetBIOS

A

Network Basic Input / Output System

185
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NFC

A

Near Field Communication

186
Q

NFS

A

Network File Service

187
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NIC

A

Network Interface Card

188
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NIDS

A

Network Intrusion Detection System

189
Q

NIPS

A

Network Intrusion Prevention System

190
Q

NIST

A

Network Information Security and Technology

191
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NIU

A

Network Interface Unit

192
Q

nm

193
Q

NMS

A

Network Management System

194
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NNTP

A

Network News Transport Protocol

195
Q

NTP

A

Network Time Protocol

196
Q

OCx

A

Optical Carrier

197
Q

OS

A

Operating Systems

198
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OSI

A

Open Systems Interconnect

199
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OSPF

A

Open Shortest PAth First

200
Q

OTDR

A

Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

201
Q

OUI

A

Organizationally Unique Identifier

202
Q

P2P

A

Peer-to-Peer

203
Q

PaaS

A

Platform as a Service

204
Q

PAN

A

Personal Area Network

205
Q

PAP

A

Password Authentication Protocol

206
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PAT

A

Port Address Translation

207
Q

PBX

A

Private Branch Exchange

208
Q

PC

A

Personal Computer

209
Q

PCM

A

Phase Change Memory

210
Q

PDU

A

Protocol Data Unit

211
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PGP

A

Pretty Good Privacy

212
Q

PKI

A

Public Key Infrastructure

213
Q

PLC

A

Programmable Logic Controller

214
Q

PoE

A

Power over Ethernet

215
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POP

A

Post Office Protocol

216
Q

POP3

A

Post Office Protocol version 3

217
Q

POTS

A

Plain Old Telephone System

218
Q

PPP

A

Point-to-Point Protocol

219
Q

PPPoE

A

Point-to-Point Protocol version 3

220
Q

PPTP

A

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

221
Q

PRI

A

Primary Rate Interface

222
Q

PSK

A

Pre-Shared Key

223
Q

PSTN

A

Public Switched Telephone Network

224
Q

PTP

A

Point-to-Point

225
Q

PTR

226
Q

PVC

A

Permanent Virtual Circuit

227
Q

QAM

A

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

228
Q

QoS

A

Quality of Service

229
Q

RADIUS

A

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

230
Q

RARP

A

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

231
Q

RAS

A

Remote Access Service

232
Q

RDP

A

Remote Desktop Protocol

233
Q

RDS

A

Radio Data System

234
Q

RF

A

Radio Frequency

235
Q

RFI

A

Radio Frequency Interference

236
Q

RFID

A

Radio Frequency Indentification

237
Q

RG

A

Radio Guide

238
Q

RIP

A

Routing Internet Protocol

239
Q

RJ

A

Registered Jack

240
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RPO

A

Recovery Point Objective

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