Network+ Acronyms Flashcards
AAA
Authentication Authorization and Accounting
AAAA
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting and Auditing
ACL
Access Control List
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 Tool
ARIN
American Registry for Internet
Numbers
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
AS
Autonomous System
ASIC
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASP
Application Service Provider
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUP
Acceptable Use Policy
BCP
Business Continuity Plan
BERT
Bit-Error Rate Test
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
BLE
Bluetooth Low Energy
BNC
British Naval Connector/ Bayonet Neill-Concelman
BootP
Boot Protocol/Bootstrrap Protocol
BPDU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
BRI
Basic Rate Interface
BSSID
Basic Service Set Identifier
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
CaaS
Communication as a Service
CAM
Content Addressable Memory
CAN
Campus Area Network
CARP
Common Address Redundancy Protocol
CASB
Cloud Access Sercurity Broker
CAT
Category
CCTV
Closed Circuit TV
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/ Collision Detection
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIDR
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CNAME
Canonical Name
CoS
Class of Service
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRAM-MD5
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism-Message Digest 5
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Checking
CSMA/CA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
CSU
Channel Service Unit
CVW
Collaborative Virtual Workspace
CWDM
Course Wave Division Multiplexing
DaaS
Desktop as a Service
dB
Decibel
DCS
Distributed Computer System
DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DLC
Data Link Control
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
DLR
Device Level Ring
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DNAT
Destination Network Address Translation
DNS
Domain Name Service/Domain Name Server/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 Multiplexing
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
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
ESP
Encapsulated Security Payload
ESSID
Extended Service Set Identifier
EUI
Extended Unique Identifier
FC
Fibre Channel
FCoE
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
FCS
Frame Check Sequence
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing
FHSS
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
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
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
HA
High Availability
HDLC
High-Level Data Link Control
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HIDS
Host Intrusion Detection System
HIPS
Host Intrusion Prevention System
HSPA
High-Speed Packet Access
HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol
HT
High Throughput
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Hz
Hertz
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ICA
Independent Computer Architecture
ICANN
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS
Internet Connection Sharing/Industrial Control System
IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGMP
Internet Group Message Protocol
IGP
Interior Gateway Protocol
IGRP
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
IMAP4
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
InterNIC
Internet Network Information Center
IoT
Internet of Things
IP
Internet Protocol
IPS
Intrusion Prevention System
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6
ISAKMP
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
IS-IS
Intermediate System to Intermediate System
ISP
Internet Service Provider
IT
Information Technology
ITS
Intelligent Transportation System
IV
Initialization Vector