Networking acronyms
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| ARP | address resolution protocol
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| ADSL | asymmetric digital subsriber line
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| ANSI | american national standards institute
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| API | application programming interface
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| APM | advanced power management
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| ATM | asynchronous transfer mode
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| CHAP | challenge handshake authentication protocol
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| CSMA/CA | carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
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| CSMA/CD | carrier sense muliple access with collision detection
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| CSU/DSU | channel serivice unit/data service unit
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| DLC | data link control
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| DBMS | database management system
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| DoS | denial of service
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| DHCP | dynamic host configuration protocol
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| DSL | digital subsciber line
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| DIX | digital intel xerox
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| DLL | dynamic link library
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| DNS | domain name service
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| EIA/TIA | electronics industry association/telecommunications industry association
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| ERD | emergency repair disk
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| FDDI | fiber distruted data interface
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| FQDN | fully qualified domain name
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| FTP | file transfer protocol
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| GPO | group policy objects
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| HAL | hardware abstraction layer
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| HCL | hardware compatibility list
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| HTML | hyper-text markup lanuage
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| HTTP | hyper-text transfer protocol
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| ICF | internet connection firewall
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| ICS | internet connection sharing
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| ICMP | internet control message protocol
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| IP | internet protocol
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| IPSEC | ip security
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| IPX/SPX | internetwork packet exchange/sequence packet exchange
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| ISDN | intergrated services digital network
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| ISP | internet service provider
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| LAN | local area network
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| LUNs | logical unit numbers
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| MAC | media access control
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| MAN | metropolitan area network
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| MAU | multistation access unit
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| MMC | microsoft Management console
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| MIME | multipurpose internet mail extentions
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| Modem | modulator/demodulator
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| MSAU | multistation access unit
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| NAT | network address translation
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| NDS | novell directory service
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| NetBEUI | netbios extended user interface
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| NetBIOS | network basic input/output system
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| NetBT | netbios
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| NIC | network interface card
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| NFS | network file system
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| NOS | network operating system
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| NTFS | nt file system
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| OSPF | open shortest path first
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| OSI | open systems interconnection
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| PAP | password autentication protocol
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| PBX | private branch exchange
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| Ping | packet internet groper
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| POP | post office protocol
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| PPP | point-to-point protocol
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| PPTP | point-to point tunneling protocol
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| PSTN | public switched telephone network
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| RAID | redundant array of independent devices
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| RAS | remote access services
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| RIS | remote installation services
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| RJ | registered jack
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| SSID | service set identification
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| SMB | server message blocks
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| SMM | system management mode
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| SMTP | simple mail transfer protocol
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| SNMP | simple network management protocol
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| SQL | structured query language
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| SSL | secure sockets layer
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| STP | shielded twisted pair
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| TCP | transmission control protocol
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| TCP/IP | transmission control protocol/internet protocol
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| TDR | time domain reflectometer
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| TRACERT | traceroute
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| TFTP | trivial file transfer protocol
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| UART | universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
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| UNC | universal naming convention
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| UPS | uniterruptible power supply
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| URL | uniform resource locator
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| UDP | user datagram protocol
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| UTP | unsheilded twisted pair
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| VLAN | virtual lan
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| VPN | virtual private network
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| WAN | wide area network
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| WINS | windows internet name service
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| Winsock | windows sockets
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| WEP | wired equivalency privacy
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