MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
POP3 | Post Office Protocol version 3 |
VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
AH | Authentication Header |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service |
MDIX | Medium Dependent Interface Crossover |
PAT | Port Address Translation |
LAN | Local Area Network |
SSD | Solid-State Drive |
CLI | Command-Line Interface |
FHRP | First Hop Redundancy Protocol |
iSCSI | Internet Small Computer Systems Interface |
MDF | Main Distribution Frame |
NS | Name Server |
STP | Spanning Tree Protocol |
PaaS | Platform as a Service |
QSFP | Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable |
EIRP | Effective Isotropic Radiated Power |
PoE | Power over Ethernet |
MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit |
RPO | Recovery Point Objective |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
NFV | Network Function Virtualization |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
CVE | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures |
PTR | Pointer Record |
SAN | Storage Area Network |
IPv4 | Internet Protocol version 4 |
LDAPS | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (over SSL) |
CAN | Campus Area Network |
IGMP | Internet Group Management Protocol |
WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
SLA | Service Level Agreement |
MU-MIMO | Multiuser - Multiple Input, Multiple Output |
ST | Straight Tip or Snap Twist |
TKIP | Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
GBIC | Gigabit Interface Converter |
MPLS | Multiprotocol Label Switching |
RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
UPC | Ultra-Physical Contact |
VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol |
AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
CSMA/CD | Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection |
DaaS | Desktop as a Service |
PAN | Personal Area Network |
CSU | Channel Service Unit |
HVAC | Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning |
MAC | Media Access Control/Medium Access Control |
AUP | Acceptable Use Policy |
RF | Radio Frequency |
SYSLOG | System Log |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
ESP | Encapsulating Security Payload |
IPv6 | Internet Protocol version 6 |
RSSI | Received Signal Strength Indication |
SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
vNIC | virtual Network Interface Card |
MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
MTTR | Mean Time to Repair |
AAAA | Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, Auditing |
NIC | Network Interface Card |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
DSU | Data Service Unit |
PSK | Pre-Shared Key |
BYOD | Bring Your Own Device |
EUI | Extended Unique Identifier |
NAT | Network Address Translation |
WPA | WiFi Protected Access |
CWDM | Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
TX/RX | Transmit and Receive |
USB | Universal Serial Bus |
AP | Access Point |
APC | Angled Physical Contact |
IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
IoT | Internet of Things |
SQL | Structured Query Language |
LC | Local Connector |
NAS | Network Attached Storage |
CAM | Content Addressable Memory (table) |
NGFW | Next-Generation Firewall |
TIA/EIA | Telecommunications Industry Association/Electronic Industries Alliance |
SSH | Secure Shell |
TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
DoS | Denial-of-Service |
DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
dB | Decibel |
TTL | Time to Live |
SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
APIPA | Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing |
CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
PDU | Power Distribution Unit |
GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation |
VRRP | Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol |
CIA | Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability |
HA | High Availability |
RTSP | Real Time Streaming Protocol |
TACACS+ | Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus |
FCoE | Fibre Channel over Ethernet |
GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
ISP | Internet Service Provider |
SC | Standard Connector/Subscriber Connector |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
SaaS | Software as a Service |
SMB | Server Message Block |
SSID | Service Set Identifier |
WAP | Wireless Access Point |
DLP | Data Loss Prevention |
SLAAC | Stateless Address Auto-Configuration |
SSO | Single Sign-On |
WDM | Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
RG | Radio Guide |
IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
LTE | Long-Term Evolution |
MIB | Management Information Base |
RTO | Recovery Time Objective |
EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
IPS | Intrusion Prevention System |
UTP | Unshielded Twister Pair |
CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
mGRE | Multipoint Generic Routing Encapsulation |
CSMA/CA | Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol |
IDF | Intermediate Distribution Frame |
NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement |
SOA | Start of Authority |
LED | Light-Emitting Diode |
OTDR | Optical Time Domain Reflectometer |
OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
MX | Mail Exchange |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
MIMO | Multiple Input, Multiple Output |
OID | Object Identifier |
VIP | Virtual IP |
RFC | Request for Comment |
ACL | Access Control List |
DWDM | Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
SDN | Software-Defined Network |
SDWAN | Software-Defined WAN |
SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
CNAME | Canonical Name |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
RIP | Routing Internet Protocol |
VNC | Virtual Network Computing |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
HDMI | High-Definition Multimedia Interface |
RJ | Registered Jack |
DNS | Domain Name System |
ICS | Industrial Control System |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
SRV | Service Record |
DDoS | Distributed Denial-of-Service |
IPSec | Internet Protocol Security |
MT-RJ | Mechanical Transfer - Registered Jack |
SIEM | Security Information and Event Management |
RA | Router Advertisements |
CIDR | Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
SOHO | Small Office Home Office |
IP | Internet Protocol |
RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks |
VM | Virtual Machine |
NAC | Network Access Control |
SFP | Small Form-factor Pluggable |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
BNC | British Naval Connector/Bayonet Neill-Concelman |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
EIGRP | Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
LACP | Link Aggregation Control Protocol |
QoS | Quality of Service |