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