CompTIA Network+ N10-008 All Acronyms Flashcards
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| AAAA | Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, Auditing |
| ACL | Access Control List |
| AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
| AH | Authentication Header |
| AP | Access Point |
| APC | Angled Physical Contact |
| APIPA | Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
| AUP | Acceptable Use Policy |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
| BNC | British Naval Connector/Bayonet Neill-Concelman |
| BYOD | Bring Your Own Device |
| CAM | Content Addressable Memory (table) |
| CAN | Campus Area Network |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| CIA | Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability |
| CIDR | Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
| CLI | Command-Line Interface |
| CNAME | Canonical Name |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| CSMA/CA | Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance |
| CSMA/CD | Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection |
| CSU | Channel Service Unit |
| CVE | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures |
| CWDM | Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
| DaaS | Desktop as a Service |
| dB | Decibel |
| DDoS | Distributed Denial-of-Service |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| DLP | Data Loss Prevention |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| DoS | Denial-of-Service |
| DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
| DSU | Data Service Unit |
| DWDM | Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
| EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
| EIGRP | Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
| EIRP | Effective Isotropic Radiated Power |
| ESP | Encapsulating Security Payload |
| EUI | Extended Unique Identifier |
| FCoE | Fibre Channel over Ethernet |
| FHRP | First Hop Redundancy Protocol |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| GBIC | Gigabit Interface Converter |
| GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation |
| GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications |
| HA | High Availability |
| HDMI | High-Definition Multimedia Interface |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning |
| IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service |
| ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
| ICS | Industrial Control System |
| IDF | Intermediate Distribution Frame |
| IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
| IGMP | Internet Group Management Protocol |
| IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
| 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 |
| iSCSI | Internet Small Computer Systems Interface |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| LACP | Link Aggregation Control Protocol |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LC | Local Connector |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| LDAPS | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (over SSL) |
| LED | Light-Emitting Diode |
| LTE | Long-Term Evolution |
| MAC | Media Access Control/Medium Access Control |
| MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
| MDF | Main Distribution Frame |
| MDIX | Medium Dependent Interface Crossover |
| mGRE | Multipoint Generic Routing Encapsulation |
| MIB | Management Information Base |
| MIMO | Multiple Input, Multiple Output |
| MU-MIMO | Multiuser - Multiple Input, Multiple Output |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPLS | Multiprotocol Label Switching |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| MT-RJ | Mechanical Transfer - Registered Jack |
| MTTR | Mean Time to Repair |
| MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit |
| MX | Mail Exchange |
| NAC | Network Access Control |
| NAS | Network Attached Storage |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NDA | Non-Disclosure Agreement |
| NFV | Network Function Virtualization |
| NGFW | Next-Generation Firewall |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| NS | Name Server |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| OID | Object Identifier |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
| OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
| OTDR | Optical Time Domain Reflectometer |
| PaaS | Platform as a Service |
| PAN | Personal Area Network |
| PAT | Port Address Translation |
| PDU | Power Distribution Unit |
| PoE | Power over Ethernet |
| POP3 | Post Office Protocol version 3 |
| PSK | Pre-Shared Key |
| PTR | Pointer Record |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| QSFP | Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable |
| RA | Router Advertisements |
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks |
| RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RFC | Request for Comment |
| RG | Radio Guide |
| RIP | Routing Internet Protocol |
| RJ | Registered Jack |
| RPO | Recovery Point Objective |
| RSSI | Received Signal Strength Indication |
| RTO | Recovery Time Objective |
| RTSP | Real Time Streaming Protocol |
| SaaS | Software as a Service |
| SAN | Storage Area Network |
| SC | Standard Connector/Subscriber Connector |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
| SDN | Software-Defined Network |
| SDWAN | Software-Defined WAN |
| SFP | Small Form-factor Pluggable |
| SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
| SIEM | Security Information and Event Management |
| SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SLAAC | Stateless Address Auto-Configuration |
| SMB | Server Message Block |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SOA | Start of Authority |
| SOHO | Small Office Home Office |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| SRV | Service Record |
| SSD | Solid-State Drive |
| SSH | Secure Shell |
| SSID | Service Set Identifier |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
| SSO | Single Sign-On |
| ST | Straight Tip or Snap Twist |
| STP | Spanning Tree Protocol |
| SYSLOG | System Log |
| TACACS+ | Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| TIA/EIA | Telecommunications Industry Association/Electronic Industries Alliance |
| TKIP | Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| TTL | Time to Live |
| TX/RX | Transmit and Receive |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UPC | Ultra-Physical Contact |
| UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| UTP | Unshielded Twister Pair |
| VIP | Virtual IP |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| VM | Virtual Machine |
| VNC | Virtual Network Computing |
| vNIC | virtual Network Interface Card |
| VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VRRP | Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WAP | Wireless Access Point |
| WDM | Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| WPA | WiFi Protected Access |
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BYOD
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Back
Bring Your Own Device
Front
GSM
Back
Global System for Mobile Communications
Front
RTO
Back
Recovery Time Objective
Front
OTDR
Back
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
Front
WLAN
Back
Wireless Local Area Network
Front
FCoE
Back
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Front
NS
Back
Name Server
Front
RF
Back
Radio Frequency
Front
AH
Back
Authentication Header
Front
AP
Back
Access Point
Front
VIP
Back
Virtual IP
Front
EUI
Back
Extended Unique Identifier
Front
TKIP
Back
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
Front
MDF
Back
Main Distribution Frame
Front
MPLS
Back
Multiprotocol Label Switching
Front
UDP
Back
User Datagram Protocol
Front
WAP
Back
Wireless Access Point
Front
HA
Back
High Availability
Front
IPS
Back
Intrusion Prevention System
Front
MU-MIMO
Back
Multiuser - Multiple Input, Multiple Output
Front
LACP
Back
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
Front
NDA
Back
Non-Disclosure Agreement
Front
LTE
Back
Long-Term Evolution
Front
DDoS
Back
Distributed Denial-of-Service
Front
UPS
Back
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Front
dB
Back
Decibel
Front
FTP
Back
File Transfer Protocol
Front
RFC
Back
Request for Comment
Front
VPN
Back
Virtual Private Network
Front
CWDM
Back
Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Front
HDMI
Back
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
Front
AAAA
Back
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, Auditing
Front
ARP
Back
Address Resolution Protocol
Front
CIDR
Back
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
Front
NAS
Back
Network Attached Storage
Front
VM
Back
Virtual Machine
Front
RDP
Back
Remote Desktop Protocol
Front
RIP
Back
Routing Internet Protocol
Front
LAN
Back
Local Area Network
Front
UPC
Back
Ultra-Physical Contact
Front
CPU
Back
Central Processing Unit
Front
CAM
Back
Content Addressable Memory (table)
Front
IPv6
Back
Internet Protocol version 6
Front
IPv4
Back
Internet Protocol version 4
Front
MT-RJ
Back
Mechanical Transfer - Registered Jack
Front
NAT
Back
Network Address Translation
Front
EAP
Back
Extensible Authentication Protocol
Front
CSMA/CA
Back
Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
Front
TCP
Back
Transmission Control Protocol
Front
TACACS+
Back
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus
Front
EIRP
Back
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
Front
OSI
Back
Open Systems Interconnection
Front
TTL
Back
Time to Live
Front
SOHO
Back
Small Office Home Office
Front
iSCSI
Back
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
Front
USB
Back
Universal Serial Bus
Front
SMB
Back
Server Message Block
Front
LC
Back
Local Connector
Front
SSL
Back
Secure Sockets Layer
Front
SYSLOG
Back
System Log
Front
mGRE
Back
Multipoint Generic Routing Encapsulation
Front
SCADA
Back
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
Front
SIP
Back
Session Initiation Protocol
Front
FHRP
Back
First Hop Redundancy Protocol
Front
SaaS
Back
Software as a Service
Front
SFP
Back
Small Form-factor Pluggable
Front
VLAN
Back
Virtual Local Area Network
Front
DSL
Back
Digital Subscriber Line
Front
EIA
Back
Electronic Industries Association
Front
RG
Back
Radio Guide
Front
SLA
Back
Service Level Agreement
Front
DaaS
Back
Desktop as a Service
Front
IDF
Back
Intermediate Distribution Frame
Front
SDWAN
Back
Software-Defined WAN
Front
SNMP
Back
Simple Network Management Protocol
Front
APC
Back
Angled Physical Contact
Front
RSSI
Back
Received Signal Strength Indication
Front
IoT
Back
Internet of Things
Front
VRRP
Back
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
Front
IMAP
Back
Internet Message Access Protocol
Front
NIC
Back
Network Interface Card
Front
PSK
Back
Pre-Shared Key
Front
VoIP
Back
Voice over Internet Protocol
Front
OID
Back
Object Identifier
Front
SLAAC
Back
Stateless Address Auto-Configuration
Front
RJ
Back
Registered Jack
Front
CAN
Back
Campus Area Network
Front
PAN
Back
Personal Area Network
Front
SFTP
Back
Secure File Transfer Protocol
Front
AUP
Back
Acceptable Use Policy
Front
HTTPS
Back
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
Front
QSFP
Back
Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable
Front
TFTP
Back
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Front
WAN
Back
Wide Area Network
Front
MTBF
Back
Mean Time Between Failure
Front
CDMA
Back
Code Division Multiple Access
Front
ICMP
Back
Internet Control Message Protocol
Front
OSPF
Back
Open Shortest Path First
Front
ST
Back
Straight Tip or Snap Twist
Front
IaaS
Back
Infrastructure as a Service
Front
SSD
Back
Solid-State Drive
Front
TX/RX
Back
Transmit and Receive
Front
CVE
Back
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Front
MAC
Back
Media Access Control/Medium Access Control
Front
NAC
Back
Network Access Control
Front
ISP
Back
Internet Service Provider
Front
CRC
Back
Cyclic Redundancy Check
Front
AES
Back
Advanced Encryption Standard
Front
CSU
Back
Channel Service Unit
Front
MDIX
Back
Medium Dependent Interface Crossover
Front
RPO
Back
Recovery Point Objective
Front
IPSec
Back
Internet Protocol Security
Front
NFV
Back
Network Function Virtualization
Front
vNIC
Back
virtual Network Interface Card
Front
LDAP
Back
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Front
PaaS
Back
Platform as a Service
Front
GBIC
Back
Gigabit Interface Converter
Front
NGFW
Back
Next-Generation Firewall
Front
DNS
Back
Domain Name System
Front
PTR
Back
Pointer Record
Front
SOA
Back
Start of Authority
Front
TLS
Back
Transport Layer Security
Front
URL
Back
Uniform Resource Locator
Front
ACL
Back
Access Control List
Front
GRE
Back
Generic Routing Encapsulation
Front
NTP
Back
Network Time Protocol
Front
STP
Back
Spanning Tree Protocol
Front
ESP
Back
Encapsulating Security Payload
Front
WDM
Back
Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Front
MIB
Back
Management Information Base
Front
QoS
Back
Quality of Service
Front
CNAME
Back
Canonical Name
Front
RADIUS
Back
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
Front
MTU
Back
Maximum Transmission Unit
Front
RTSP
Back
Real Time Streaming Protocol
Front
DLP
Back
Data Loss Prevention
Front
DWDM
Back
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Front
RAID
Back
Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks
Front
CIA
Back
Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
Front
SSO
Back
Single Sign-On
Front
SMTP
Back
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Front
TIA/EIA
Back
Telecommunications Industry Association/Electronic Industries Alliance
Front
BNC
Back
British Naval Connector/Bayonet Neill-Concelman
Front
PAT
Back
Port Address Translation
Front
MX
Back
Mail Exchange
Front
EIGRP
Back
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Front
ICS
Back
Industrial Control System
Front
SAN
Back
Storage Area Network
Front
PoE
Back
Power over Ethernet
Front
BGP
Back
Border Gateway Protocol
Front
APIPA
Back
Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
Front
WPA
Back
WiFi Protected Access
Front
MAN
Back
Metropolitan Area Network
Front
HVAC
Back
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Front
IGMP
Back
Internet Group Management Protocol
Front
MTTR
Back
Mean Time to Repair
Front
PDU
Back
Power Distribution Unit
Front
SRV
Back
Service Record
Front
DSU
Back
Data Service Unit
Front
LED
Back
Light-Emitting Diode
Front
HTTP
Back
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Front
SSID
Back
Service Set Identifier
Front
VNC
Back
Virtual Network Computing
Front
DHCP
Back
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Front
LDAPS
Back
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (over SSL)
Front
MIMO
Back
Multiple Input, Multiple Output
Front
SC
Back
Standard Connector/Subscriber Connector
Front
CSMA/CD
Back
Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
Front
SIEM
Back
Security Information and Event Management
Front
SSH
Back
Secure Shell
Front
MOU
Back
Memorandum of Understanding
Front
SDN
Back
Software-Defined Network
Front
IP
Back
Internet Protocol
Front
RA
Back
Router Advertisements
Front
CLI
Back
Command-Line Interface
Front
DoS
Back
Denial-of-Service
Front
IDS
Back
Intrusion Detection System
Front
UTP
Back
Unshielded Twister Pair
Front
SQL
Back
Structured Query Language
Front
POP3
Back
Post Office Protocol version 3
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