200+ Network Related Abbreviations

In the context of computing and technology, a network refers to a collection of interconnected devices, such as computers, servers, routers, and switches, that are linked together to facilitate communication and data sharing. Networks can be classified into different types, such as local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and the internet.

Here are some important network-related abbreviations:

1	AAA	Authentication Authorization and Accounting
2	ACL	Access Control List
3	ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
4	AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
5	AH	Authentication Header
6	AM	Amplitude Modulation
7	APIPA	Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
8	ARIN	American Registry for Internet Numbers
9	ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
10	AS	Autonomous System
11	ASP	Application Service Provider
12	ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
13	BERT	Bit-Error Rate Test
14	BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
15	BNC	British Naval Connector / Bayonet Niell-Concelman
16	BootP	Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
17	BPDU	Bridge Protocol Data Unit
18	BRI	Basic Rate Interface
19	BSSID	Basic Service Set Identifier
20	CAM	Channel Access Method
21	CARP	Common Address Redundancy Protocol
22	CCTV	Closed Capkon TV
23	CHAP	Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
24	CIDR	Classless inter domain routing
25	CNAME	Canonical Name
26	CRAM-MD5	Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism – Message Digest 5
27	CSMA / CA	Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
28	CSMA / CD	Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
29	CSU	Channel Service Unit
30	dB	decibels
31	DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
32	DLC	Data Link Control
33	DMZ	Demilitarized Zone
34	DNS	Domain Name Service / Domain Name Server / Domain Name System
35	DOCSIS	Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification
36	DoS	Denial of Service
37	DDoS	Distributed Denial of Service
38	DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
39	DSSS	Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
40	DSU	Data Service Unit
41	DWDM	Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
42	E1	E-Carrier Level 1
43	EAP	Extensible Authentication Protocol
44	EDNS	Extension Mechanisms for DNS
45	EGP	Exterior Gateway Protocol
46	EIGRP	Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
47	EMI	Electromagnetic Interference
48	ESD	Electrostatic Discharge
49	ESSID	Extended Service Set Identifier
50	ESP	Encapsulated security packets
51	FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface
52	FDM	Frequency Division Multiplexing
53	FHSS	Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
54	FM	Frequency Modulation
55	FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name / Fully Qualified Distinguished Name
56	FTP	File Transfer Protocol
57	FTPS	File Transfer Protocol Security
58	GBIC	Gigabit Interface Converter
59	Gbps	Giga bits per second
60	GPG	GNU Privacy Guard
61	HDLC	High-Level Data Link Control
62	HIDS	Host Intrusion Detection System
63	HIPS	Host Intrusion Prevention System
64	HSPA	High Speed Packet Access
65	HSRP	Hot Standby Router Protocol
66	HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
67	HTTPS	Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
68	Hz	Hertz
69	IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
70	ICA	Independent Computer Architecture
71	ICANN	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
72	ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
73	ICS	Internet Connection Sharing
74	IDF	Intermediate Distribution Frame
75	IDS	Intrusion Detection System
76	IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
77	IGMP	Internet Group Multicast Protocol
78	IGP	Interior Gateway Protocol
79	IIS	Internet Information Services
80	IKE	Internet Key Exchange
81	IMAP4	Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
82	InterNIC	Internet Network Information Center
83	IP	Internet Protocol
84	IPS	Intrusion Prevention System
85	IPSec	Internet Protocol Security
86	IPv4	Internet Protocol version 4
87	IPv6	Internet Protocol version 6
88	ISAKMP	Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
89	ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
90	ISP	Internet Service Provider
91	IT	Information Technology
92	IV	Initialization Vector
93	Kbps	Kilobits per second
94	L2F	Layer 2 Forwarding
95	L2TP	Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
96	LACP	Link aggregation control protocol
97	LAN	Local Area Network
98	LC	Local Connector
99	LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
100	LEC	Local Exchange Carrier
101	LED	Light Emitting Diode
102	LLC	Logical Link Control
103	MAC	Media Access Control / Medium Access Control
104	Mbps	Megabits per second
105	MBps	Megabytes per second
106	MDF	Main Distribution Frame
107	MDI	Media Dependent Interface
108	MDIX	Media Dependent Interface Crossover
109	MIB	Management Information Base
110	MIMO	Multiple Input, Multiple Output
111	MMF	Multimode Fiber
112	MPLS	Multi-Protocol Label Switching
113	MS-CHAP	Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
114	MT-RJ	Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
115	MX	Mail Exchanger
116	NAC	Network Access Control
117	NaaS	Network as a Service
118	NAS	Network Attached Storage
119	NAT	Network Address Translation
120	NCP	Network Control Protocol
121	NetBEUI	Network Basic Input / Output Extended User Interface
122	NetBIOS	Network Basic Input / Output System
123	NFS	Network File Service
124	NIC	Network Interface Card
125	NIDS	Network Intrusion Detection System
126	NIPS	Network Intrusion Prevention System
127	nm	Nanometer
128	NNTP	Network News Transport Protocol
129	NTP	Network Time Protocol
130	NWLINK	Microsoft IPX/SPX Protocol
131	OCx	Optical Carrier
132	OS	Operating Systems
133	OSI	Open Systems Interconnect
134	OSPF	Open Shortest Path First
135	OTDR	Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
136	PAP	Password Authentication Protocol
137	PAT	Port Address Translation
138	PC	Personal Computer
139	PDU	Protocol Data Unit
140	PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
141	PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
142	PoE	Power over Ethernet
143	POP3	Post Office Protocol version 3
144	POTS	Plain Old Telephone System
145	PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
146	PPPoE	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
147	PPTP	Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
148	PRI	Primary Rate Interface
149	PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network
150	PVC	Permanent Virtual Circuit
151	QoS	Quality of Service
152	RADIUS	Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
153	RARP	Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
154	RAS	Remote Access Service
155	RDP	Remote Desktop Protocol
156	RFI	Radio Frequency Interface
157	RG	Radio Guide
158	RIP	Routing Internet Protocol
159	RJ	Registered Jack
160	RSA	Rivest, Shamir, Adelman
161	RSH	Remote Shell
162	RTP	Real Time Protocol
163	RTSP	Real Time Streaming Protocol
164	RTT	Round Trip Time or Real Transfer Time
165	SA	Security Association
166	SC	Standard Connector / Subscriber Connector
167	SCP	Secure Copy Protocol
168	SDSL	Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line
169	SFTP	Secure File Transfer Protocol
170	SFP	Small Form-factor Pluggable
171	SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
172	SLIP	Serial Line Internet Protocol
173	SMF	Single Mode Fiber
174	SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
175	SNAT	Static Network Address Translation
176	SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
177	SNTP	Simple Network Time Protocol
178	SOA	Start of Authority
179	SOHO	Small Office / Home Office
180	SONET	Synchronous Optical Network
181	SPS	Standby Power Supply
182	SSH	Secure Shell
183	SSID	Service Set Identifier
184	SSL	Secure Sockets Layer
185	ST	Straight Tip or Snap Twist
186	STP	Spanning Tree Protocol
187	STP	Shielded Twisted Pair
188	SVC	Switched Virtual Connection
189	T1	T-Carrier Level 1
190	TA	Terminal Adaptor
191	TACACS+	Terminal Access Control Access Control System+
192	TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
193	TCP / IP	Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
194	TDM	Time Division Multiplexing
195	TDR	Time Domain Reflectometer
196	Telco	Telephone Company
197	TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
198	TKIP	Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
199	TLS	Transport Layer Security
200	TTL	Time to Live
201	UDP	User Datagram Protocol
202	UNC	Universal Naming Convention
203	UPS	Uninterruptible Power Supply
204	URL	Uniform Resource Locator
205	USB	Universal Serial Bus
206	UTP	Unshielded Twisted Pair
207	VDSL	Variable Digital Subscriber Line
208	VLAN	Virtual Local Area Network
209	VNC	Virtual Network Connection
210	VoIP	Voice over IP
211	VPN	Virtual Private Network
212	VRRP	Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
213	VTC	Video Teleconference
214	VTP	VLAN Trunk Protocol
215	WAN	Wide Area Network
216	WAP	Wireless Application Protocol / Wireless Access Point
217	WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
218	WINS	Window Internet Name Service
219	WLAN	Wireless Local Area Network
220	WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
221	www	World Wide Web
222	X.25	CCITT Packet Switching Protocol
223	XML	eXtensible Markup Language
224	XDSL	Extended Digital Subscriber Line
225	Zeroconf	Zero Configuration

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