< Network+
Network+/Acronyms
| Acronym | Full name |
|---|---|
| A | Address |
| ACL | Access Control List |
| AH | Authentication Header |
| AP | Access Point |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APIPA | Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
| AUP | Acceptable Use Policy |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
| BNC | Bayonet Neill–Concelman |
| BSSID | Basic Service Set Identifier |
| BYOD | Bring Your Own Device |
| CAM | Content-addressable Memory |
| CDN | Content Delivery Network |
| CDP | Cisco Discovery Protocol |
| 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 |
| DAC | Direct Attach Copper |
| DAS | Direct-attached Storage |
| DCI | Data Center Interconnect |
| DDoS | Distributed Denial-of-service |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| DLP | Data Loss Prevention |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| DNSSEC | Domain Name System Security Extensions |
| DoH | DNS over Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
| DoS | Denial-of-service |
| DoT | DNS over Transport Layer Security |
| DR | Disaster Recovery |
| EAPoL | Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN |
| EIGRP | Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
| EOL | End-of-life |
| EOS | End-of-support |
| ESP | Encapsulating Security Payload |
| ESSID | Extended Service Set Identifier |
| EULA | End User License Agreement |
| FC | Fibre Channel |
| FHRP | First Hop Redundancy Protocol |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
| IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service |
| IaC | Infrastructure as Code |
| IAM | Identity and Access Management |
| ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
| ICS | Industrial Control System |
| IDF | Intermediate Distribution Frame |
| IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IIoT | Industrial Internet of Things |
| IKE | Internet Key Exchange |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IPAM | Internet Protocol Address Management |
| IPS | Intrusion Prevention System |
| IPSec | Internet Protocol Security |
| IS-IS | Intermediate System to Intermediate System |
| LACP | Link Aggregation Control Protocol |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LC | Local Connector |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| LDAPS | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over SSL |
| LLDP | Link Layer Discovery Protocol |
| MAC | Media Access Control |
| MDF | Main Distribution Frame |
| MDIX | Medium Dependent Interface Crossover |
| MFA | Multifactor Authentication |
| MIB | Management Information Base |
| MPO | Multifiber Push On |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| MTTR | Mean Time To Repair |
| MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit |
| MX | Mail Exchange |
| NAC | Network Access Control |
| NAS | Network-attached Storage |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NFV | Network Functions Virtualization |
| NIC | Network Interface Cards |
| NS | Name Server |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| NTS | Network Time Security |
| OS | Operating System |
| OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
| OT | Operational Technology |
| PaaS | Platform as a Service |
| PAT | Port Address Translation |
| PCI | DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards |
| PDU | Power Distribution Unit |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PoE | Power over Ethernet |
| PSK | Pre-shared Key |
| PTP | Precision Time Protocol |
| PTR | Pointer |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| QSFP | Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable |
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service |
| RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
| RFID | Radio Frequency Identifier |
| RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
| RJ | Registered Jack |
| RPO | Recovery Point Objective |
| RSTP | Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol |
| RTO | Recovery Time Objective |
| RX | Receiver |
| SaaS | Software as a Service |
| SAML | Security Assertion Markup Language |
| SAN | Storage Area Network |
| SASE | Secure Access Service Edge |
| SC | Subscriber Connector |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
| SDN | Software-defined Network |
| SD-WAN | Software-defined Wide Area Network |
| SFP | Small Form-factor Pluggable |
| SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
| SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
| SIEM | Security Information and Event Management |
| SLA | Service-level Agreement |
| SLAAC | Stateless Address Autoconfiguration |
| SMB | Server Message Block |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SMTPS | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SOA | Start of Authority |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| SSE | Security Service Edge |
| SSH | Secure Shell |
| SSID | Service Set Identifier |
| SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
| SSO | Single Sign-on |
| ST | Straight Tip |
| STP | Shielded Twisted Pair |
| SVI | Switch Virtual Interface |
| TACAS+ | Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| TTL | Time to Live |
| TX | Transmitter |
| TXT | Text |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| UTM | Unified Threat Management |
| UTP | Unshielded Twisted Pair |
| VIP | Virtual IP |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| VLSM | Variable Length Subnet Mask |
| VoIP | Voice over IP |
| VPC | Virtual Private Cloud |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WPA | Wi-Fi Protected Access |
| WPS | Wi-Fi Protected Setup |
| VXLAN | Virtual Extensible LAN |
| ZTA | Zero Trust Architecture |
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