The list of communications protocol acronyms and abbreviations.

All communications protocol related acronyms and abbreviations.

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IP:
Internet Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing, Communications protocol)
28
SNMP:
Simple Network Management Protocol(Switching, Communications protocol)
17
TCP:
Transmission Control Protocol(Transport Layer, Switching)
16
UDP:
User Datagram Protocol(Transport Layer, Communications protocol)
12
SMTP:
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol)
11
DHCP:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol(Communications protocol)
10
ARP:
Address Resolution Protocol(data link layer protocol)
10
RIP:
Routing Information Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing)
8
NTP:
Network Time Protocol(Communications protocol)
6
ICMP:
Internet Control Message Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing)
5
SLIP:
Serial Line Internet Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol)
4
TFTP:
Trivial File Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol)
3
NNTP:
Network News Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol)
3
POP:
Post Office Protocol(Communications protocol, Application layer protocol)
1
HTTP:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol)
1
PPP:
Point-to-Point Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol, Communications)
0
BOOTP:
Bootstrap Protocol(Communications protocol, Application layer protocol)
0
IMAP:
Interim Mail Access Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol)
0
IMAP2:
Interim Mail Access Protocol, Version 2(Communications protocol)
0
POP3:
Post Office Protocol, version 3(Communications protocol, Protocol)
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