The list of computer acronyms and abbreviations.

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RIP:
Routing Information Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing)
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NFS:
Network File System(Networking, Network Protocol, Data Transfer)
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NAT:
Network Address Translation(Application layer protocol, Computer network)
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RPC:
Remote Procedure Call(Web Service, Markup language, Computers)
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CPU:
Central Processing Unit(Switching, Transport, Traffic)
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EAP:
Extensible Authentication Protocol(CISCO, Wireless networking)
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NTP:
Network Time Protocol(Communications protocol)
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ACL:
Access Control List(Computer network, Database, Microsoft Windows)
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EIGRP:
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol(Network Layer Protocol)
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SSL:
Secure Socket Layer(Data Transfer, Industrial networking, Network)
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ICMP:
Internet Control Message Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing)
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IRC:
Internet Relay Chat(Unix command, Computers, Web slang)
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RFC:
Request for Comments(Computer network, Data Transmission, Communications)
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IGMP:
Internet Group Management Protocol(Multicast, Routing, Network Protocol)
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IGRP:
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, CISCO)
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NIC:
Network Interface Card(Computer network, Networking, Network)
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DFS:
Distributed File System(Data Transfer, Network, Computer Security)
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IDS:
Intrusion Detection System(Computer network, Network, Computer software)
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IPX:
Internetwork Packet Exchange(Network Protocol, Data Transfer, Network)
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NNTP:
Network News Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol)
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