The list of computer networking acronyms and abbreviations.

All computer networking related acronyms and abbreviations.

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IP:
Internet Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing, Communications protocol)
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IETF:
Internet Engineering Task Force(Computer network, Wireless networking)
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SNMP:
Simple Network Management Protocol(Switching, Communications protocol)
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FTP:
File Transfer Protocol(Switching, Application layer protocol)
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DNS:
Domain Name System(Computer network, Web development, Printing)
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ISP:
Internet Service Provider(Computer network, Wireless networking)
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TCP:
Transmission Control Protocol(Transport Layer, Switching)
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FDDI:
Fiber Distributed Data Interface(Microsoft Windows, Network Protocol)
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UDP:
User Datagram Protocol(Transport Layer, Communications protocol)
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SCTP:
Stream Control Transmission Protocol(Network Protocol, Data Transfer)
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OSPF:
Open Shortest Path First(Network Layer Protocol, Routing)
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BGP:
Border Gateway Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing, Data Transmission)
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ARP:
Address Resolution Protocol(data link layer protocol)
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URL:
Uniform Resource Locator(Application layer protocol, Web development)
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NTP:
Network Time Protocol(Communications protocol)
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ASP:
Active Server Pages(Programming, Web development, Computer technology)
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CGI:
Common Gateway Interface(Protocol, Computer technology, Computers)
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DDN:
Defense Data Network(Industrial networking, Computer networking, Internet)
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ICMP:
Internet Control Message Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing)
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MIME:
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions(Application layer protocol)
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