The list of computer security acronyms and abbreviations.

All computer security 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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ANSI:
American National Standards Institute(Motor, Personal finance, Home loan)
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ATM:
Asynchronous Transfer Mode(Data Transmission, Communications)
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DARPA:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(Computer technology)
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IT:
Information Technology(Information, Hospital ward, Hospital)
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FAQ:
Frequently Asked Questions(Affiliate, Internet advertising)
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ASCII:
American Standard Code for Information Interchange(ASCII, Printing)
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NSA:
National Security Agency(Governmental, Central, Administration)
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LAN:
Local Area Network(Computer network, Wireless networking)
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NIST:
National Institute of Standards and Technology(Celestial objects)
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SNMP:
Simple Network Management Protocol(Switching, Communications protocol)
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XML:
Extensible Markup Language(Internet promotion, Search Engine Marketing)
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MIB:
Management Information Base(Computer Security, Computer)
25
FTP:
File Transfer Protocol(Switching, Application layer protocol)
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CORBA:
Common Object Request Broker Architecture(Industrial networking)
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DNS:
Domain Name System(Computer network, Web development, Printing)
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PDF:
Portable Document Format(Adobe, Document processing, Format)
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WWW:
World Wide Web(Dictionary, Web development, Computers)
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SIP:
Session Initiation Protocol(Protocol, Network Protocol, Data Transfer)
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