The list of computer security acronyms and abbreviations.

All computer security related acronyms and abbreviations.

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HF:
High Frequency(Astrophysics, Celestial objects, Computer Security)
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WAP:
Wireless Application Protocol(Wireless networking, Protocol, Wireless)
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AES:
Advanced Encryption Standard(ALGorithM, Wireless networking, Math)
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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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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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USB:
Universal Serial Bus(Peripherals, BUS, PHONE)
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DTD:
Document Type Definition(Document processing, Web development)
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NTP:
Network Time Protocol(Communications protocol)
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PC:
Personal Computer(Video game platform, Game platform, Computers)
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TLS:
Transport Layer Security(Security, Wireless networking)
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ACM:
Association for Computing Machinery(Student organization)
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OEM:
Original Equipment Manufacturer(Online auction, Ebay, CORPORATE)
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SDK:
Software Development Kit(Computer technology, Computers, MICROSOFT)
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ACL:
Access Control List(Computer network, Database, Microsoft Windows)
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CGI:
Common Gateway Interface(Protocol, Computer technology, Computers)
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COM:
Component Object Model(Software Development, Microsoft Windows, WINDOWS)
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DMA:
Direct Memory Access(Computer memory, Computer storage, Computer data)
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DOM:
Document Object Model(Document processing, Web development)
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