The list of network acronyms and abbreviations.
All network related acronyms and abbreviations.
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IP: | Internet Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing, Communications protocol) |
IETF: | Internet Engineering Task Force(Computer network, Wireless networking) |
LAN: | Local Area Network(Computer network, Wireless networking) |
FTP: | File Transfer Protocol(Switching, Application layer protocol) |
DNS: | Domain Name System(Computer network, Web development, Printing) |
ISP: | Internet Service Provider(Computer network, Wireless networking) |
TCP: | Transmission Control Protocol(Transport Layer, Switching) |
UDP: | User Datagram Protocol(Transport Layer, Communications protocol) |
OS: | Operating System(Computer network, Computers, Web slang) |
SMTP: | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol) |
VPN: | Virtual Private Network(Computer network, Wireless networking) |
SSL: | Secure Sockets Layer(Computer network, Protocol, Computer technology) |
NAT: | Network Address Translation(Application layer protocol, Computer network) |
ACL: | Access Control List(Computer network, Database, Microsoft Windows) |
RFC: | Request for Comments(Computer network, Data Transmission, Communications) |
NIC: | Network Interface Card(Computer network, Networking, Network) |
IDS: | Intrusion Detection System(Computer network, Network, Computer software) |
POP: | Post Office Protocol(Communications protocol, Application layer protocol) |
FQDN: | Fully Qualified Domain Name(Computer network, Computer technology) |
NOS: | Network Operating System(Computer network, Industrial networking, Network) |
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