The list of network protocol acronyms and abbreviations.

All network protocol related acronyms and abbreviations.

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IP:
Internet Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing, Communications protocol)
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ATM:
Asynchronous Transfer Mode(Data Transmission, Communications)
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ISDN:
Integrated Services Digital Network(Computers, Network Protocol)
25
FTP:
File Transfer Protocol(Switching, Application layer protocol)
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TCP:
Transmission Control Protocol(Transport Layer, Switching)
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SMTP:
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol)
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URL:
Uniform Resource Locator(Application layer protocol, Web development)
8
RPC:
Remote Procedure Call(Web Service, Markup language, Computers)
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MIME:
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions(Application layer protocol)
6
SOAP:
Simple Object Access Protocol(Protocol, Xml-based standard)
6
IRC:
Internet Relay Chat(Unix command, Computers, Web slang)
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SCSI:
Small Computer System Interface(Storage networking, Peripherals)
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SLIP:
Serial Line Internet Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol)
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WML:
Wireless Markup Language(Wireless networking, Markup language)
3
POP:
Post Office Protocol(Communications protocol, Application layer protocol)
2
DNS:
Domain Name Server(Computers, Domain Name, Networking)
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IMAP:
Internet Message Access Protocol(Application layer protocol)
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HTTP:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol)
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PPP:
Point-to-Point Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol, Communications)
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SSH:
Secure Shell(Protocol, Computers, Network Protocol)
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