The list of protocol acronyms and abbreviations.

All protocol related acronyms and abbreviations.

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IP:
Internet Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing, Communications protocol)
25
FTP:
File Transfer Protocol(Switching, Application layer protocol)
17
TCP:
Transmission Control Protocol(Transport Layer, Switching)
12
SMTP:
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol)
9
SSL:
Secure Sockets Layer(Computer network, Protocol, Computer technology)
7
CGI:
Common Gateway Interface(Protocol, Computer technology, Computers)
6
SOAP:
Simple Object Access Protocol(Protocol, Xml-based standard)
5
SLIP:
Serial Line Internet Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol)
3
POP:
Post Office Protocol(Communications protocol, Application layer protocol)
1
HTTP:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol)
1
PPP:
Point-to-Point Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol, Communications)
0
SSH:
Secure Shell(Protocol, Computers, Network Protocol)
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