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) |
SNMP: | Simple Network Management Protocol(Switching, Communications protocol) |
TCP: | Transmission Control Protocol(Transport Layer, Switching) |
UDP: | User Datagram Protocol(Transport Layer, Communications protocol) |
BGP: | Border Gateway Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing, Data Transmission) |
SMTP: | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol) |
DHCP: | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol(Communications protocol) |
ARP: | Address Resolution Protocol(data link layer protocol) |
RIP: | Routing Information Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing) |
NTP: | Network Time Protocol(Communications protocol) |
ICMP: | Internet Control Message Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing) |
SLIP: | Serial Line Internet Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol) |
TFTP: | Trivial File Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol) |
NNTP: | Network News Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol) |
POP: | Post Office Protocol(Communications protocol, Application layer protocol) |
HTTP: | Hypertext Transfer Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol) |
PPP: | Point-to-Point Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol, Communications) |
BOOTP: | Bootstrap Protocol(Communications protocol, Application layer protocol) |
IMAP: | Interim Mail Access Protocol(Communications protocol, Protocol) |
IMAP2: | Interim Mail Access Protocol, Version 2(Communications protocol) |
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