The list of protocol acronyms and abbreviations.
All protocol related acronyms and abbreviations.
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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) |
ARP: | Address Resolution Protocol(data link layer protocol) |
RIP: | Routing Information Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing) |
NTP: | Network Time Protocol(Communications protocol) |
IGP: | Interior Gateway Protocol(Protocol, Networking, Computer Security) |
EGP: | Exterior Gateway Protocol(Network Layer Protocol, Routing, Protocol) |
POP: | Post Office Protocol(Communications protocol, Application layer protocol) |
SAP: | Service Advertising Protocol(Protocol, Networking, Network Protocol) |
SPF: | Shortest Path First(Protocol, Networking, Computing) |
HST: | High Speed Technology(Protocol, Networking, Computing) |
LAP: | Link Access Procedure(Protocol, Networking, Computing) |
NCP: | NetWare Core Protocol(NetWare, Protocol, Networking) |
PEP: | Packetized Ensemble Protocol(Protocol, Networking, Computing) |
PPTP: | Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol(Communications protocol) |
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