Common used Abbrevations in LAN

Common used Abbrevations in LAN


A
AGP
Accelerated Graphics Port
API
Application Program Interface
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol See RARP
ATA
AT Attachement Interface See IDE
ATAPI
AT Attachment Packet Interface
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode

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C
CBT
Computer Based Training
CCIT
Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone See ITU
CITS
Combat Information Transfer System
CNE
Certified Novell Engineer
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CSMA
Carrier-Sense Multiple Access
CTS
Clear To Send

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D
DCE
Data Circuit Equipment (Modem)
DDP
Digital Data Processor
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMA
Direct memory Access
DOS
Disk Operating System
DNS
Domain Name System
DSR
Data Set Ready
DTE
Data Terminal Equipment (Computer)
DTR
Data Terminal Ready

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E
EDO
Extended Data Output
EIDE
Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EISA
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
ESD
ElectroStatic Discharge

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F
FAT
File Allocation Table
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FIFO
First In First Out
FSK
Frequency Shift Keying
FTP
File Transfer Protocol

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H
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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I
IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics See also EIDE
IEEE
Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers
IIS
Internet Information Services
IP
Internet Protocol
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture
ITU
International Telecommunications Union. Formerly CCIT

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L
LAN
Local Area Network
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
LED
Light Emitting Diode

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M
MAC
Media Access Control
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
MBR
Master Boot Record
MCSE
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MODEM
Modulator Demodulator
MS-DOS
Microsoft Disk Operating System

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N
NDIS
Network Driver Interface Specification
NDS
NetWare Directory Services
NIC Card
Network Interface Control Card
NIPRNET
None Secure IP Router Network
NT
New Technologies

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O
ODI
Open Data-Link Interface

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P
.PAB
Personal address book file
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PING
Packet Internet Groper
.PST
Outlook archive file

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R
RARP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol. See also ARP
RIP
Routing Information Protocol

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S
SAP
Service Advertising Protocol
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
SIPRNET
Secret IP Router Network
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
STP
Shielded Twisted Pair

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T
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP
See IP and TCP
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol

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U
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair

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W
WAN
Wide Area Network
WINS
Windows Internet Naming Service
WWW
World Wide Web

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