2009 CompTIA Network+ Acronyms

CompTIA Network+ (2009 Edition) Certification
NETWORK+ ACRONYMS

Below is a list of acronyms and their proper written names that are included in the 2009 CompTIA Network+ objectives. The CompTIA Network+ certification candidate should familiarize themself with as many of these as possible.

AAA - Authentication Authorization and Accounting
ACL - Access Control List
ADF - Automatic Document Feeder
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AH - Authentication Header
AM - Amplitude Modulation
AMI - Alternate Mark Inversion
APIPA - Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing
ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BDF - Building Distribution Frame
BERT - Bit-Error Rate Test
BGP - Border Gateway Protocol
BNC - British Naval Connector / Bayonet Niell-Concelman
BootP - Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol
BRI - Basic Rate Interface
CHAP - Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIDR - Classless inter domain routing
CNAME - Canonical Name
CRAM-MD5 - Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism – Message Digest 5
CSMA / CA - Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
CSMA / CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
CSU - Channel Service Unit
dB - decibels
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DLC - Data Link Control
DNS - Domain Name Service / Domain Name Server / Domain Name System
DoS - Denial of Service
DDoS - Distributed Denial of Service
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
DSU - Data Service Unit
E1 - E-Carrier Level 1
EAP - Extensible Authentication Protocol
EGP - Exterior Gateway Protocol
EIGRP - Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
EMI - Electromagnetic Interference
ESSID - Enhanced Service Set Identifier
ESP - Encapsulated security packets
FDM - Frequency Division Multiplexing
FHSS - Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
FM - Frequency Modulation
FQDN - Fully Qualified Domain Name / Fully Qualified Distinguished Name
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
GBIC - Gigabit Interface Converter
Gbps - Giga bits per second
HDLC - High-Level Data Link Control
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
Hz - Hertz
IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ICA - Independent Computer Architecture
ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
IDF - Intermediate Distribution Frame
IDS - Intrusion Detection System
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGMP - Internet Group Multicast Protocol
IGP - Interior Gateway Protocol
IKE - Internet Key Exchange
IMAP4 - Internet Message Access Protocol version 4
IP - Internet Protocol
IPS - Intrusion Prevention System
IPSec - Internet Protocol Security
IPv4 - Internet Protocol version 4
IPv6 - Internet Protocol version 6
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
IS-IS - Intermediate System - Intermediate system
ISP - Internet Service Provider
IT - Information Technology
Kbps - Kilobits per second
L2F - Layer 2 Forwarding
L2TP - Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
LACP - Link aggregation control protocol
LAN - Local Area Network
LC - Local Connector
LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LEC - Local Exchange Carrier
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LLC - Logical Link Control
MAC - Media Access Control / Medium Access Control
Mbps - Megabits per second
MBps - Megabytes per second
MDF - Main Distribution Frame
MDI - Media Dependent Interface
MDIX - Media Dependent Interface Crossover
MIB - Management Information Base
MMF - Multimode Fiber
MPLS - Multi-Protocol Label Switching
MS-CHAP - Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
MT-RJ - Mechanical Transfer-Registered Jack
MX - Mail Exchanger
NAT - Network Address Translation
NetBEUI - Network Basic Input / Output Extended User Interface
NetBIOS - Network Basic Input / Output System
NIC - Network Interface Card
nm - nanometer
NNTP - Network News Transport Protocol
NTP - Network Time Protocol
OCx - Optical Carrier
OS - Operating Systems
OSI - Open Systems Interconnect
OSPF - Open Shortest Path First
OTDR - Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
PAP - Password Authentication Protocol
PAT - Port Address Translation
PC - Personal Computer
PKI - Public Key Infrastructure
PoE - Power over Ethernet
POP3 - Post Office Protocol version 3
POTS - Plain Old Telephone System
PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol
PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PRI - Primary Rate Interface
PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
PVC - Permanent Virtual Circuit
QoS - Quality of Service
RADIUS - Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RARP - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RAS - Remote Access Service
RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol
RFI - Radio Frequency Interface
RG - Radio Guide
RIP - Routing Internet Protocol
RJ - Registered Jack
RSA - Rivest, Shamir, Adelman
RSH - Remote Shell
RTP - Real Time Protocol
SC - Standard Connector / Subscriber Connector
SCP - Secure Copy Protocol
SDSL - Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line
SFTP - Secure File Transfer Protocol
SIP - Session Initiation Protocol
SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMF - Single Mode Fiber
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNAT - Static Network Address Translation
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
SOA - Start of Authority
SOHO - Small Office / Home Office
SONET - Synchronous Optical Network
SPS - Standby Power Supply
SSH - Secure Shell
SSID - Service Set Identifier
SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
ST - Straight Tip
STP - Shielded Twisted Pair
T1 - T-Carrier Level 1
TA - Terminal Adaptor
TACACS+ - Terminal Access Control Access Control System+
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
TCP / IP - Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
tcsh - turbo C shell
TDM - Time Division Multiplexing
TDR - Time Domain Reflectometer
Telco - Telephone Company
TFTP - Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TKIP - Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
TLS - Transport Layer Security
TTL - Time to Live
UDP - User Datagram Protocol
UNC - Universal Naming Convention
UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
USB - Universal Serial Bus
UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair
VDSL - Variable Digital Subscriber Line
VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network
VNC - Virtual Network Connection
VoIP - Voice over IP
VPN - Virtual Private Network
VTP - Virtual Trunk Protocol
WAN - Wide Area Network
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol / Wireless Access Point
WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
WINS - Window Internet Name Service
WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access
www - World Wide Web
Zeroconf - Zero Configuration