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::- Krishna Mohan Singh (kmsraj51) .....

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LLC – Logical Link Control

DIX – Digital, Intel and Xerox

CSMA/CD – Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection

MAU – Medium Attachment Unit

UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair

STP – Shielded Twisted Pair

FOIRL – Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link

MMF – Multimode Fiber

SMF – Single Mode Fiber

MTRJ – Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack

SFF – Small Form Factor

NRZ – Non Return to Zero

LC – Local Connector

MSAU – Multi Station Access Unit

UDC – Universal Data Connector

IDC – IBM-type Data Connector

FDDI – Fiber Distributed Data Interface

ANSI – American National Standards Institute

NIC – Network Interface Card/Connector

LAN – Local Area Network

VLANs – Virtual Local Area Networks

MAN – Metropolitan Area Network

WAN – Wide Area Network

SAN – Storage Area Network

CAN – Campus Area Network

BAN – Branch Area Network

PAN – Personalized Area Network

SoAN – Solaris Area Network (This Network Using Setellite).

PING – Packet Internet Gopher

NetBIOS – Network Basic Input/output System

NetBEUI – NetBIOS Extended User Interface

MAC – Media Access Control

ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol

ARP – Address Resolution Protocol

RARP – Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

TFTP – Trivial File Transfer Protocol

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

IGP – Interior Gateway Protocol

EGP – Exterior Gateway Protocol

BGP – Border Gateway Protocol

OSPF – Open Shortest Path First

SLIP – Serial Line Internet Protocol

OSI – Open Systems Interconnection

MTU – Maximum Transmission Unit

NFB – Number of Fragment Blocks

RD – Reported Distance

FD – Feasibility Distance

FC – Feasibility Condition

IKE – Internet Key Exchange

ESP – Encapsulating Security Payload

ISO – International Organization for Standardization

ATM – Asynchonous Transfer Mode

ASICs – Application-Specific Integrated Circuits

VRRP – Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

APIPA – Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS – Domain Name System/Service, or Server

IP – Internet Protocol

TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

UDP – User Datagram Protocol

FTP – File Transfer Protocol

SFTP – Secure File Transfer Protocol

TFTP – Trivial File Transfer Protocol

SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

HTTP – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

HTTPS - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

POP3/IMAP4 – Post Office Protocol Version 3/ Internet Message Access 

Protocol Version 4

Telnet – TELNET

SSH – Secure Shell

ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol

ARP – Address Resolution Protocol

RARP – Reserve Address Resolution Protocol

NTP – Network Time Protocol

NNTP – Network News Transport Protocol

SCP – Secure Copy Protocol

LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

IGMP – Internet Group Multicast Protocol

LPR – Line Printer Remote

WINS – Windows Internet Naming System

NMS – Network Management System

MIB – Management Information Base

SMB – Server Messenger Block

CIFS – Common Internet File System

AFP – Apple Filing Protocol

NFS – Network File System

NCP – Netware Core Protocol

SAN – Storage Area Network

ISDN – Integrated Services Digital Network

PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network

CIR – Committed Information Rate 

MAC – Medium Access Control

AD – Active Directory

DC – Domain Controller

ADC – Additional Domain Controller 

CDC – Child Domain Controller

NVT – Network Virtual Terminal

LLC – Logical Link Control

MAC – Media Access Control

DQDB – Distributed Queue Dual Bus

PAD – Packet Assembler Disassembler

PDU – Protocol Data Unit

DSAP – Destination Service Access Point

SSAP – Source Service Access Point

I-Frame – Information Frame

S-Frame – Supervisory Frame

U-Frame – Unnumbered Frame

ERD – Emergency Repair Disk

ASR – Automated System Recovery

CIDR – Classless Inter-Domain Routing

JFFNMS – Just For Fun Network Monitoring System

NMPs – Network Monitoring Platforms

NBMA – Non-Broadcast Multi-Access

RAS – Remote Access Services

PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol

SLIP – Serial Line Internet Protocol

PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet

PPTN - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

VPN – Virtual Private Network

RDP – Remote Desktop Protocol

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IPSec – Internet Protocol Security

L2TP – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

SSL – Secure Sockets Layer

PAP – Password Authentication Protocol

CHAP – Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

EAP – Extensible Authentication Protocol

RADIUS – Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

KDC – Key Distribution Center

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xDSL – Digital Subscriber Line

Broadband Cable (cable modem)

POTS/PSTN – Plain Old Telephone Service / Public Switched Telephone Network

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ICS – Internet Connection Sharing

CMTS – Cable Modem Termination System

WAP – Wireless Access Point

WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy

WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

RFI – Radio Frequency Interference

AES – Advanced Encryption Standards

IrDA – Infrared Data Association

FHSS – Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

IPX/SPX – Internetwork Packet Exchange / Sequence Packet Exchange

NSA – National Security Agency

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SE-Linux – Security Enhanced Linux

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UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply

RAID – Redundant Array of Inexpensive(or Independent Disks)

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