I-Net Acronyms

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AADS 

Ameritech Advanced Data Systems

ACH 

Automated Clearing House

ACL 

Access Control List

AD 

Active Directory

ADO 

Active Data Object

ADODB 

ActiveX Data Object Database

ADR 

Advanced Data Recording

ADSL 

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

AFP 

Apple File Protocol

AH 

Authentication Header

AM 

Amplitude Modulation

AMI 

Alternate Mark Inversion

ANS 

Advanced Network Services

ANSI 

American National Standards Institute

AP 

Access Point

API 

Application Program Interface

APIPA 

Automatic Private IP Adressing

ARP 

Address Resolution Protocol

ARPA 

Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARPANET 

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

ASCII 

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASF 

Advanced Streaming Format

ASP 

Active Server Pages / Application Service Provider

ATM 

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATVEF 

Advanced Television Enhancement Forum

AU 

Unix Audio

AV 

Anti-Virus

AVI 

Audio Visual Interleaved

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B2B 

Business to Business

B2E 

Business to Employee

B2G 

Business to Government

BASH 

Bourne Again Shell

BDC 

Backup Domain Controller

BERT 

Bit-Error Rate Test

BGP 

Border Gateway Protocol

BIND 

Berkeley Internet Name Domain

BLOB 

Binary Large Object

BMP 

Bitmapped

BNC 

Bayonet Nut Connector / Bayonet Neill Concelman / British Naval Connector

BPS 

Bits per second

BRI 

Basic Rate Interface

BSD 

Berkeley Software Distribution

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C2B 

Consumer to Business

C2C 

Consumer to Consumer

CA 

Certification Authority

CAN 

Campus Area Network

CAU 

Controlled Access Unit

CDF 

Channel Definition Format

CGI 

Common Gateway Interface

CHAP 

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

CIDR 

Classless Inter-Domain Routing

CIR 

Committed Information Rate

CNAME 

Canonical Name

CO 

Central Office

CODEC 

Compressor/Decompressor / Coder/Decoder

COM 

Common Object Model

CORBA 

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CPAN 

Comprehensive Perl Archive Network

CPU 

Central Processing Unit

CRC 

Cyclical Redundancy Check

CSMA/CA 

Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance

CSMA/CD 

Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection

CSNW 

Client Services for NetWare

CSS 

Cascading Style Sheet

CSU 

Channel Service Unit

CSU/DSU 

Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit

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DARPA 

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DBMS 

Database Management Systems

DC 

Domain Controller

DCE 

Data Communication Equipment

DCOM 

Distributed Component Object Model

DDS 

Dataphone Digital Service / Digital Data Storage / Digital Data Service

DES 

Data Encryption Service

DHCP 

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DHTML 

Dynamic HTML

DLC 

Data Link Control

DLL 

Data Link Library / Dynamic Linked Library

DMZ 

Demilitarized Zone

DNS 

Domain Name Service / Domain Name Server / Domain Name System

DOD 

Department of Defense

DOS 

Denial of Service

DPN 

Dedicated Private Network

DSL 

Digital Subscriber Line

DSU

Data Service Unit / Digital Service Unit

DSSS 

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

DTD 

Document Type Definition

DTE 

Data Terminal Equipment

DUN 

Dial-Up Network

DVD 

Digital Versatile Disk / Digital Video Disk

DVMRP 

Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol

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EAP 

Extensible Authentication Protocol

EBT 

Electronic Benefits Transfer

ECMAScript 

European Computer Manufacturers Association Scripting

EDI 

Electronic Data Interchange

EFS 

Encrypting File System

EGP 

Exterior Gateway Protocol

EMI 

ElectroMagnetic Interference

EPS 

Encapsulated PostScript

ERP 

Enterprise Resource Planning

ESD 

Electrostatic Discharge

EULA 

End-User Liscense Agreement

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FAT 

File Allocation Table

FDDI 

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDM 

Frequency Division Multiplexing

FHSS 

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

FM 

Frequency Modulation

FQDN 

Fully Qualified Domain Name

FTP 

File Transfer Protocol

FTPd 

File Transfer Protocol Daemon

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G2B 

Government to Business

G2C 

Government to Consumer

GBIC 

Gigabit Interface Converter

GIF 

Graphics Interchange Format

GPO 

Group Policy Object

GUI 

Graphical User Interface

GSNW 

Gateway Services for NetWare

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HDLC 

High-Level Data Link Control

HDML 

Handheld Device Markup Language

HDSL 

High Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line

HP 

Hewlett-Packard

HTML 

Hypertext Markup Language

HTTP 

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPd 

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Daemon

HTTPS 

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

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IAB 

Internet Architecture Board

IANA 

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IBM 

International Business Machines

ICA 

Independent Computer Architecture

ICANN 

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

ICMP 

Internet Control Message Protocol

ICS 

Internet Connection Sharing

IE 

Internet Explorer

IEEE 

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IETF 

Internet Engineering Task Force

IGMP 

Internet Group Multicast Protocol

IHL 

Internet Header Length

IIS 

Internet Information Server

IKE 

Internet Key Exchange

IMAP 

Internet Message Access Protocol

IMAP4 

Internet Message Access Protocol version 4

INI (file) 

Initialization File

INND 

Internet News Daemon

IOTP 

Internet Open Trading Protocol

IP 

Internet Protocol

IPP 

Internet Printing Protocol

IPSec 

Internet Protocol Security

IPv4 

Internet Protocol version 4

IPv6 

Internet Protocol version 6

IPX 

Internetwork Packet Exchange

IPX/SPX 

Internetwork Packet Exchange / Sequence Packet Exchange

IRC 

Internet Relay Chat

IRQ 

Interrupt Request

IRTF 

Internet Research Task Force

ISA 

Industry Standard Architecture

ISAPI 

Internet Server Application Programming Interface

ISDN 

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISM 

Industrial, Scientific, and Medical

ISO 

International Organization for Standardization

ISP 

Internet Service Provider

IT 

Information Technology

ITSP 

Internet Telephony Service Provider

ITU 

International Telecommunications Union

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JDBC 

Java Database Connectivity

JPEG 

Joint Photographics Experts Group

JSAPI 

Java Speech API

JSML 

Java Speech Markup Language

JSP 

Java Server Pages

JVM 

Java Virtual Machine

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Kbps

Kilobits per second

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L2F 

Layer 2 Forwarding

L2TP 

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

LAN 

Local Area Network

LC 

Local Connector

LCP 

Link Control Protocol

LDAP 

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LLC 

Logical Link Control

LPD 

Line Printer Daemon

LPQ 

Line Printer Queue

LPR 

Line Printer Remote

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MAC 

Media Access Control / Medium Access Control

MAPI 

Message Application Programming Interface

MAU 

Multistation Access Unit

MD5 

Message Digest 5

MDI 

Media Dependent Interface

MDIX 

Media Dependent Interface Crossover

MIB 

Management Information Base

MIDI 

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIME 

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

MMF 

MultiMode Fiber

MPEG 

Moving Picture Experts Group

MSAU 

MultiStation Access Unit

MX 

Mail Exchange

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NADN 

Nearest Active Downstream Neighbor

NAP 

Network Access Point

NAT 

Network Address Translation

NAUN 

Nearest Active Upstream Neighbor

NCP 

NetWare Core Protocol

NCSA 

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

NES 

Netscape Enterprise Server

NDS 

Novell Directory Services / NetWare Directory Services

NetBEUI 

NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface

NetBIOS 

Network Basic Input Output System

NFS 

Network File System

NIC 

Network Interface Card

NIS 

Network Information Service

NLM 

NetWare Loadable Modulue

NLSP 

NetWare Link Services Protocol

NNTP 

Network News Transfer Protocol

NOS 

Network Operating System

NT 

New Technology

NT1 

Network Terminator 1

NTFS 

New Technology File System

NTP 

Network Time Protocol

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OBI 

Open Buying on the Internet

ODBC 

Open Database Connectivity

OEM 

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OLAP 

Online Analytical Processing

OLTP 

Online Transition Processing

OODB 

Object-Oriented Database

ORB 

Object Request Broker

OS 

Operating Systems

OSI 

Open Systems Interconnect

OSPF 

Open Shortest Path First

OTDR 

Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

OTP 

Open Trading Protocol

OU 

Organizational Unit

OUI 

Organizationally Unique Identifier

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PAD 

Packet Assembler/Disassembler

PAP

Password Authentication Protocol

PBX 

Private Branch Exchange

PC 

Personal Computer

PCI 

Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCMC 

IA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PERL 

Practical Extraction and Report Language

PDC 

Primary Domain Controller

PDF 

Portable Document Format

PDL 

Page Description Language

PGP 

Pretty Good Privacy

PHP 

Hypertext Processing

PICS 

Platform for Internet Content Selection

PKI 

Public Key Infrastructure

PNG 

Portable Network Graphics

POP 

Post Office Protocol / Point of Presence

POP3 

Post Office Protocol version 3

POTS 

Plain Old Telephone Service

ppi 

Pixels Per Inch

PPP 

Point-to-Point Protocal

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

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QoS 

Quality of Service

QTVR 

QuickTime Virtual Reality

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RADIUS 

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

RAID 

Redundant Array of Independent Disks / Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

RAM 

Random Access Memory

RARP 

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

RAS 

Remote Access Service

RDBMS 

Relational Database Management System

RDP 

Remote Desktop Protocol

RFC 

Request for Comment

RFI 

Radio Frequency Interface

RG 

Radio Grade

RIP 

Routing Information Protocol

RISC 

Reduced Instruction Set Computing

RJ 

Registered Jack

RMF 

Rich Music Format

RTF 

Rich Text Format

RTP 

Realtime Transport Protocol

RTSP 

Real Time Streaming Protocol

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S/MIME 

Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

SAM 

Security Accounts Manager

SAPI 

Speech Application Programming Interface

SC 

Standard Connector / Subscriber Connector

SCP 

Secure Copy Protocol

SCSI 

Small Computer System Interface

SDH

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

SDSL 

Single Line Digital Subscriber Line

SET 

Secure Electronic Transaction

SFF 

Small Form Factor

SFTP 

Secure File Transfer Protocol

SGML 

Standard Generalized Markup Language

SHA-1 

Secure Hash Algorithm 1

SLIP 

Serial Line Internet Protocol

SMAU 

Smart Multistation Access Unit

SMB 

Server Message Block

SMF 

Single Mode Fiber

SMS 

Storage Management Services

SMTP 

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNMP 

Simple Network Management Protocol

SOA 

Start of Authority

SOHO 

Small Office / Home Office

SONET 

Synchronous Optical Network

SOP 

Standard Operating Procedures

SPARC 

Scalable Processor Architecture

SPS 

Standby Power Supply

SPX 

Sequence Packet Exchange

SQL 

Structured Query Language

SSH 

Secure Shell

SSI 

Server Side Include

SSID 

Service Set Identifier

SSL 

Secure Sockets Layer

ST 

Straight Tip

STP 

Shielded Twisted Pair

SVC 

Switched Virtual Circuit

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T1 

T-Carrier Level 1

TA 

Terminal Adapter

TCL 

Terminal Control Language / Tool Command Language

TCP 

Transmission Control Protocol

TCP/IP 

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TDM 

Time Division Multiplexing

TDR 

Time-Domain Reflectometer

TELNET 

Terminal Emulation for Networks

TFTP 

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TIFF 

Tagged Image File Format

TM 

Trademark

TOS 

Type of Service

TP 

Transaction Processing

TTL 

Time to Live

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UDP 

User Datagram Protocol

UID 

User ID

UNC 

Universal Naming Convention

UPS 

Uninterruptible Power Supply

URL 

Uniform Resource Locator

USB 

Universal Serial Bus

USPTO 

United States Patent and Trademark Office

UTP 

Unshielded Twisted Pair

UUCP 

Unix to Unix Copy

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VAN 

Value Added Network

VB 

Visual Basic

VBI 

Vertical Banking Interval

VDSL 

Very High Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line

VLAN 

Virtual LAN

VoIP 

Voice Over IP

VPN 

Virtual Private Network

VRML 

Virtual Reality Modeling Language

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W3 

World Wide Web

W3C 

World Wide Web Consortium

WAN 

Wide Area Network

WAP 

Wireless Access Point / Wireless Application Protocol

WAV 

Wave File

WEP 

Wired Equivalent Privacy

WINS 

Windows Internet Naming Service

WinSock 

Windows Socket

WMA 

Windows Media Audio

WML 

Wireless Markup Language

WPA 

Wi-Fi Protected Access

VRML 

Virtual Reality Modeling Language

WSH 

Windows Script Host

WTS 

Windows Terminal Server

WWW 

World Wide Web

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XHTML 

Extensible TyperText Markup Language

XML 

Extensible Markup Language

XMS 

Extended Memory Services

XSL 

Extensible Style Language

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