CompTIA Network+ N10-009 (V9) Exam Acronyms Practice Test 3

SaaS stands for Software as a Service, delivering ready-to-use applications over the internet.

DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) adds cryptographic signatures to DNS records to verify their authenticity and integrity.

SLAAC stands for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration, letting IPv6 hosts generate their own addresses using router advertisements.

APIPA is the self-assigned 169.254.x.x address a device uses when it fails to receive an address from a DHCP server.

VLSM stands for Variable Length Subnet Mask, allowing subnets of different sizes from a single address block.

CIDR notation, such as /24, represents a variable-length subnet mask.

VXLAN stands for Virtual Extensible LAN, extending Layer 2 segments across Layer 3 networks.

SD-WAN centrally manages WAN connections across different transport types in a transport-agnostic way.

SDN stands for Software-defined Network, separating the network's control plane from the data plane for centralized management.

IaC (Infrastructure as Code) manages and provisions infrastructure through machine-readable definition files rather than manual configuration.

NFV stands for Network Functions Virtualization, replacing dedicated hardware appliances with software running on standard servers.

A VPC is a logically isolated section of a public cloud provider's infrastructure with its own private addressing.

AP stands for Access Point, the device that provides wireless connectivity to clients.

PaaS provides a managed platform and runtime for developers without requiring them to manage underlying servers.

IaaS stands for Infrastructure as a Service, providing virtualized computing infrastructure managed by the customer.

RSSI measures how strong a received wireless signal is.

MIMO stands for Multiple Input Multiple Output, a technology using multiple antennas to improve wireless throughput.

LTE stands for Long-term Evolution, a standard for high-speed wireless cellular communication.

PSK (Pre-shared Key) is a wireless authentication method where all users share a single passphrase.

TKIP stands for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol, an older encryption protocol used with WPA before being superseded by stronger methods.

SSID is the network name, WPA is a modern encryption standard, WEP is an outdated insecure standard, and WPS is a simplified pairing feature with known PIN vulnerabilities.

ESSID stands for Extended Service Set Identifier, referring to the overall wireless network formed by multiple access points sharing an SSID.

BSSID is the unique MAC address identifying one specific access point radio, distinguishing it from other APs broadcasting the same SSID.

WAP is defined in the exam acronym list as Wireless Access Protocol.