Table B-1 Acronyms and Description
Acronym
|
Description
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AAA
|
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting.
|
ACS
|
Access Control Server.
|
AD
|
Active Directory (Microsoft Active Directory)
|
AIX
|
Advanced Interactive Executive: IBM's version of Unix.
|
AS
|
Authentication Server.
|
ASA
|
Application Service Adapter.
|
ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
|
AUS
|
Auto Update Server
|
CA
|
Certificate Authority.
|
CCR
|
Core Client Registry.
|
CLI
|
Command Line Interface.
|
CMF
|
Common Management Foundation.
|
CMIC
|
Cisco Management Integration Center
|
CN
|
Common Name.
|
CNS
|
Cisco Networking Services
|
CORBA
|
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
|
CS
|
Common Services.
|
CSR
|
Certificate Signing Request
|
CSVs
|
Comma Separated Value Lists.
|
DCR
|
Device and Credential Repository.
|
DFM
|
Device Fault Manager.
|
DN
|
Distinguished Name. A DN is similar to a fully qualified file name in a file system.
|
DNS
|
Domain Name Server (or system).
|
DSBU
|
Desktop Switching Business Unit
|
EDS
|
Event Distribution System.
|
ESS
|
Event Services Software.
|
FAT
|
File Allocation Table. A file system table used by the FAT file systems.
|
HPOV
|
HP OpenView.
|
HTTP
|
Hyper Text Transport Protocol.
|
HTTPS
|
HTTP Over SSL.
|
ICMP
|
Internet Control Message Protocol.
|
IDU
|
Incremental Device Update.
|
IIS
|
Internet Information Services
|
IP
|
Internet Protocol.
|
IPv6
|
Internet Protocol Version 6.
|
JIT group
|
Just in Time group.
|
JRE
|
Java Runtime Environment.
|
JRM
|
Jobs and Resources Manager.
|
KDC
|
Key Distribution Center.
|
LDAP
|
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
|
LMS
|
LAN Management Solution.
|
MAC
|
Message Authentication Code.
|
MD5
|
Message digest algorithm. MD5 is a secure hashing function that converts an arbitrarily long data stream into a digest of fixed size (16 bytes).
|
MDC Support Utility
|
Multi Domain Controller Support Utility.
|
MDF
|
Meta Data Framework.
|
MIB
|
Management Information Base.
|
NAR
|
Network Access Restrictions
|
NAS
|
Network Access Server.
|
NDG
|
Network Device Group.
|
NFS
|
Network File System.
|
NMIM
|
Network Management Integration Module (Also known as Integration Utility)
|
NMS
|
Network Management System.
|
NMSROOT
|
The directory in which CiscoWorks is installed.
|
NTFS
|
New Technology File System; a Windows NT file system used to organize and keep track of files.
|
ODBC
|
Open Database Connectivity. A generic vendor independent API for accessing relational databases.
|
OID
|
Object Identifier.
|
PAK
|
Product Authorization Key.
|
PAM
|
Pluggable Authentication Module for CiscoWorks Server
|
Pid
|
Process ID.
|
PKCS
|
Public Key Cryptography Standards.
|
PKI
|
Public Key Infrastructure.
|
PSIRT
|
Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team
|
PSU
|
Package Support Updater.
|
RA
|
Registration Authority.
|
RCP User
|
Remote Copy Protocol or Routing Control Processor.
|
RME
|
Resource Manager Essentials.
|
RS
|
Regular Server.
|
RSH
|
Remote Shell Protocol.
|
SAM
|
Security Account Manager
|
SHA
|
Secure Hash Algorithm.
|
SMTP
|
Simple Mail transfer Protocol.
|
SNMP
|
Simple Network Management Protocol. Network management protocol used almost exclusively in TCP/IP networks.
|
SNMPv3
|
Version 3 of SNMP.
|
SQL
|
Structured Query Language. International standard language for defining and accessing relational databases
|
SSH
|
Secure Shell.
|
SSL
|
Secure Socket Layer.
|
SSO
|
Single Sign On.
|
TAC
|
Technical Assistance Center.
|
TACACS
|
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System.
|
TCP
|
Transmission Control Protocol.
|
TFTP
|
Trivial File Transfer Protocol.
|
TOC
|
Table Of Contents.
|
UDF
|
User Defined Field.
|
UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol.
|
UE
|
User Experience.
|
UI
|
User Interface.
|
UPN
|
User Principal Name
|
URL
|
Uniform Resource Locator
|
URN
|
Uniform Resource Name.
|
XML
|
Extensible Markup Language.
|
XSL
|
Extensible Stylesheet Language.
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