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Acronym
|
Expansion
|
ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
ART |
Application Response Time |
BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol |
BPDU |
bridge protocol data unit |
BSTUN |
Block Serial Tunnel |
BVI |
bridge-group virtual interface |
CDP |
Cisco Discovery Protocol |
CHAP |
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol |
CIR |
committed information rate |
CLI |
command-line interface |
CMNS |
Connection-Mode Network Service |
COPS |
Common Open Policy Server |
CoS |
class of service |
CRC |
cyclic redundancy check |
DIFFSERV |
differentiated services |
DISL |
Dynamic Inter-Switch Link |
DLC |
Data Link Control |
DLSw |
Data Link Switching |
DNS |
Domain Name System |
DoD |
Department of Defense |
DoS |
denial of service |
dot1q |
802.1Q |
dot1x |
802.1x |
DRAM |
dynamic RAM |
DSAP |
destination service access point |
DSCP |
differentiated services code point |
DSMON |
Differentiated Services Monitoring |
DTR |
data terminal ready |
EEPROM |
electrically erasable programmable read-only memory |
EIA |
Electronic Industries Association |
ELAN |
Emulated Local Area Network |
EOBC |
Ethernet out-of-band channel |
EOF |
end of file |
FAT |
File Allocation Table |
fsck |
file system consistency check |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
GARP |
General Attribute Registration Protocol |
HSRP |
Hot Standby Routing Protocol |
HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
IGMP |
Internet Group Management Protocol |
IGRP |
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IPC |
interprocessor communication |
IPX |
Internetwork Packet Exchange |
ISL |
Inter-Switch Link |
ISL VLANs |
Inter-Switch Link VLANs |
ISO |
International Organization of Standardization |
LAN |
local area network |
LANE |
LAN Emulation |
LLC |
Logical Link Control |
MAC |
Media Access Control |
MD5 |
message digest 5 |
MFD |
multicast fast drop |
MSFC |
Multilayer Switch Feature Card |
MIB |
Management Information Base |
MII |
media-independent interface |
MLS |
Multilayer Switching |
MPLS |
Multiprotocol Label Switching |
MRM |
multicast routing monitor |
MSDP |
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol |
MSFC |
Multilayer Switching Feature Card |
MTU |
maximum transmission unit |
NAM |
Network Analysis Module |
NBP |
Name Binding Protocol |
NDE |
NetFlow Data Export |
NetBIOS |
Network Basic Input/Output System |
NFFC |
NetFlow Feature Card |
NSAP |
network service access point |
NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
NVRAM |
nonvolatile RAM |
OAM |
Operation, Administration, and Maintenance |
OID |
object identifier variable |
OSPF |
open shortest path first |
PBD |
packet buffer daughterboard |
PBR |
policy-based routing |
PC |
Personal Computer (formerly PCMCIA) |
PDU |
protocol data unit |
PFC |
Policy Feature Card |
PHY |
physical sublayer |
PIM |
protocol independent multicast |
PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol |
PVLANs |
private VLANs |
QoS |
quality of service |
RACL |
router interface access control list |
RADIUS |
Remote Access Dial-In User Service |
RAM |
random-access memory |
RCP |
Remote Copy Protocol |
RIF |
Routing Information Field |
RMON |
remote network monitor |
ROM |
read-only memory |
ROMMON |
ROM monitor |
RP |
route processor or rendezvous point |
RPC |
remote procedure call |
RSPAN |
remote SPAN |
RSVP |
ReSerVation Protocol |
SAP |
service access point |
SCP |
Switch-Module Configuration Protocol |
SCCP |
Skinny Client Control Protocol |
SDLC |
Synchronous Data Link Control |
SLCP |
Supervisor Line-Card Processor |
SLIP |
Serial Line Internet Protocol |
SNAP |
Subnetwork Access Protocol |
SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
SPAN |
Switched Port Analyzer |
SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
STP |
Spanning Tree Protocol |
SVC |
switched virtual circuit |
TACACS+ |
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus |
TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
TIA |
Telecommunications Industry Association |
TopN |
Utility that allows the user to analyze port traffic by reports |
TOS |
type of service |
TLV |
type-length-value |
TTL |
Time To Live |
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
VACL |
VLAN access control list |
VINES |
Virtual Network System |
VLAN |
virtual LAN |
VMPS |
VLAN Membership Policy Server |
VPN |
virtual private network |
VTP |
VLAN Trunking Protocol |
WAN |
wide area network |
WCCP |
Web Cache Coprocessor Protocol |
WFQ |
weighted fair queueing |
WRED |
weighted random early detection |
XNS |
Xerox Network System |
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