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M2/S2
— Meters squared per second squared
J/KG
— Joules per Kilogram
LAN
— Local Area Network
S2L
— source-to-leaf
EAP-TTLS
— Extensible Authentication Protocol-Tunneled Transport Layer Security
EDGE
— Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
XML
— Extensible Markup Language
E-VLAN
— Ethernet Virtual Private LAN
DWDM
— Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
OEM
— Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
ARP
— Address Resolution Protocol (ATM)
B2BUA
— Back-To-Back User Agent
FTP
— File Transfer Protocol
FCFS
— First Come First Served
ECC CDH
— Elliptic Curve Cryptography Cofactor Diffie-Hellman
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
ATM
— Automatic Teller Machine
CR
— Carriage Return
CSMA/CD
— Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
IA_PD
— Identity Association for Prefix Delegation
RDF
— Resource Description Framework
FIFO
— First In, First Out
MAN
— Metropolitan Area Network
S-NAPTR
— Straightforward-Naming Authority Pointer
CPU
— Central Processing Unit
ZKPP
— Zero-Knowledge Password Proof
ARKLAMISS
— ARKansas / LouisianA /MISSissippi region
PDF
— Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
PIDF-LO
— Presence Information Data Format Location Object
ISO
— International Organization for Standardization
G-ACH
— Generic Associated Channel
CPE
— Customer Premises Equipment
N-PE
— Network-facing PE
IP
— Internet Protocol
U-PE
— User-facing PE
ISP
— Internet Service Provider
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
U-NII
— Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure Devices
S-GW
— Serving Gateway
MDC
— Modification Detection Code
MOBIKE
— IKEv2 Mobility and Multihoming
L2VPN
— Layer 2 Virtual Private Network
L3VPN
— Layer 3 Virtual Private Network
EAP-GSPK
— Extensible Authentication Protocol - Generalized Pre-Shared Key
DUT
— Device Under Test
API
— Application Programming Interface
S-BGP
— Secure Border Gateway Protocol
T-MPLS
— Transport MPLS
S-PMSI
— Selective PMSI
S-PE
— Switching Provider Edge
MUA
— Mail User Agent (Internet email)
EDI
— Electronic Data Interchange
XNQ
— eXtended Network Quality
CAPTCHA
— Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
RF
— Radio Frequency
P2PE
— Point-to-Point Emulation
GSM
— Global System for Mobile Communications
RAMS-R
— RAMS Request
RANGER
— Routing and Addressing in Networks with Global Enterprise Recursion
FAN ELS
— Fabric Address Notification Extended Link Service
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
TWAMP
— Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol
RAMS-T
— RAMS Termination
SMTP
— Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
ADSL
— Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ATM
— Asynchronous Transfer Mode
RAQMON
— Real-time Application Quality-of-Service Monitoring
SLA
— Service Level Agreement
MA/RA
— Maintenance Agency/Registration Authority
IA-RWA
— Impairment-Aware Routing and Wavelength Assignment
VPN
— Virtual Private Network (ATM)
EIRP
— Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
FROPA
— Frontal Passage
ACE
— Access Control Entry
AEAD
— Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data
DDOS
— Distributed Denial of Service
HTTP
— Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HKDF
— HMAC-based Key Derivation Function
ABI
— Application Binary Interface
ECDH
— Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman
KEK
— Key Encryption Key (COMSEC Key)
DARPA
— Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
PDA
— Personal Digital Assistant
GPS
— Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
IVR
— Interactive Voice Response (telephone technology)
BRAS
— Broadband Remote Access Server
NSF
— National Sanitation Foundation
PBKDF2
— Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2
FQDN
— Fully Qualified Domain Name
DODAG
— Destination-Oriented Directed Acyclic Graph
ISDN
— Integrated Services Digital Network
EOF
— End Of File
ADM
— Add-Drop Multiplexer
POP
— Point Of Presence (Internet)
4RD
— IPv4 Residual Deployment
CUG
— Closed User Group
PDH
— Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
DES
— Data Encryption Standard
IETF
— Internet Engineering Task Force
PGP
— Pretty Good Privacy (encryption)
AES
— Advanced Encryption Standard
QOS
— Quality of Service
OCR
— Optical Character Recognition
CGI
— Common Gateway Interface
DNS
— Domain Name System
CONUS
— Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
ASP
— Application Service Provider
SSL/TLS
— Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security
DHCP
— Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
LUN
— Logical Unit Number
CSIRT
— Computer Security Incident Response Team
ECDSA
— Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
UTC
— Coordinated Universal Time
PNG
— Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
DSL
— Digital Subscriber Line
UDP
— User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related)
BNG
— Broadband Network Gateway
WAN
— Wide Area Network
NFS
— Network File System
DCOM
— Distributed Component Object Model
FLUTE
— File Delivery Over Unidirectional Transport
IMAP
— Internet Message Access Protocol
DTLS
— Datagram Transport Layer Security
NIST
— National Institute of Standards and Technology
UI
— User Interface
ITU
— International Telecommunication Union
FFT
— Fast Fourier Transform
SSID
— Service set identifier (Wi-Fi)
SQL
— Structured Query Language
JSON
— JavaScript Object Notation
MSS
— Maximum Segment Size (TCP/IP)
AAA
— authentication, authorization, and accounting
CLI
— Command line Interface (Cabletron)
GPRS
— General Packet Radio Service
IFF
— If and Only If
SOHO
— Small Office Home Office
RSAES-OAEP
— RSA Encryption Scheme - Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding
EBCDIC
— Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced Eb-see-dik) (cf. BCD)
W3C
— World Wide Web Consortium
SCSI
— Small Computer System Interface
AAC
— Advanced Audio Coding
GMT
— Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
LLDP-MED
— Link Layer Discovery Protocol-Media Endpoint Discovery
LMP
— Link Management Protocol
WDM
— Wavelength Division Multiplexing (fiber optics)
ACL
— Access Control List
DSA
— Digital Signature Algorithm
PSTN
— Public Switched Telephone Network
BRI
— Basic Rate Interface
AC
— Access Control
DNS-SD
— DNS-based Service Discovery
IANA
— Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
RSASSA-PSS
— RSA Probabilistic Signature Scheme
RISC
— Reduced Instruction Set Computer
WEP
— Wired Equivalent Privacy
FMIPV6
— Fast Handovers for Mobile IPv6
CORBA
— Common Object Request Broker Architecture
ROADM
— Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer
PEP
— Policy Enforcement Point
TTL
— Time To Live
DUNS
— Data Universal Numbering System
MMS
— Multimedia Messaging Service
PBX
— Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
SHA
— Secure Hash Algorithm
ISAKMP
— Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
BSSID
— Basic Service Set Identifier
NIC
— Network Interface Card
SNMP
— Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
USB
— Universal Serial Bus
NEA
— Network Endpoint Assessment
MVRP
— Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol
DTE
— Data Terminal Equipment
DCVA
— Differential Cyclonic Vorticity Advection (meteorology)
SMIL
— Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
ADS
— Astrophysics Data System
WAP
— Wireless Application Protocol
TCP
— Transmission Control Protocol
SDH
— Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM)
MAC
— Media Access Control
6LBR
— 6LoWPAN Border Router
RNC
— Radio Network Controller
SNR
— Signal-to-Noise Ratio
BCP
— Best Current Practice
EAP
— Extensible Authentication Protocol
PVC
— Permanent Virtual Circuit (ATM)
RPL
— Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
MAX
— Maximum
CRC
— Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
LCP
— Link Control Protocol
SAVPF
— Secure Audio-Visual Profile with Feedback
ASN
— Autonomous System Number
RMS
— root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
OU
— Organizational Unit
CN
— Common Name
CRL
— Certificate Revocation List
BW
— Bandwidth
CDF
— Cumulative Distribution Function
LOWPAN
— Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network
DOS
— Denial Of Service
FCS
— Frame check sequence (Ethernet)
SVG
— Scalable Vector Graphics
CHAP
— Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (ATM)
PPP
— Point-to-Point Protocol
PDU
— Protocol data unit (such as segment, packet, frame, etc.)
RPC
— Remote Procedure Call
3PCC
— Third Party Call Control
MDNS
— Multicast DNS
OS
— Operating System
IR
— Infrared
GUID
— Globally Unique Identifier
SMS
— Short Message Service
DRM
— Digital Rights Management
CESOPSN
— Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network
FDDI
— Fiber Distributed Data Interface
IAMM
— In-line Aware MRB Mode
PKINIT
— Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos
CAPE
— Convective Available Potential Energy
CCMP
— Counter Mode with CBC-MAC Protocol
AIS
— Alarm Indication Signal
SCRAM
— Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism
BER
— Bit-Error Rate
DTX
— Discontinuous Transmission
ICMP
— Internet Control Message Protocol
GCM
— Galois/Counter Mode
CBC
— cipher block chaining
AMI
— Advanced Metering Infrastructure
GMII
— Gigabit Media Independent Interface
DOM
— Document Object Model
KMS
— Key Management Service
KEM
— Key Encapsulation Mechanism
CDMA
— Code Division Multiple Access (voice/data transmission)
OASIS
— Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OSI
— Open Systems Interconnection (iso Standard)
OSS
— Operational Support System
6CO
— 6LoWPAN Context Option
MIB
— Management Information Base (ATM)
HTTPS
— HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
MAC
— Message Authentication Code
RTP
— Real-Time Transport Protocol
BS
— Base Station
RSVP
— Resource Reservation Protocol (Internet)
LLQC
— Last Listener Query Count
DSP
— Digital Signal Processor
RIP
— Routing Information Protocol
MTA
— Mail Transfer Agent
3G
— Third Generation mobile phone network
TPDU
— Transport Protocol Data Unit
ECC
— Elliptic Curve Cryptography
SOAP
— Simple Object Access Protocol
NSP
— Network Service Provider
SOA
— Start of Authority (domain name system record)
LDAP
— Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (pronounced Ell-dap)
FRZLVL
— FReeZing LeVeL
OUI
— Organizationally Unique Identifier
IMEI
— International Mobile Equipment Identity
S/MIME
— Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
LACP
— Link Aggregation Control Protocol
AS
— Autonomous System
PSD
— Power Spectral Density
URI
— Uniform Resource Identifier
NAS
— Network Access Server
GRE
— Generic Routing Encapsulation
BOF
— Birds of a Feather
DCE
— Distributed Computing Environment
LRU
— Least Recently Used
BECN
— Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
CA
— Certificate Authority
CERT
— Computer Emergency Response Team
ACARS
— Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
PTM
— Packet Transfer Mode
TLS
— Transport Layer Security
OSPF
— Open Shortest Path First (ATM)
OTN
— Optical Transport Network
MOS
— Model Output Statistics
UPNP
— Universal Plug and Play
ANDSF
— Access Network Discovery and Selection Function
VOIP
— Voice Over IP (Internet Protocol)
GVRP
— Generic VLAN Registration Protocol
RAN
— Radio Access Network
TKIP
— Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
WLAN
— Wireless Local Area Network
IMSI
— International Mobile Subscriber Identity
MS
— Mobile Station
HDLC
— High-Level Data Link Control
FSM
— Finite State Machine
IV
— Initialization Vector
MDA
— Mail Delivery Agent
FTTH
— Fiber To The Home
XMPP
— Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
BGP
— Border Gateway Protocol (routing protocol)
TCAM
— Ternary Content-Addressable Memory
NIC
— Network Information Center
UAS
— Unavailable Seconds
SN
— Sequence Number
MOS
— Mean Opinion Score
PDN
— Packet Data Network
MIC
— Message Integrity Check
AU
— Audio Unit
FF
— Fixed-Filter
IFG
— Inter-Frame Gap
UML
— Unified Modeling Language (Object Management Group, OMG)
VCC
— Virtual Channel Connection (ATM)
MS
— Message Store
HSM
— Hardware Security Module
6RD
— IPv6 Rapid Deployment on IPv4 Infrastructures
PCM
— Pulse-Code Modulation
DIT
— Directory Information Tree
ECCSI
— Elliptic Curve-Based Certificateless Signatures for Identity-Based Encryption
NMS
— Network Management System
OMA
— Open Mobile Alliance
WG
— Working Group
FPS
— Frames per second.
IS
— Intermediate System
OFDM
— Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
FR
— Frame Relay
NAT-PMP
— NAT Port Mapping Protocol
POTS
— Plain Old Telephone Service (FCW)
IF
— Intermediate Frequency
CDN
— Content Delivery Network
EDCA
— Enhanced Distributed Channel Access
CISC
— Complex Instruction Set Computer
TED
— Traffic Engineering Database
IAP
— Internet Access Provider
MTU
— Maximum Transmission Unit
ADU
— Application Data Unit
DCCP
— Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
DID
— direct inward dial
MN
— Mobile Node
AOR
— Address of Record
NI
— Named Information
HSS
— Home Subscriber Server
MTA
— Mail Transport Agent
GPL
— General Public License
IOS
— Internetwork Operating System
CIA
— Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability
SSM
— Source-Specific Multicast
ASR
— Automatic Speech Recognition
NIS
— Network Information Service
EF
— Expedited Forwarding
BER
— Basic Encoding Rules (ASN.1)
IPV4
— Internet Protocol Version 4
SMI
— Structure of Management Information
IPX
— Internetwork Packet Exchange
OGC
— Open Geospatial Consortium
ECN
— Explicit Congestion Notification
LMTP
— Local Mail Transfer Protocol
TS
— Transport Stream
DA
— Destination Address
PKI
— Public Key Infrastructure (cryptography)
UA
— User Agent
EVS
— Extended-Vendor-Specific
B-ISDN
— Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
APN
— An Access Point Name
ASIC
— Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ES
— Errored Second
IRI
— Internationalized Resource Identifier
ARIN
— American Registry for Internet Numbers
NCP
— Network Control Protocol
LMQC
— Last Member Query Count
EGP
— Exterior Gateway Protocol
VOD
— Video On Demand
LATM
— Low-overhead MPEG-4 Audio Transport Multiplex
AVPF
— Audio-Visual Profile with Feedback
FCP
— Fibre Channel Protocol
DVMRP
— Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
FA
— Foreign Agent
TLV
— Type-Length-Value
HMAC
— Hash-Based Message Authentication Code
ARQ
— Automatic Repeat-reQuest
RTS
— Request To Send
MDL
— maximum datagram lifetime
QLCS
— Quasi-Linear Convective System
MRTG
— Multi Router Traffic Grapher
MPEG
— Motion Picture Experts Group
SAP
— Session Announcement Protocol
MCU
— Multipoint Control Unit
MCS
— Mesoscale Convective System
SCTP
— Stream Control Transmission Protocol
STP
— Spanning Tree Protocol
NNTP
— Network News Transfer Protocol
FEC
— Forward Error Correction
IOI
— Item of Interest
TE
— Traffic Engineering
COS
— Class Of Service
OWAMP
— One-Way Active Measurement Protocol
UE
— User Equipment
SPI
— Security Parameter Index
SLP
— Service Location Protocol
CTS
— Clear To Send
NTFS
— New Technology File System
KDC
— Kerberos Key Distribution Center
MPLS
— Multiprotocol Label Switching
PAKE
— password-authenticated key exchange
DSLAM
— Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (Module)
ACAP
— Application Configuration Access Protocol
DSS
— Digital Signature Standard
CW
— Control Word
BNF
— Backus-Naur Form (computing)
SPF
— Sender Policy Framework
EPON
— Ethernet Passive Optical Network
SDP
— Session Description Protocol
RTSP
— Real Time Streaming Protocol
NHLFE
— Next Hop Label Forwarding Entry
CIDR
— Classless Inter-Domain Routing (ATM)
DDP
— Device Discovery Protocol
UUID
— Universally Unique Identifier (see Also GUID)
SMIV2
— Structure of Management Information Version 2
CAVE
— Cellular Authentication and Voice Encryption Algorithm
MNC
— Mobile Network Code
ICP
— Internet Content Provider
PDC
— Personal Digital Cellular
NE
— Network Element
PPTP
— Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
OID
— Object Identifier
GMAC
— Galois Message Authentication Code
SBC
— Session Border Controller
NREN
— National Research and Education Network
PLPMTUD
— Packetization Layer Path MTU Discovery
IDS
— Intrusion Detection System
GERAN
— GSM/Edge Radio Access Network
ARMV4
— Advanced RISC Machine version 4
AVP
— Attribute-Value Pair
MSRP
— Message Session Relay Protocol
AWIPS
— Advanced weather Interactive Processing System (NOAA)
EPC
— Evolved Packet Core
ABR
— Area Border Router
ATTM
— At This Time
PVA
— Positive Vorticity Advection
AS
— Authentication Service
UID
— Unique Identifier
CO
— Central Office
IAB
— Internet Architecture Board
BACP
— Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
PII
— Personally Identifiable Information
AS
— Applicability Statement
DTD
— Document Type Definition (XML)
IR
— Internet Registry
CAC
— Connection Admission Control (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
NTP
— Network Time Protocol
WRN
— Western
PAT
— Port Address Translation
SONET
— Synchronous Optical Network
SDU
— Service Data Unit (ATM)
PHB
— Per Hop Behavior
ND
— Neighbor Discovery
DPI
— Deep Packet Inspection
IDEA
— International Data Encryption Algorithm
QSIG
— Q-Signaling protocol
HPC
— Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
MIC
— Message Integrity Code
DOI
— Domain Of Interpretation
AP
— access point
PV
— Potential Vorticity
NAI
— Network Access Identifier
IESG
— Internet Engineering Steering Group
NAT-PT
— Network Address Translation - Protocol Translation
TLD
— Top-Level Domain
HIP
— Host Identity Protocol
EMSK
— Extended Master Session Key
ISNS
— Internet Storage Name Service
ISOC
— Internet Society
TCU
— Towering Cumulus
DSCP
— Differentiated Services Code Point
RTCP
— Real-time Transport Control Protocol
CFWS
— comments and folding white space
IPV6
— Internet Protocol Version 6
XSD
— XML Schema Definition
CDN
— Content Distribution Network
AR
— Access Router
TDM
— Time Division Multiplexer
PLC
— Power line communication (electricity)
BEEP
— Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol
SAN
— System Area Network
RSSI
— Received Signal Strength Indication
AMR-WB
— Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband
ESMTP
— Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
GSI
— Grid Security Infrastructure
STS
— Synchronous Transport Signal
KDF
— Key Derivation Function
ECP
— Encryption Control Protocol
IGMP
— Internet Group Management Protocol
RS
— Router Solicitation
NWS
— National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
BRN
— Bulk Richardson Number
EDNS
— Extension Mechanisms for DNS
ASOS
— Automated Surface Observing System
PPPOE
— Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet
UAS
— User Agent Server
ALG
— Application Layer Gateway
SRN
— Southern
MCC
— Mesoscale Convective Complex
MSA
— Mail Submission Agent
HLR
— Home Location Register
ASN.1
— Abstract Syntax Notation One
SMPTE
— Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.
GML
— Geography Markup Language
MSB
— Most Significant Bit
FFS
— For Further Study
GOES
— Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
FPGA
— Field-Programmable Gate Array
NAT
— Network Address Translation
DER
— Distinguished Encoding Rules
CAPWAP
— Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points
MIKEY
— Multimedia Internet Keying
DCE
— Data Communication Equipment
BSO
— Basic Security Option
IKE
— Internet Key Exchange
WHT
— Walsh-Hadamard Transform
COPS
— Common Open Policy Service
VAD
— Velocity-Azimuth Display
DVB
— Digital Video Broadcasting
SA
— Source Address
MXF
— Material eXchange Format
KPAK
— Key Management Service Public Authentication Key
LCT
— Layered Coding Transport (IETF)
HA
— Home Agent
LLDP
— Link Layer Discovery Protocol
CALDAV
— Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV
NRZ
— Non-Return-To-Zero
MIDI
— Musical Instrument Digital Interface
CRLF
— Carriage-Return Line-Feed
FFD
— Full Function Device
IRTF
— Internet Research Task Force
DN
— Distinguished Name
GFP
— Generic Framing Procedure
GMRP
— GARP Multicast Registration Protocol
RIR
— Regional Internet Registry
PPPOA
— Point-to-Point Protocol Over ATM
PDN GW
— Packet Data Network Gateway
TFTP
— Trivial File Transfer Protocol (ATM)
TC
— Tropical Cyclone
DBA
— Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
VPI
— Virtual Path Identifier
COA
— Care-Of Address
MANET
— Mobile Ad Hoc Network
RED
— Random Early Detection
IPP
— Internet Printing Protocol
RIB
— Routing Information Base
RTO
— Retransmission Timeout
SMDS
— Switched Multimegabit Data Service (ATM)
POP
— Post Office Protocol
PSC
— Packet Switch Capable
IE
— Information Element
KMP
— Key Management Protocol
LIR
— Local Internet Registry
FCAPS
— Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security
MP2MP
— Multipoint-to-Multipoint
TOE
— Target of Evaluation
CCTLD
— country code Top Level Domain
NDP
— Neighbor Discovery Protocol
DDUL
— Dynamic DNS Update Lease
WGS 84
— World Geodetic System 1894
3GPP IMS
— Third Generation Partnership Project Internet Multimedia System
SVC
— Switched Virtual Circuit (ATM)
HC
— High Capacity
AOB
— At or Below
CGA
— Cryptographically Generated Addresses
IQN
— iSCSI Qualified Name
BFD
— Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
RDI
— Remote Defect Indicator (UNI Fault Management)
HBA
— Host Bus Adapter
LI
— Lifted Index
LDP
— Label Distribution Protocol
SID
— Silence Insertion Descriptor
BFCP
— Binary Floor Control Protocol
NLY
— Northerly
SPD
— Security Policy Database
SUT
— System Under Test
RADIUS
— Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RPF
— Reverse Path Forwarding
OCSP
— Online Certificate Status Protocol
WIMAX
— Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, Inc.
CMTS
— Cable Modem Termination System
DAD
— Duplicate Address Detection
BWER
— Bounded Weak-Echo Region
MP-BGP
— Multiprotocol BGP
VLAN
— Virtual Local Area Network
ICV
— Integrity Check Value
TS
— Tropical Storm
MEP
— Maintenance Entity Group End Point
WRF
— Weather Research and Forecasting
IAP
— Intercept Access Point
DUID
— DHCP unique identifier
AF
— Assured Forwarding
ISC
— Internet Systems Consortium, Inc
PWE3
— Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge
NRN
— Northern
ESP
— Encapsulating Security Payload
SNTP
— Simple Network Time Protocol
SRTP
— Secure Realtime Transport Protocol
EDF
— Empirical Distribution Function
SVL
— Shared VLAN Learning
VPLS
— Virtual Private LAN Service
LAG
— Link Aggregation Group
DPVA
— Differential Positive Vorticity Advection
MLM
— Mailing List Manager
AFI
— Address Family Identifier
W-CDMA
— Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
VRRP
— Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
ISS
— Internal Sublayer Service
CDMI
— Cloud Data Management Interface
EPC
— Electronic Product Code
LLN
— Low-Power and Lossy Network
SCVP
— Server-Based Certificate Validation Protocol
ASN
— Access Service Network
DTMF
— Dual-Tone MultiFrequency
NIDS
— Network Intrusion Detection System
RMT
— Reliable Multicast Transport
PE
— Provider Edge
PEN
— Private Enterprise Number
SSO
— Single Sign-On Once
LLQT
— Last Listener Query Timer
CIPSO
— Common Internet Protocol Security Option
CRS
— Coordinate Reference Systems
LLJ
— Low Level Jet stream
GFS
— Global Forecast System
EE
— End Entity
FECN
— Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (ATM)
LLC/SNAP
— Logical Link Control/Subnetwork Access Protocol
CES
— Circuit Emulation Service
MO
— Measurement Object
PDP
— Packet Data Protocol
GGSN
— Gateway GPRS Support Node
NAS
— Network-Attached Storage
RJRS
— Recovery Journal Receiver Structure
HG
— Home Gateway
SOP
— Start of Packet
SRTCP
— Secure Realtime Transport Control Protocol
PACE
— Password Authenticated Connection Establishment
GBE
— Gigabit Ethernet
LSW
— Least Significant Word
MD5
— Message Digest 5
NID
— Network Interface Device
SLAAC
— Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
RIPNG
— Routing Information Protocol Next Generation
ROHC
— Robust Header Compression
ETX
— Expected Transmission Count
MITM
— Man in the Middle
WW
— Weather Watch
NHC
— United States National Hurricane Center
SIMD
— Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
PSK
— Pre-Shared Key
CAM
— Content Addressable Memory
PON
— Passive Optical Network
ICSA
— International Computer Security Association
DLCI
— data link connection identifier
NSAP
— Network Service Access Point
LKH
— Logical Key Hierarchy
O&M
— OAM and Management
SAD
— Security Association Database
GPU
— Graphics Processing Unit
PSN
— Packet Switched Network
PANA
— Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access
PCP
— Port Control Protocol
NOS/OLS
— Not_Operational Primitive Sequence / Offline Primitive Sequence
AC
— Attachment Circuit
IWF
— Interworking Function
IGP
— Interior Gateway Protocol
CORS
— Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
RTBH
— Remote Triggered Black Hole
MB
— Millibar(s)
TRILL
— TRansparent Interconnection of Lots of Links
RIPE NCC
— Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre
MSW
— Most Significant Word
LCL
— Lifted Condensation Level
TGS
— Ticket-granting Server
FIB
— Forwarding Information Base
MSM
— Mobile Station Modem
ESS
— Extended service set (Wi-Fi group)
NCEP
— National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
EMS
— Energy Management Systems
CB
— Cumulonimbus
UVV
— Upward Vertical Velocity
CNG
— comfort noise generation
AIMD
— Additive Increase, Multiplicative Decrease
RCODE
— No Expansion
XDR
— External Data Representation protocol
HFC
— Hybrid Fiber Coaxial
NVT
— Network Virtual Terminal
GTK
— Group Temporal Key
GTLD
— Generic Top-Level Domain
REST
— Representational State Transfer
VRF
— Virtual Routing and Forwarding Tables
SIP
— Session Initiation Protocol
AKA
— Authentication and Key Agreement
RDMA
— Remote Direct Memory Access
ABRO
— Authoritative Border Router Option
RAOB
— Radiosonde Observation
SDID
— Signing Domain Identifier
DHCPV6
— Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
UMA
— Unlicensed Mobile Access
RANAP
— Radio Access Network Application Protocol
AMEI
— Association of Musical Electronics Industry
NVA
— Negative Vorticity Advection
NORM
— NACK-Oriented Reliable Multicast
VCI
— Virtual Channel Identifier
GARP
— Generic Attribute Registration Protocol
AVA
— Attribute Value Assertion
WFQ
— Weighted Fair Queuing
MSTP
— Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
WFO
— Weather Forecast Office
IKEV2
— Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2
MRRU
— Maximum Reconstructed Reception Unit
DOCSIS
— Data over Cable Service Interface Specification
NENA
— National Emergency Number Association
LFN
— Long Fat Network
PTP
— Point To point Protocol
VOP
— Video Object Plane
KSK
— Key Signing Key
OAM
— Operations Administration and Maintenance
CSI
— Conditional Symmetric Instability
POSIX
— Portable Operating System Interface
TDMA
— time-division multiple access
TCN
— Topology Change Notification
BAB
— Bundle Authentication Block
DLSW
— Data Link Switching
ENB
— Evolved Node B
2G
— Second generation cellular
NAL
— Network Abstraction Layer
RDN
— Relative Distinguished Name
NLRI
— Network Layer Reachability Information
6LR
— 6LoWPAN Router
RR
— Resource Record
ICE
— Interactive Connectivity Establishment
CDP
— Content Delivery Protocol
IXFR
— Incremental Zone Transfer
EID
— Endpoint Identifier
DDDS
— Dynamic Delegation Discovery System
GSS-API
— Generic Security Service Application Program Interface
PKIX
— Public Key Infrastructure using X.509
DFZ
— Default-Free Zone
ASBR
— Autonomous System Border Router
IO
— Information Object
MS-PW
— Multi-Segment Pseudowire
PPS
— Packets Per Second
ABNF
— Augmented Backus-Naur Form
PLR
— Packet Loss Rate
ATU
— ADSL Transceiver Unit
RLE
— Run-Length Encoding
ESN
— Electronic Serial Number
SSRC
— Synchronization Source
CAR
— committed access rate
URPF
— Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding
MCV
— Mesoscale Convective Vortex
ITIP
— iCalendar Transport-Independent Interoperability Protocol
CMS
— Cryptographic Message Syntax
FBL
— Feedback Loop
ERN
— Eastern
P3P
— The Platform for Privacy Preferences Project
CBC-MAC
— Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code
CDN
— Call-Disconnect-Notify
AAL5
— ATM Adaptation Layer 5
MSDP
— Multicast Source Discovery Protocol
QOE
— Quality of Experience
CP
— Certificate Policy
B4
— Basic Bridging BroadBand
CLNS
— Connectionless Network Service
WWNN
— World Wide Node Name
MAG
— Mobile Access Gateway
BSR
— Bootstrap Router
SA
— Security Association
CRMF
— Certificate Request Message Format
LC
— Link Connection
GNSS
— Global Navigation Satellite System
ECM
— Error Correction Model
MS
— Media Server
SPE
— Synchronous Payload Envelope
VDSL
— Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line
L2F
— Layer 2 Forwarding (Cisco)
CDR
— Call Data Record
NTSC
— National Television Standards Committee
CSRF
— Cross-Site Request Forgery
VC
— Virtual Circuit (ATM)
WWN
— World Wide Name
SSN
— Station Serial Number
SSAP
— Source Service Access Point
WWPN
— World Wide Port Name (IBM ESS training/fiber channel)
FWS
— Folding White Space
CPP
— Common Profile for Presence
BR
— Border Router
MGC
— Multimedia Gateway Controller
URN
— Uniform Resource Namespace
VPWS
— Virtual Private Wire Service
SPIT
— Spam Over Internet Telephony
SA
— Source-Active
MPLS-TP
— MPLS Transport Profile
EL
— Equilibrium Level
LLQI
— Last Listener Query Interval
PGM
— Pragmatic General Multicast
COM
— Component Object Module
ISCSI
— Internet Small Computer System Interface
NAPTR
— Naming Authority Pointer
IPDV
— IP Packet Delay Variation
DR
— Designated Router (networking)
MG
— Media Gateway
SLY
— Southerly
DSDL
— Document Schema Definition Languages
LER
— Label Edge Router
INVOF
— In vicinity of
CGN
— Carrier-Grade NAT
TFRC
— TCP-Friendly Rate Control
MAP
— Mobile Application Part
PSAP
— Public Safety Answering Point (911)
RP
— Rendezvous Point
MME
— Mobile Management Entity
DAO
— Destination Advertisement Object
STB
— Set-Top Box
CATNIP
— Common Architecture for Next Generation Internet Protocol
L2TP
— Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
P2P
— Peer-to-peer (networking)
NIR
— National Internet Registry
EUI
— Extended Unique Identifier
OSSI
— Open Source Software Institute
CLDR
— Common Locale Data Repository
UTI
— Universal Transport Interface
DPNSS
— Digital Private Network Signaling System
RMON
— Remote Monitoring
MHP
— Multimedia Home Platform
LSAP
— Link Service Access Point
SPC
— Storm Prediction Center
JID
— Jabber Identifier
CN
— Correspondent Node
TEI
— Terminal Endpoint Identifier
CIST
— Common and Internal Spanning Tree
PSN
— Public Switched Network
MPI
— Minimum Picture Interval
SCVP
— Simple Certificate Validation Protocol
ACCAS
— Altocumulus Castellanus
RAID
— Redundant Array of Independent Disks
MF
— More Fragments
SAN
— Subject Alternative Name
CMC
— Certificate Management over CMS
EPS
— Evolved Packet System
LMDS
— Local Multipoint Distribution Service
NCE
— Network Connection Endpoint
MSL
— Maximum Segment Lifetime
MFIB
— Multicast Forwarding Information Base
POS
— PPP Over SONET
LFSR
— Linear Feedback Shift Register
DRBG
— deterministic random-bit generator
DS-LITE
— Dual-Stack Lite
ORO
— Option Request Option
ECT
— ECN-Capable Transport
MT
— Mobile Terminal
DIO
— DODAG Information Object
OLS
— Optical Line System
PAC
— Proxy Auto-Configuration
PTK
— Pairwise Transient Key
IAID
— Identity Association IDentifier
SBR
— Spectral Band Replication
LDML
— Locale Data Markup Language
PIM
— Protocol Independent Multicast
CT_IU
— Common Transport Information Unit
CSNP
— Complete Sequence Number PDU
TNC
— Trusted Network Connect
IBE
— Identity-Based Encryption
PSS
— Probabilistic Signature Scheme
LBR
— LLN Border Router
VRP
— VLAN Registration Protocol
XCAP
— Extensible Markup Language (XML) Configuration Access Protocol
CELP
— code-excited linear prediction
LFC
— Level of Free Convection
PIM-SM
— Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode
GSAKMP
— Group Secure Association Key Management Protocol
LSP
— Link State PDU (Protocol Data Unit)
KLV
— Key-Length-Value
UDP-LITE
— User Datagram Protocol Lite
CALS
— Computer-Aided Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support
SAP
— Serving Access Point
TDMOIP
— Time Division Multiplexing over IP
AUID
— Agent or User Identifier
CCNR
— Call Completion on No Reply
GCO
— Global Concurrent Optimization
PCRF
— Policy and Charging Rule Function
LSP
— Link State Packet
ESO
— Extended Security Option
LFIB
— Label Forwarding Information Base
MR
— Mobile Router
SSPI
— Security Support Provider Interface
GRUU
— Globally Routable User Agent URI
2.5G
— Enhanced second generation cellular
HSTS
— HTTP Strict Transport Security
VCI
— Virtual-Circuit Identifier
PLCP
— Physical Layer Convergence Procedure
DNT
— Do Not Track
DSACK
— Duplicate Selective Acknowledgement
ULA
— Unique Local Address
CLI
— Calling Line Identification
FTN
— FEC-to-NHLFE
PTM
— Pulse-Time Modulation
PAL
— Phase Alternation Line
SBM
— Subnet Bandwidth Manager
MS
— Manual Switch
ALT
— Alternative Logical Topology
DELT
— Dual Ended Loop Test
VSP
— Voice Service Provider
SRR
— Status Report Request
UNI
— User-Network Interface
TSTM
— Thunderstorm
E-LINE
— Ethernet point-to-point connectivity
TF-EMC2
— Task Force on European Middleware Coordination and Collaboration
AKM
— Authentication and Key Management
ILM
— Incoming Label Mapping
DSAP
— Destination Service Access Point
EWMA
— Exponentially Weighted Moving Average
UAC
— User Agent Client
IHL
— Internet Header Length
OFB
— Output Feedback
AMID
— Additive Increase Multiplicative Decrease
BSC
— Base Station Controller
ZSK
— Zone Signing Key (information technology)
MT
— Message Transfer
CEMA
— Connection Establishment for Media Anchoring
ERO
— Explicit Route Object
OLT
— Optical Line Terminal
MBMS
— Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service
DCT
— Discrete Cosine Transformer
SIFS
— Short InterFrame Space
PA
— Provider Assigned (IP address space assigned to a specific provider by IANA)
EFCI
— Explicit Forward Congestion Indication (ATM)
MSCML
— Media Server Control Markup Language
CFB
— Cipher Feedback
LEDBAT
— Low Extra Delay Background Transport
EFM
— Ethernet First Mile
SHIM
— Stanza Headers and Internet Metadata
SHDSL
— Single-pair High-speed Digital Subscriber Line
PHY
— Physical Layer
DAG
— directed acyclic graph
QOP
— Quality Of Protection
IGD
— Internet Gateway Device
VACM
— View-based Access Control Model
VPIM
— Voice Profile for Internet Mail
AFTR
— Address Family Transition Router
ADISC
— Address Discovery Extended Link Service
CAA
— Cold Air Advection
SPF
— Shortest Path First
EISS
— Extended Internal Sublayer Service
NAT-T
— Network Address Translation Traversal
A P
— Address plus Port
AAD
— Additional Authenticated Data
AAK
— Authenticated Anticipatory Keying
EHI
— Energy Helicity Index
SAR
— Segmentation and Reassembly (ATM)
LCAS
— Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme
MRU
— Maximum Receive Unit
OTP
— One-Time Password authentication
Z
— Zulu Time
FARP
— Fibre Channel Address Resolution Protocol
HBA
— Host-Based Authentication
UDDI
— Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
AHS
— Adaptive HTTP Streaming
STP
— Secure Transfer Protocol
AVT
— Audio/Video Transport
BDP
— Bandwidth-Delay Product
SRP
— Secure Remote Passwords
LSP
— Label Switched Path
NSAP
— Network Service Access Protocol
RELAX NG
— REgular LAnguage for XML Next Generation
PDV
— Packet Delay Variation
CIN
— Convective Inhibition
6LN
— 6LoWPAN Node
EVDO
— Evolution-Data Optimized
IVL
— Independent VLAN Learning
WRR
— Weighted Round Robin
GSTN
— General Switched Telephone Network
EPP
— Extensible Provisioning Protocol
TLDP
— Targeted LDP
IS-IS
— Intermediate System to Intermediate System (routing protocol)
RTT
— round-trip time
AAH
— Abandoning All Hope
IBAKE
— Identity-Based Authenticated Key Exchange
LSC
— Link State Control
SFGMP
— Source Filtering Group Management Protocol
SPKI
— Simple Public Key Infrastructure
EIP
— Extended Internet Protocol
IIH
— Is-Is Hello
OGF
— Open Grid Forum
RSA
— Rivest, Shamir, & Adleman
6PE
— IPv6 Provider Edge
AFBR
— Address Family Border Routers
4G
— 4th Generation Mobile network
VAD
— Voice Activity Detection
AWOS
— Automated Weather Observation System
SMUX
— SNMP Multiplex Protocol
MLPP
— Multi-Level Precedence and Preemption
ROA
— Route Origin Authorization
CRISP
— Cross Registry Internet Service Protocol
MSA
— Message Submission Agent
WAA
— Warm Air Advection
ETR
— Egress Tunnel Router
FRAND
— fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory
NNI
— Network-Network Interface
MGCP
— Multimedia Gateway Control Protocol
NLM
— Network Lock Manager
CMAC
— Cipher-based Message Authentication Code
DIFS
— Distributed Interframe Space
IID
— Interface Identifier
BRDP
— Border Router Discovery Protocol
TPM
— Transport Performance Metrics
ACH
— Associated Channel Header
IPSEC
— IP Security
IMPP
— Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol
LEWP
— Line Echo Wave Pattern
APNIC
— Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
PDSN
— Packet Data Serving Node
CLP
— Cell Loss Priority (ATM)
TML
— Transport Mapping Layer
MP2PE
— Multi-Point to Point Emulation
CN
— Client Node
NA
— Neighbor Advertisement
AMSS
— Advanced Mobile Station Software
TX
— Transmission
SIMPLE
— SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions
NMM
— Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Model
WLY
— Westerly
VPC
— Virtual Path Connection (ATM)
IDN
— Internationalized Domain Name
ISUP
— ISDN User Part
EHLO
— Extended Hello
PT
— Payload Type (ATM)
ERT
— Expected Residual Time
LMA
— Local Mobility Anchor
FDT
— File Delivery Table
FEC
— Forwarding Equivalence Class
ASON
— Automatically Switched Optical Network
VLB
— Valiant Load-Balancing
SSK
— Secret Signing Key
SS7
— Signaling System 7
ILNP
— Identifier-Locator Network Protocol
PMD
— Physical Medium Dependent
AMR-NB
— Adaptive Multi Rate - NarrowBand
MAP
— Mobility Anchor Point
NEMO
— Network Mobility
IPFRR
— IP Fast Reroute
MKT
— Master Key Tuple
ARO
— Address Registration Option
TEP
— tunnel endpoint
SAFI
— Subsequent Address Family Identifier
CE
— Control Element
TUG
— Tributary Unit Group
MLDV2
— Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2
EFR
— Enhanced Full Rate
CPL
— Call Processing Language
OSN
— Original Sequence Number
CEK
— content-encryption key
INCITS
— International Committee for Information Technology Standards
SAML
— Security Assertion Markup Language
AHS
— Additional Header Segment
SASL
— Simple Authentication and Security Layer
LDN
— Local Domain Name
ULJ
— Upper-Level Jet
BIS
— Bump-in-the-Stack
DTN
— Delay-Tolerant Networking
SGW
— Serving Gateway
ECMP
— Equal-Cost Multipath
PBU
— Proxy Binding Update
RD
— Route Distinguisher
ICC
— ITU-T Carrier Code
RPSL
— Routing Policy Specification Language
XRI
— Extensible Resource Identifier
MIN
— Mobile Identification Number
PI
— Provider Independent
SSE
— State Signaling Event
HOKEY
— Handover Keying
PAD
— Peer Authorization Database
LIP
— Loop Initialization Primitive
DRO
— Discovery Reply Object
ANG
— Access Network Gateway
TNCP
— TRILL Network Control Protocol
MHAE
— Mobile-Home Authentication Extension
AD
— Authentic Data
UTF-8
— Unicode Transformation Format 8
TGT
— ticket-granting ticket
SIPP
— Simple Internet Protocol Plus
PBB
— Provider Backbone Bridge
CE
— Congestion Experienced
UMTS
— Universal Mobile Telecommunications Standard
6LOWPANS
— IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks
CARD
— Candidate Access Router Discovery
ACK
— No Expansion
ISATAP
— Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol
ADSP
— Author Domain Signing Practices
ECMP
— Electronic Commerce Messaging Protocol
OA
— Ordered Aggregate
TNP
— TRILL Network Protocol
FORCES
— Forwarding and Control Element Separation Working Group
MRT
— Multi-Threaded Routing Toolkit
TFS
— Time and Frequency Synchronization
QG
— Quasi-Geostrophic Analysis
IUA
— ISDN Q.921-User Adaptations Layer
DE
— Discard Eligible
OTASP
— Over-The-Air Service Provisioning (telcommunications)
DTSN
— Destination Advertisement Trigger Sequence Number
MUA
— Message User Agent
DSN
— Delivery Status Notification
AH
— Authentication Header
ATA
— Analog Telephone Adaptor
USM
— User-based Security Model
CIS
— Cryptographic Interoperability Strategy (US NSA)
BIH
— Bump-in-the-Host
AOA
— At or Above
PKG
— Private-Key Generator
LTE
— Long-Term Evolution
GTP
— Generic Tunneling Protocol
UTRAN
— Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
GSLB
— Global Server Load Balancing
CLEI
— Common Language Equipment Identifier
DECADE
— DECoupled Application Data Enroute
TDD
— Telecommunication Device for the Deaf
PLMN
— Public Land-based Mobile Network
UNSAF
— UNilateral Self-Address Fixing
ASE
— Autonomous System External
EC2N
— Elliptic Curve Group Over GF(2^N)
SNP
— Sequence Number Packet
BTMM
— Back to My Mac
KSAK
— Key Management Service Secret Authentication Key
SDO
— Standards Development Organization
DASH
— Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
ELY
— EasterLY
RBRIDGE
— Routing Bridge
DP
— Distribution Point
TD
— Tropical Depression
SIDR
— Secure Inter-Domain Routing
TDIM
— Time-Division Inverse Multiplexing
IMIP
— iCalendar Message-Based Interoperability Protocol
TU
— Time Unit
PTM
— Point-To-Multipoint
ULP
— Unequal Loss Protection
JRD
— JSON Resource Descriptor
ESRP
— Emergency Service Routing Proxy
FDB
— Filtering Database
NFKC
— Normalization Form KC
ALTO
— Application-Layer Traffic Optimization
MSML
— Media Server Markup Language
RVS
— Rendezvous Server
VIL
— Vertically Integrated Liquid
SRV
— Service Record
RE
— Redundancy Elimination
EOR
— Exclusive OR
MOP
— Mode of Operations
ESB
— Extension Security Block
PLC
— Packet Loss Concealment
MWI
— Message-Waiting Indicator
OCP
— Objective Code Point
TERENA
— Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association
EML
— Elevated Mixed Layer
MN-FA
— Mobile Node - Foreign Agent
EBGP
— External Border Gateway Protocol
GAL
— Generic Associated Channel Label
SPVC
— Switched Permanent Virtual Circuit
CITE
— Critical Ingress-to-Egress
AQM
— Active Queue Management
P2MP
— Point-To-Multipoint
RA
— Routing Area
FSPF
— Fabric Shortest Path First
ODU
— Optical Data Unit
PTSW
— payload type switch
OEO
— optical-electronic-optical
GEFS
— Global Ensemble Forecast System
OLSR
— Optimized Link State Routing
VCCV
— Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification
DANE
— DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities
NAPT
— Network Address Port Translator
VT
— Virtual Tributary (ATM)
IU
— Information Unit
DSM
— demand-side management
ONC
— Open Network Computing (Distributed Applications Architecture)
IPBX
— IP Private Branch Exchange
DASS2
— Digital Access Signaling System 2
ARO
— Access Router Option
RLS
— Resource List Server
RDDP
— Remote Direct Data Placement Protocol
KPML
— Key Press Markup Language
6TO4-PMT
— 6to4 Provider Managed Tunnel
CCID
— Content Collection IDentifier
SALT
— Speech Application Language Tag
NBMA
— Non-Broadcast Multi-Access
LDPC
— Low-Density Parity Check
APP
— Application-specific functions
NMP
— Network Musical Performance
NRS
— Name Resolution Service
MAS
— Mobile Access Station
DD
— Database Description
VBR-NRT
— Variable Bit Rate - Non Real Time
SRH
— Storm Relative Helicity
IDP
— Identity provider
NETINF
— Network of Information
LDH
— letter-digit-hyphen
UMB
— Ultra Mobile Broadband
DSUSRK
— Domain-Specific Usage-Specific Root Keys
MRIB
— Multicast Routing Information Base
USRK
— Usage-Specific Root Keys
LSDB
— Link State Database Because
DDNS
— Dynamic DNS
RSTP
— Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
SS-PW
— Single-Segment Pseudowire
LSR
— Label Switching Router
XUI
— XCAP User Identifier
PI
— Protocol Instantiation
CCID
— Congestion Control Identifier
TPS
— Transport Protocol Specific
MCMS
— Multimedia Cable Network System
SNI
— Server Name Indication
EBM
— Equipped Bit Mask
TOIP
— Real-time Text over Internet Protocol
MKI
— Master Key Identifier
ESN
— Extended Sequence Number
NAR
— New-Access Router
WEBDAV
— Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
IS
— Information Service
AR
— Address Resolution
P2P
— Point-To-Point
BCH
— Bose, Ray-Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem
MEG
— Maintenance Entity Group
FCIP
— Fibre Channel Over TCP/IP
FRR
— Fast Reroute
AMDAR
— Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay
ITU-T
— ITU Telecommunication standardization sector
TTD
— Throughput Test Device
ISID
— Initiator Session Identifier
MCC
— Mobile Country Code (telecommunications)
RRO
— Record Route Object
ILV
— Index-Length-Value
BCC
— Bonding Communication Channel
AFS
— Authentication File System
OPES
— Open Pluggable Edge Services
CSPF
— Constrained Shortest Path First
OPEX
— Operating Expenses
NS
— Neighbor Solicitation
SIPS
— Session Initiation Protocol Secure
RSIP
— Realm Specific IP
PMTUD
— Path Mtu Discovery
NAM
— North American Model
CES
— Core-Edge Separation
NFC
— Normalization Form Composed
RBR
— Realm Border Router
LDI
— Link Down Indication
BTU
— Bonding Transmission Unit
PIO
— Prefix Information Option
EPI
— Educational Policy Institute
KARP
— Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols
PLR
— Point of Local Repair
CR
— Correspondent Router
LACNIC
— Latin American and the Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry
DGIWG
— Defence Geospatial Information Working Group
EC
— Elliptic Curve
CDNI
— Content Distribution Network Interconnection
BACP
— Bonding Aggregation Control Protocol
CNF
— Cache-and-Forward
CEP
— Circuit Emulation over Packet
MINE
— Minimal Encapsulation in IP
LCI
— Location Configuration Information
SMSS
— sender maximum segment size
MSS
— Mobile Support Station
SNIA
— Storage Networking Industry Association
GIST
— General Internet Signaling Transport
LSC
— Lambda Switch Capable
IAX
— Inter-Asterisk Exchange
EKU
— Extended Key Usage
T-PE
— Terminating Provider Edge
ILMI
— Integrated Local Management Interface
TSN
— Test Support Network
EDIINT
— Electronic Data Interchange Internet Integration
DELMARVA
— DELaware / MARyland / VirginiA region
SPT
— Shortest Path Tree
RPKI
— Resource Public Key Infrastructure
LWSP
— linear whitespace
BCE
— Bonding Channel Entity
CIPID
— Contact Information in PIDF
PCE
— path computation element
AXFR
— Asynchronous Full Transfer
TTSI
— Text-To-Speech Interface
SAID
— Security Association Identifier
RTMP
— Real Time Messaging Protocol
NSSL
— National Severe Storms Labratory
LOST
— Location-to-Service Translation
SPME
— Sub-Path Maintenance Element
VCAT
— Virtual Concatenation
MT
— Multiplier
CONS
— Content distribution Overlay Network Service
BTS
— Base Tranceiver Station
CDF
— Comma-Delimited Format or
ULID
— Upper-Layer Identifier
ECAM
— European Committee for Academic Middleware
PPSP
— Peer-to-Peer Streaming Portocol
PAR
— previous access router
TPGT
— Target Portal Group Tag
SATOP
— Structure-Agnostic Time Division Multiplexing over Packet
RAO
— Router Alert Option
SSEO
— SPC Storm-Scale Ensemble of Opportunity
ARF
— Abuse Reporting Format
PRR
— Port-Range Router
NLPID
— Network Layer Protocol Identifier
HTML
— Hyptertext Markup Language
PMIPV6
— Proxy Mobile IPv6
SAVP
— Secure Audio-Visual Profile
PSS
— Packet-switched Streaming Service
SWODY3
— Severe Weather Outlook - Day 3
NID
— Network Identifier
PEM1
— No Expansion
NSCP
— Name Server Control Protocol
CTR
— Counter Mode
CLDR
— Connectionless Data Response
IDRP
— Inter-Domain Routing Protocol (ATM)
NCE
— Neighbor Cache Entry
HAS
— HTTP Adaptive Streaming
AFRINIC
— African Network Information Center
SREF
— Short Range Ensemble Forecast system
PTS
— Presentation Time Stamps (MPEG systems)
AVP
— Audio-visual Profile
PMSI
— Provider Multicast Service Interface
OIPF
— Open IPTV Forum
DPS
— Domain Pseudonym System
SAOL
— Structured Audio Orchestra Language
ECP
— Elliptic Curve Group over GF[P]
LSB
— Locator-Status-Bit
PDU
— Packet Data Unit or
CE
— Customer Edge (IETF RFC 2547)
CPIM
— Common Presence and Instant Messaging
TESLA
— Timed Efficient Stream Loss-Tolerant Authentication
VSA
— vendor-specific attribute
LOPS
— Loss of Packet Synchronization
PKCS
— Public-Key Cryptography Standards
XCON
— Centralized Conferencing
RD
— Router Discovery
GDOI
— Group Domain of Interpretation
EVRC
— Enhanced Variable Rate Codec
XOR
— Exclusive Or
IBCF
— Interconnection Border Control Function
FII
— Forked Instance Identifier
S/D
— Source/Destination
BIA
— Bump-in-the-API
WSON
— Wavelength Switched Optical Networks
GSE
— Generalized Structure Elements
WPC
— Weather Prediction Center
DLV
— DNSSEC Lookaside Validation
PMS
— Physical Media Specific
PAI
— P-Asserted-Identity
ERE
— Extended Regular Expressions
SLLAO
— Source Link-Layer Address Option
RAP
— RAP id Refresh
DAC
— Duplicate Address Confirmation
ASNGW
— Access Service Network Gateway
DVI
— No Expansion
IAP
— Intermediate Anonymization Process
GMPLS
— Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching
COA
— Change-of-Authorization
RTX
— Request Retransmission
NID
— Namespace Identifier
IID
— Instance Identifier
PIDF
— Presence Information Data Format
CR-LDP
— Constraint-based Routed Label Distribution Protocol
WS
— White Space
NVC
— Number of Virtual Components
PVP
— Permanent Virtual Path
IDNA
— Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications
LIFO
— last-in-first-out
LFB
— Logical Functional Block
SSV
— Shared Secret Value
CSAIL
— Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
CID
— Content Identifier
SSV
— Secret State Verifier
SAVI
— Source Address Validation Improvement
LFN
— Local Fixed Node
MNG
— Mobile Network Gateway
OMAP
— Online Multimedia Authorization Protocol
SRH
— Source Routing Header
TURN
— Traversal Using Relay NAT
TSM
— Transport Security Model
XR
— Extended Report
RAMS
— Rapid Acquisition of Multicast Sessions
CADES
— CMS Advanced Electronic Signatures
DF
— Don't Fragment
CHBH
— Critical Hop-by-Hop
HRRR
— High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model
CMCC
— Conference and Media Control Client
LISP
— Locator-Identifier Split Protocol
VBR-RT
— Variable Bit Rate - Real Time
DTS
— Decode Time Stamp
PS
— Parametric Stereo
FIA
— Form Interpretation Algorithm
UDVM
— Universal Data/Voice Multiplexer
HSPA
— High-Speed Packet Access
TAMP
— Trust Anchor Management Protocol
AS
— Application Specification
CC
— Call Completion
SECG
— Standards for Efficient Cryptography Group
GBS
— Generic Bonding Sub-layer
ER
— EAP Re-authentication
MACE
— Middleware Architecture Committee for Education
HOT
— Home Test
RSVP-TE
— RSVP - Traffic Engineering
CAB
— Converged Address Book
BPDU
— Bridge PDU
CSRC
— Contributing Source
LRDD
— Link-based Resource Descriptor Document
IPFIX
— Ip Flow Information Export
EVRC-NW
— Enhanced Variable Rate Narrowband-Wideband Codec
E-LSP
— Explicitly TC-encoded-PSC LSP
SMF
— Standard MIDI File
OTI
— Object Transmission Information
LMQI
— Last Member Query Interval
AMR
— An Adaptive Multi Rate
L-LSP
— Label-Only-Inferred-PSC LSP
MPI
— Multiprecision Integer
ICRP
— Incoming-Call-Reply
SEND
— SEcure Neighbor Discovery
SLLA
— Source Link-Layer Address
IR
— Initiation and Refresh
ASE
— amplifier spontaneous emission
ERU
— Effective Request URI
BCP
— Bridging Control Protocol
CCNL
— Call Completion on Not Logged-in
SSRR
— Strict Source and Record Route
MPD
— Media Presentation Description
GSPM
— Generic Secure Password Method
COT
— Care-of Test
LLS
— Link-Local Signaling
GTSM
— Generalized TTL Security Mechanism
FAD
— feature and attribute data
APM
— Application Performance Measurement
BRPC
— Backward Recursive PCE-Based Computation
AMS
— authoritative mapping server
LW-IGMPV3
— Lightweight IGMPv3
SNAP
— Simple Notification and Alarm Protocol
VWP
— VAD Wind Profile
PAA
— PANA Authentication Agent
SNID
— subnamespace identifier
VBD
— Voiceband Data
FA
— forwarding adjacency
ISPF
— Incremental Shortest Path First
SPNEGO
— Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism
SPKM
— Simple Public-Key GSS-API Mechanism
IPTV
— No Expansion
DRS
— DGIWG Registry System
LCP
— Location Configuration Protocol
EPUB
— Electronic Publication
SMB
— Session Management Broker
FSSI
— FEC-Scheme-Specific Information
CID
— Connection Identifier
VDL
— Valid Data Length
KE
— key establishment
DSE
— DSA-Specific Entry
RZ
— Return-to-Zero
PRNG
— Pseudorandom Number Generator
HELD
— HTTP-Enabled Location Delivery
SDES
— Source Description
CBID
— Crypto-Based Identifier
ENUM
— No Expansion
JWT
— Joint Working Team
ESI
— Error Source Identifier
SSM
— Single Source Multicast
MLDP
— Multipoint LDP
HET
— Header Extension Type
OATC
— Open Authentication Technology Committee
PHOP
— previous hop
DUA
— DASS 2 Extensions
CEID
— Control Element ID
NDP
— Neighbor Discovery Process
LFA
— Loop-Free Alternate
LSE
— Label Stack Entry
OTAF
— Over-the-Air Functionality
XML-RPC
— Extensible Markup Language-Remote Procedure Calling
ERX
— EAP Re-authentication Extension
DAR
— Duplicate Address Request
OIF
— Outgoing Interface
NSC
— Network Simulation Cradle
NUD
— Neighbor Unreachability Discovery
IPHC
— IP Header Compression
LRM
— Link Resource Manager
NMAG
— new Mobility Access Gateway
HIT
— Host Identity Tag
BB
— Bottleneck Bandwidth
SPND
— Secure Proxy Neighbor Discovery
SWODY1
— Severe Weather Outlook - Day 1
NSP
— Network-Specific Prefix
BSP
— Bundle Security Protocol
UAM
— Universal Access Method
PRR
— Policy Reserve Rule
RR
— Receiver Report
SEAL
— Subnetwork Encapsulation and Adaptation Layer
VCARD
— No expansion
ALOC
— Area Locator
R2T
— request-to-transmit
VMR-WB
— Variable Multi Rate WideBand
SDAT
— Simple DNA address table
RDO
— Route Discovery Option
ASM
— Any-Source Multicast
GLB
— Global Locator Block
HOTI
— Home Test Init
GLOP
— No Expansion
SSN
— Stream Sequence Number
IPCP
— IP Control Protocol
SRLG
— Shared Risk Link Group
HPTP
— HTTP-based Peer to Peer
NSSA
— Not-So-Stubby Area
PBA
— Proxy Binding Acknowledgement
PTI
— Payload Type Identifier (ATM)
TOI
— Transmission Object Identifier
HMIPV6
— Hierarchical Mobile IPv6
IPPM
— IP Performance Metrics
HOA
— Home Address
MODP
— modular exponentiation group
RSOO
— Relay-Supplied Options option
MRB
— Media Resource Broker
CRIO
— Core Router-Integrated Overlay
ORCHID
— Overlay Routable Cryptographic Hash Identifiers
DNA
— Detecting Network Attachment
ESI
— Encoding Symbol ID
ROLL
— Routing Over Low-Power and Lossy
SACK
— Selective Acknowledgment
CID
— Context Identifier
CSP
— Content Service Provider
CPA
— Certification Path Advertisement
DSRK
— Domain-Specific Root Key
CPS
— Certification Path Solicitation
TLLA
— Target Link-Layer Address
MED
— Multi-Exit Discriminator
6LSA
— IPv6 Label Switching Architecture
CCXML
— Call Control XML
UKMET
— United Kingdom METeorological Office Model
IMA
— Inverse Multiplexing for ATM
SS-FSSI
— Sender-Side FEC-Scheme-Specific Information
PETR
— Proxy Egress Tunnel Router
ANAT
— Alternative Network Address Types
RLMI
— Resource List Meta-Information
VET
— Virtual Enterprise Traversal
RC
— Routing Controller
MOSPF
— Multicast Extensions to OSPF
LCCE
— Logical Cluster Computing Environment
PR-SCTP
— Partially Reliable-Stream Control Transmission Protocol
LSRR
— Loose Source and Record Route
TSN
— Trunk Switched Network
PHP
— Penultimate Hop Popping
PRL
— Potential Router List
SBN
— Source Block Number
PMAG
— previous Mobility Access Gateway
ITR
— Ingress Tunnel Router
I-D
— Internet-Draft
RPN
— Registered Parameter Numbers
ALC
— Asynchronous Layered Coding
SYN
— No Expansion
PCEP
— Path Computation Element Protocol
RRT
— Return Routability Test
DP
— Data Plane
COTI
— Care-of Test Init
LMQT
— Last Member Query Timer
CC-V
— Continuity Check and Connectivity Verification
PCC
— Path Computation Client
SSE
— Server Session End
AIA
— Authority Information Access
ELOC
— Endpoint Locator
LQI
— Link Quality Indication
IBGP
— Internal BGP
SI
— softwire initiator
GPMD
— General-Purpose Media Descriptor
GSPD
— Group Security Policy Database
QRV
— Querier's Robustness Variable
DTD
— Deactivation Time Delay
NUT
— Network Under Test
QQIC
— Querier's Query Interval Code
CCE
— Call-Completion Entity
DKIM
— DomainKeys Identified Mail
CAA
— Certification Authority Authorization
CID
— Carousel Instance Descriptor
OFIB
— ordered forwarding information base
LLID
— Logical Link Identifier
ESADI
— End-Station Address Distribution Information
OMP
— Optical Multi-Point
NSS
— Namespace Specific String
DIS
— DODAG Information Solicitation
IUMM
— In-line Unaware MRB Mode
RR
— Route Reflector
ICRQ
— Incoming-Call-Request
MC
— Motion Compensation
ESI
— Entity Status Inquiry
TSN
— Transmission Sequence Number
TLLAO
— Target Link-Layer Address Option
ASM
— address-sharing mechanism
ARKLATEX
— ARKansas / LouisianA / TEXas region
CRTP
— compressed RTP
CCM
— Codec Control Messages
PRF
— pseudorandom function
LCP
— large content providers
MCC
— Management Communication Channel
FCI
— Feedback Control Information
CAP
— Candidate Access Point
IMS
— IP Multimedia Subsystems
MD
— Mesoscale Discussion
ION
— IETF Operational Notes
PC
— Protocol Controller
ECMWF
— European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model
PS
— Proxy Signature
MEDIACTRL
— Media Server Control
LDR
— Link Delivery Ratio
CA
— cryptographic authentication
WEBRC
— Wave and Equation Based Rate Control
DAR
— Dynamic Alternate Routing
NIH
— Named Information for Humans
NSE
— Named Signaling Event
LCAF
— LISP Canonical Address Format
RLOC
— Routing Locator
MSN
— Master Sequence Number
PCN
— Pre-Congestion Notification
RFD
— Reduced Function Device
WM
— Wireless Medium
SCCRQ
— Start-Control-Connection-Request
BSM
— Bootstrap Message
MDS
— Maximal Separable Distance
OXC
— Optical Crossconnect
LSA
— Link State Advertisement
MR
— Map Resolver
NETCONF
— Network Configuration Protocol
POI
— Purge Originator Identification
ECRTP
— Enhanced Compressed RTP
LSI
— Local Scope Identifier
OF
— Objective Function
TSI
— Transport Session Identifier
LIS
— Location Information Server
PHIB
— Previous Hop Insertion Block
NSEC
— NextSECure
SPM
— Secure Password Method
SCCRP
— Start-Control-Connection-Reply
UDPTL
— UDP Transport Layer
SMR
— Solicit-Map-Request
MIP
— Maintenance Entity Group Intermediate Point
CTM
— Cellular Text Telephone Modem
KINK
— Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys
SIMCO
— Simple Middlebox Configuration
RIID
— Rendezvous Point Interface ID
US-CERT
— US Computer Emergency Readiness Team
SRP
— Secure Routing Protocol
GCKS
— Group Controller/Key Server
PCMU
— Pulse Coded Modulation
SFMT
— sub-feedback message type
NSLP
— NSIS Signaling Layer Protocol
NSIS
— Next Steps In Signaling
XRD
— Extensible Resource Descriptor
DHAAD
— Dynamic Home Agent Address Discovery
ATD
— Activation Time Delay
NRPN
— Non-Registered Parameter Numbers
NDN
— Named Data Networking
TIAS
— Transport Independent Application Specific)
FE
— Forwarding Element
PMTU
— Path Mtu Recovery
ERP
— EAP Re-authentication Protocol
MSTP
— Mobility Service Transport Protocol
RP
— Relying Party
FI
— Forwarding Indicator
FID
— Flow ID
CIID
— Carousel Instance IDentifier
NEWPRED
— No Expansion
DRB
— Designated RBridge
VMR
— Variable Multi Rate
PT
— posture transport
MIF
— multiple interfaces
DAC
— Dynamic Authorization Client
FG
— forest guide
PVT
— Public Validation Token
NCS
— Network Control Signaling
DNSSEC
— DNS Security
MMA
— MIDI Manufacturers Association
COMEDIA
— Connection-Oriented Media
WRAP
— Web Resource Authorization Profiles
HIPV4
— hierarchical IPv4
ETS
— Emergency Telecommunications Service
RS
— Retransmission Server
EOF
— Extended Options and Flags
WSP
— whitespace
CPS
— Certification Practices Statement
FMT
— feedback message type
IW
— Initial Window
DPS
— Distributed Programming System
ESI
— Energy Services Interface
EMA
— External Measurement Agent
SDNV
— Self-Delimiting Numeric Value
BEK
— bundle encryption key
BN
— Bundle Node
MRD
— Multicast Router Discovery
CU
— CUmulus cloud
SCHAC
— Schema for Academia
HBA
— Hash-Based Addresses
CBR
— Constant Bitrate
FIN
— Not expanded
GAS
— Generic Advertisement Service
DS
— Delegation Signer
IEC
— International Electronical Commission
PITR
— proxy ingress tunnel router
DS
— Differentiated Services
MINC
— multicast inference of network characteristics
WF
— Wildcard-Filter
PHR
— Per Hop Reservation
LW-MLDV2
— Lightweight MLDv2
TIMIP
— Terminal Independent Mobile IP
OPEX
— Operational Expediture
SC
— Softwire Concentrator
RDS
— Resolution Discovery System
MA
— Multicast Acquisition
NSP
— native service processing
PW
— pseudowire
SWODY2
— Severe Weather Outlook - Day 2
ECP
— Electronic CodeBook
LSP
— Loose Source Routing
TLSP
— TRILL Link State Protocol
XMLDSIG
— XML Digital Signatures
PNNI
— Private Network-Network Interface
SB
— Source Block
PL
— Protocol Layer
PD
— Prefix Delegation
REAP
— Reachability Protocol
SR
— sender report
IV
— Impairment Validation
MIDCOM
— Middlebox Communications
XLAT
— translator
PDS
— Parameter Data Structure
CTO
— Congestion Timeout
RJSS
— Recovery Journal Sending Structure
PCB
— Payload Confidentiality Block
HAC
— Home Agen Controller
VSS
— Virtual Subnet Selection
SNP
— Subnetwork Point
SLI
— Set-Link-Info
VXML
— VoiceXML
PB
— Provider Bridge
MSA
— Mobility Service Authorizer
MIP6
— Mobile IPv6
MA
— Multiple Attachments
PA
— provider-aggregated
MT
— Multi-Topology
DA
— Datamover Architecture
TS
— Traffic Selector
ERP
— Enterprise Resource Provision
SCT
— Sender Current Time
SOP
— Same-Origin Policy
PSAMP
— Packet Sampling
PLC
— Policy Lifetime Change
FT
— Feedback Target
PIB
— Payload Integrity Block
MPTCP
— Multipath TCP
POP
— proof of possession
DPA
— Destination Preference Attribute
RW
— Restart Window
SCS
— Secure Cookie Sessions
PB
— Posture Broker
TV
— Type/Value
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