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