Net+ Acronyms

A

Address

ACL

Access Control List

AH

Authentication Header

AP

Access Point

API

Application Programming Interface

APIPA

Automatic Private Internet Protocol

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

AUP

Acceptable Use Policy

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

BNC

Bayonet Neill–Concelman

BSSID

Basic Service Set Identifier

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device

CAM

Content-addressable Memory

CDN

Content Delivery Network

CDP

Cisco Discovery Protocol

CIA

Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability

CIDR

Classless Inter-domain Routing

CLI

Command-line Interface

CNAME

Canonical Name

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

DAC

Direct Attach Copper

DAS

Direct-attached Storage

DCI

Data Center Interconnect

DDoS

Distributed Denial-of-service

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DLP

Data Loss Prevention

DNS

Domain Name System

DNSSEC

Domain Name System Security Extensions

DoH

DNS over Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

DoS

Denial-of-service

DoT

DNS over Transport Layer Security

DR

Disaster Recovery

EAPoL

Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN

EIGRP

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

EOL

End-of-life

EOS

End-of-support

ESP

Encapsulating Security Payload

ESSID

Extended Service Set Identifier

EULA

End User License Agreement

FC

Fibre Channel

FHRP

First Hop Redundancy Protocol

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GRE

Generic Routing Encapsulation

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service

IaC

Infrastructure as Code

IAM

Identity and Access Management

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

ICS

Industrial Control System

IDF

Intermediate Distribution Frame

IDS

Intrusion Detection System

IoT

Internet of Things

IIoT

Industrial Internet of Things

IKE

Internet Key Exchange

IP

Internet Protocol

IPAM

Internet Protocol Address Management

IPS

Intrusion Prevention System

IPSec

Internet Protocol Security

IS-IS

Intermediate System to Intermediate System

LACP

Link Aggregation Control Protocol

LAN

Local Area Network

LC

Local Connector

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDAPS

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over SSL

LLDP

Link Layer Discovery Protocol

MAC

Media Access Control

MDF

Main Distribution Frame

MDIX

Medium Dependent Interface Crossover

MFA

Multifactor Authentication

MIB

Management Information Base

MPO

Multifiber Push On

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failure

MTTR

Mean Time To Repair

MTU

Maximum Transmission Unit

MX

Mail Exchange

NAC

Network Access Control

NAS

Network-attached Storage

NAT

Network Address Translation

NFV

Network Functions Virtualization

NIC

Network Interface Cards

NS

Name Server

NTP

Network Time Protocol

NTS

Network Time Security

OS

Operating System

OSPF

Open Shortest Path First

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection

OT

Operational Technology

PaaS

Platform as a Service

PAT

Port Address Translation

PCI DSS

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards

PDU

Power Distribution Unit

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

PoE

Power over Ethernet

PSK

Pre-shared Key

PTP

Precision Time Protocol