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UNIT-1
1) OSI:-Open System Interconnection
2) P2P:-Peer to Peer
3) CD-ROM:-Compact Disk Read Only Memory
4) PC:-Personal Computer
5) LAN:-Local Area Network
6) MAC:-Medium/Media Access Control
7) CSMA:-Carrier Sense Multiple Access
8) CSMA-CD:-Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
9) CSMA-CA:-Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
10) RTS:-Request To Send
11) CTS:-Clear To Send
12) ACK:-Acknowledgement
13) MAU:-Multistation Access Unit
14) WANs:-Wide Area Networks
15) IEEE:-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
16) Mbps:-Megabits Per Second
17) MBps:-Megabytes Per Second
18) Gbps:-Gigabits Per Second
19) GBps:-Gigabytes Per Second
20) DTE:-Data Terminal Equipment
21) DCE:-Data Communication Eqipment
22) CDDI:-Copper Distributed Data Interface
23) TPPMD:-Twisted Pair Physical Medium Dependent
24) TPDDI:-Twisted Pair Distributed Data InterFace
25) ANSI:-American National Standard Institute
26) STP:-Shielded Twisted Pair
27) UTP:-Unshilded Twisted Pair
28) FDDI:-Fiber Distributed Data Interface
29) MAN:-Metropolitan Area Network
30) SAS:-Single Attached Station
31) Pin:-Primary Input
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32) Pout:-Primary Output

33) DAS:-Dual Attached Station
34) SAC:-Single Attached Concentrator
35) DAC:-Dual Attached Concentrator
36) Sin:-Secondary Input
37) Sout:-Secondary Output
38) IP:-Internet Protocol
39) HTTP:-Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
40) SMTP:-Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
41) FTP:-File Transfer Protocol
42) ARP:-Address Resolution Protocol
43) IPV4:-Internet Protocol Version 4
44) UDP:-User Datagram Protocol
45) ISO:-International Standard Organization
46) EBCDIC:-Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
47) ASCII:-American Standard Code for Information Interchange
48) FTAM:-File Transfer Access and Management
49) MHS:-Message Handling System
50) TCP/IP:-Transmission Control Protocol /Internet Protocol
51) DOD:-Department Of Defense
52) TFTP:-Trivial File Transfer Protocol
53) IBM:-International Business Machines
54) ICMP:-Internet Control Message Protocol
55) NTFS:-New Technology File System
56) EFS:-Encryption File System
57) GB:-GegaBytes
58) UNC:-Universal Naming Convention

UNIT-2
1) EMI:-Electro Magnetic Interference
2) RFI:-Radio Frequency Interference
3) FHSS:-Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
4) DSSS:-Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
5) TP:-Twisted Pair
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6) PVC:-Poly Vinyl Chloride

7) RG:-Radio Government
8) BNC:-British Naval Connector
9) AUI:-Attachment Unit Interface
10) CCTV:-Close Circuit Television
11) ARCNet:-Attached Resource Computer Network
12) EIA:-Elecronic Industries Association
13) TIA:-Telecommunications Industries Association
14) MHs:-MegaHertz
15) RJ:-Registered Jack
16) LED:-Light Emitting Diode
17) ST:-Straight Tip
18) SC:-Subscriber/Standard Connector
19) SMA:-Sub Miniature Type A
20) MIC:-Medium Interface Connector
21) PDAs:-Personal Digital Assistants
22) PAN:-Personal Area Network
23) OBEX:-Object Exchange
24) GPS:-Global Positioning System
25) USB:-Universal Serial Bus
26) DECT:-Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication
27) RTLS:-Real Time Location Systems
28) WPAN:-Wireless Personal Area Network
29) WLAN:-Wireless Local Area Network
30) VLF:-Very Low Frequency
31) ELF:-Extremely Low Frequency
32) SLF:-Supper Low Frequency
33) ULF:-Ultra Low Frequency
34) ITU:-International Telecommunication Union
35) LF:-Low Frequency
36) MF:-Medium Frequency
37) HF:-High Frequency
38) VHF:-Very High Frequency
39) UHF:-Ultra High Frequency

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40) SHF:-Supper High Frequency

41) EHF:-Extremely High Frequency
42) LW:-Long Wave
43) MW:-Medium Wave
44) SW:-Short Wave
45) AM:-Amplitude Modulation
46) PDUs:-Protocol Data Units
47) FDM:- Frequency Division Multiplexing
48) TDM:-Time Division Multiplexing
49) CDM:-Code Division Multiplexing
50) WDM:-WaveLength Division Multiplexing
51) 2G:-Second Generation
52) 3G:-Third Generation
53) CDMA:-Code Division Multiple Access
54) ADC:-Analog to Digital Conversion
55) IR:-Infrared
56) RF:-Radio Frequency
57) CWDM:-Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing
58) DWDM:-Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
59) NIC:-Network Interface Controller/Card
60) DSL:-Digital Subscriber Line
61) ADSL:-Advanced Digital Subscriber Line
62) SDSL:-Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
63) ATU-R:-Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Terminal Unit-Remote
64) MODEM:-Modulation and Demodulation
65) PCI:-Peripheral Component Interconnect
66) CPU:-Central Processing Unit
67) ROM:-Read Only Memory
68) POTS:-Plain Old Telephone Service
69) DSLAM:-Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
70) ATM:-Asynchronous Transfer Mode
71) DHCP:-Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
72) PPPoE:-Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
73) PAP:-Password Authentication Protocol

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74) FDD:-Frequency Division Duplex

75) ECD:-Echo Cancelling Duplex
76) TDD:-Time Division Duplex
77) PSTN:-Public Switched Telephone Network
78) Bit/s OR bps:-Bits Per Second
79) B/S:-Bytes Per Second
80) ITU:-International Telecommunications Union
81) ISDN:-Integrated Services Digital Network
82) RIP:-Routing Information Protocol
83) OSPF:-Open Shortest Path First
84) BGP:-Border Gateway Protocol
85) EIGRP:-Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
86) ISP:-Internet Service Provider
87) AS:-Autonomous Systems
88) SNA:-Systems Network Architecture
89) IPX:-Internetwork Packet Exchange
90) VLAN:-Virtual Local Area Network
91) SOC:-Security Operations Center
92) WNICs:-Wireless Network Interface Cards/Controllers
93) PCB:-Process Control Block
94) PHY:-Physical
95) LTE:-Long Term Evolution
96) APs:-Access Points
97) WTP:-Wireless Termination Point
98) AC:-Access Controller
99) WAP:-Wireless Access Point
100) WISPs:-Wireless Internet Service Providers
101) NLOS:-Non Line Of Sight
102) WEP:-Wired Equivalent Privacy
103) WPA:-Wifi Protected Access
104) WPA-PSK:-Wifi Protected Access – Pre Shared Key
105) WDS:-Wireless Distributed System
106) TKIP:-Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

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107) CCMP:-Counter mode with Cipher block chaining Message

authentication code Protocol
108) AES:-Advanced Encryption Standard

UNIT-3

1) HTTP:-Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

2) HTML:-Hyper Text Markup Language
3) CRC:-Cyclical Redundancy Check
4) SPX:-Sequenced Packet Exchange
5) DNA:-Data Network Associates
6) SNA:-Systems Network Architecture
7) DARPA:-Defence Advanced Research Project Agency
8) ID:-Identification
9) IETF:-Internet Engineering Task Force
10) W3C:-World Wide Web Consortium
11) RFCs:-Requests For Comments
12) UA:-User Agent
13) SSDP:-Simple Service Discovery Protocol
14) URLs:-Uniform Resource Locators
15) URIs:-Uniform Resource Identifiers
16) ESMTP:-Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
17) SSL:-Secure Sockets Layer
18) SMTPS:-Simple Mail Transfer Protocols
19) POP:-Post Office Protocol
20) IMAP:-Internet Message Access Protocol
21) ARPANet:-Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
22) UUCP:-Unix To Unix Copy Program
23) BSD:-Berkeley Software Distribution
24) MTA:-Mail Transfer Agent
25) SMTP-AUTH:-Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - Authentication
26) MIME:-Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
27) MUA:-Mail User Agent
28) MSA:-Mail Submission Agent
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29) DNS:-Domain Name System

30) MDA:-Mail Delivery Agent
31) LMTP:-Local Mail Transfer Protocol
32) IMAP:-Internet Message Access Protocol
33) MX:-Mail Exchange
34) TLS:-Transport Layer Security
35) MD5:-Message Digest #5
36) SNMP:-Simple Network Management Protocol
37) MIBs:-Management Information Bases
38) NMS:-Network Management System
39) OID:-Object Identifiers
40) SMIv2:-Structure of Management Information Version 2
41) PDUs:-Protocol Data Units
42) NCP:-Network Control Program
43) NDP:-Neighbor Discovery Protocol
44) InARP:-Inverse Address Resolution Protocol
45) SPA:-Sender’s Protocol Address
46) THA:-Target Hardware Address
47) RARP:-Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
48) BOOTP:-Bootstrap Protocol
49) NetBIOS:-Network Basic Input Output System
50) NetBEUI:-Network Basic Extended User Interface
51) L2CAP:-Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol
52) QOS:-Quality Of Service
53) RFCOMM:-Radio Frequency Communication
54) ETSI:-European Telecommunications Standards Institute
55) PPP:-Point to Point Protocol
56) MTU:-Maximum Transmission Unit
57) IS-IS:-Intermediate System – Intermediate System
58) AD:-Administrative Distance
59) EGP:-Exterior Gateway Protocol
60) VLSMs:-Variable Length Subnet Masks
61) OLSR:-Optimised Link State Routing
62) TC:-Topology Control

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63) MPRs:-Multi Point Relays

64) ABR:-Area Border Routers
65) LSA:-Link State Advertisement
66) ASBR:-Autonomous System Boundary Routers
67) DR:-Designated Router
68) BDR:-Backup Designated Router
69) RID:-Router ID
70) IGP:-Interior Gateway Protocol

UNIT- 4

1) CIDR:-Classless Inter-Domain Routing

2) PING:-Packet Internet Groper
3) NAT:-Network Address Translation
4) APIPA:-Automatic Private IP Addressing
5) IPNG:-Internet Protocol Next Generation
6) IPSec:-Internet Protocol Security
7) IANA:-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
8) RIR:-Regional Internet Registry
9) VPN:-Virtual Private Network
10) AD:-Active Directory
11) IIS:-Internet Information Service/ Server
12) CLI:-Command Line Interface
13) GUI:-Graphical User Interface
14) MMC:-Microsoft Management Console
15) DVD-ROM:-Digital Versatile Disc - Read Only Memory
16) IDE:-Integrated Drive Electronics
17) RODC:-Read Only Domain Controller
18) ADDS:-Active Directory Domain Services
19) DC:-Domain Component
20) ACL:-Access Control List
21) OU:-Organizational Unit
22) SIDs:-Security Identifiers
23) GPMC:-Group Policy Management Console
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24) SDK:-Software Development Kit

25) XML:-Extensible Markup Language
26) SQL:-Structured Query Language
27) SDDL:-Security Definition Description Language

UNIT-5

1) WWW:-World Wide Web

2) IDS:-Intrusion Detection System
3) HERF:-High Energy Radio Frequency
4) IPS:-Intrusion Prevention System
5) TCO:- Total Cost of Ownership
6) DES:-Data Encryption Standard
7) NSA:-National Security Agency
8) ATM:-Automated Teller Machine
9) POS:-Point Of Sale
10) IDEA:-International Data Encryption Algorithm
11) 3DES:-Triple Data Encryption Standard
12) PGP:-Pretty Good Privacy
13) RC4:-Rivest Cipher #4
14) RSA:-Rivest Shamir Adleman
15) DSA:-Digital Signature Algorithm
16) PEM:-Privacy Enhanced Mail
17) DSS:-Digital Signature Standard
18) GCHQ:-Government Communications Head Quarters
19) MD4:-Message Digest #4
20) SHA-1:-Secure Hash Algorithm-1
21) NIST:-National Institute of Standards & Technology
22) SSH:-Secure Shell
23) MACs:-Message Authentication Cdes
24) RAS:-Remote Access Services
25) CIA:-Confidentiality Integrity and Availability
26) DOS:-Denial Of Service
27) NSF:-National Science Foundation
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28) BRI:-Basic Rate Interface

29) PRI:-Primary Rate Interface
30) SONet:-Synchronous Optical Network
31) NT1:-Network Termination 1
32) TA:-terminal Adapter
33) INS:-Interconnected Network Server
34) PBX:-Private Branch Exchange
35) DTMF:-Dual Tone Multi Frequency Signaling
36) MPEG:-Moving Picture Experts Group
37) BBC:-British Broadcasting Corporation
38) DLC:-Data Link Control / Digital Loop Carrier
39) CDN:-Circuit Direct Number
40) DECNet:-Digital Equipment Corporation Network
41) MPLS:-Multi-Protocol Label Switching
42) IPLC:-International Private Leased Circuit
43) CSU/DSU:-Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit
44) OFC:-Optical Fiber Communication
45) SDSL:-Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
46) S2SVPN:-Site-to-Site Virtual Private Network
47) GRE:-Generic Routing Encapsulation
48) DM VPN:-Dynamic Multipoint VPN
49) PPTP:-Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
50) PAP:-Password Authentication Protocol
51) MS-CHAP:-MicroSoft – Challenge Handshake Authentication
Protocol
52) EAP-TLS:-Extensible Authentication Protocol – Transport Layer
Security
53) MPPE:-Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption
54) PEAP:-Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
55) L2TP:-Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
56) L2F:-Layer 2 Forwarding
57) WFWAS:-Windows Firewall With Advanced Security
58) BRAS:-Broadband Remote Access Server
59) LNS:-Log-write Network Server

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60) DARPA:-Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

61) ESP:-Encapsulating Security Payloads
62) SP3D:-Smart Plant Three Dimensions
63) NLSP:-Network Layer Security Protocol
64) AH:-Authentication Headers
65) SA:-Security Association
66) ISAKMP:-Internet Security Association and Key Management
Protocol
67) IKE:-Internet Key Exchange
68) KINK:-Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys
69) ECN:-Explicit Congestion Notification
70) TTL:-Time To Live
71) ICV:-Integrity Check Value
72) HMAC:-Hash Message Authentication Code
73) API:-Application Program Interface
74) GPS:-Global Positioning System
75) UTC:-Universal Time Coordinated
76) PNT:-Positioning Navigation and Timing
77) SMS:-Short Message Service
78) GPRS:-General Packet Radio Service
79) GSM:-Global System for Mobile communication
80) TDMA:-Time Division Multiple Access
81) CDPD:-Cellular Digital Packet Data
82) 3GPP:-3rd Generation Partnership Project
83) WCDMA:-Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
84) MMS:-Multimedia Messaging Service
85) POC:-Push to talk Over Cellular
86) TPCP:-Internet Protocol Control Protocol
87) UE:-User Equipment
88) RTT:-Round –Trip Time
89) DVRs:-Digital Video Recorders
90) HD:-High Definition
91) SDI:-Serial Digital Interface
92) POE:-Power over Ethernet

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