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== Topic ==
This page will be used for you to make yourself knowledgeable on a variety of tech acronyms. A wide array of acronyms, whether it be on hardware, networking, protocols, etc. These will be very important for any tech in 24Pintech.  Learn them and know them well, otherwise you will fall victim to the ether whip.

== Cloud Computing: ==
'''DaaS:''' Desktop as a Service

'''IaaS''': Infrastructure as a Service

'''ICaaS''': Integration Capabilities as a Service

'''NaaS''': Network as a Service

'''PaaS''': Platform as a Service

'''SaaS''': Software as a service

== Hardware: ==
'''CLI''': Command Line Interface

'''CMOS''': Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

'''CPU''': Central Processing Unit

'''CRT''': Cathode Ray Tube

'''DIMM''': Dual In-line Memory Module

'''GPU''': Graphics Processing Unit

'''NAS''': Network Attached Storage

'''NIC''': Network Interface Card

'''POST''': Power-on Self Test

'''PC''': Personal Computer

'''RAM''': Random Access Memory

'''ROM''': Read-only Memory

'''TPM''': Trusted Platform Module

== Hypervisor/ Virtual ==
'''VDI''': Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

'''VM''': Virtual Machine

'''VNC''': Virtual Network Computer

'''VPN''': Virtual Private Network

== Networking: ==
'''DNS''': Domain Name Service

'''ISP''': Internet Service Provider

'''LAN''': Local Area Network

'''MAN''': Metropolitan Area Network

'''UC''': Unified Communications

'''WAN''': Wide Area Network

== Organizations: ==
'''ANSI''': American National Standards Institute

'''CCIA''': Computer and Communications Industry Association

'''CompTIA''': Computing Technology Industry Association

'''DEC''': Digital Equipment Corporation

'''EIA''': Electronics Industry Alliance

'''FCC''': Federal Communications Commission

'''IANA''': Internet Assigned Number Authority

'''IEEE''': Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

'''IETF''': Internet Engineering Task Force

'''ITU-T''': International Telecommunication Union

'''MoCA''': Multimedia over Coax Alliance

'''OSI''': Open System Interconnect

'''TIA''': Telecommunications Industry Alliance

'''W3C''': World Wide Web Consortium

== Web server ==
'''LTS''': Long Term Support

== Protocol: ==
'''DHCP''': Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

'''FTP''': File Transfer Protocol

'''HTTP''': Hypertext Transfer Protocol

'''HTTPS''': Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

'''IP''': Internet Protocol

'''PAP''': Password Authentication Protocol

'''PPP''': Point-to-Point Protocol

'''SMTP''': Secure Mail Transfer Protocol

'''TCP''': Transmission Control Protocol

'''TCTP''': Trivial File Transfer Protocol

== Security: ==
'''ACL''': Access Control List

'''AES''': Advanced Encryption Standard

'''DDoS''': Distributed Denial of Service

'''DES''': Data Encryption Standard

'''IDS''': Intrusion Detection System

'''IPS''': Intrusion Prevention System

'''MFA''': Multi Factor Authentication

'''RMM''': Remote Monitoring Management

'''SIEM''': Security Information and Event Management

'''TFA''': Two Factor Authentication

'''WPA''': Wi-Fi Protected Access

'''SSL''': Secure Socket Layer

== Misc: ==
'''CA''': Conditional Access

'''IB''': Install Base

'''PII''': Personally Identifiable Information

'''RTT''': Round Trip Time

'''STFW''': Search the F****ng Web