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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