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- Abend - ABnormal ENDing of network operation system.
- ACL - Access Control List
- ACS - Asynchronous Communications Servers
- ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
- ARCnet - Attached Resource Computer Network
- ASCII - American Standard of Computer Information
Interchange
- ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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- Backbone
- Bandwidth
- BOOTP
- bps - bits per second
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- CBT - Computer Based Training
- CCITT - Consultative Committee for International
Telegraph and Telephone
- CD-ROM - Compact Disk Read-Only Memory
- CDDI - Copper Distributed Data Interface, see FDDI
- CNA - Certified Network Administrator
- CNE - Certified Network Engineer
- CPU - Central Processing Unit
- CRC - Cyclical Redundancy Check
- CSMA/CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision
Detection
- DARPA - Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency
- DAT - Digital Audio Tapes
- DCE - Data Communication Equipment (i.e. your modem)
- DD-CMP - Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
- DDS - Digital Data Service
- DETs - Directory Entry Tables
- DHCP - Dynamic Hosts Configuration Protocol
- DOS - Disk Operation System
- DTE - Data Terminal Equipment (i.e. your PC)
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- E-1 line
- ECC Memory - Error Correcting Code memory
- EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
- EISA - Extended Industry Standard Architecture
- EMS - Expended Memory Specification
- ESDI - Enhanced Small Device Interface
- FDDI - Fiber Distributed Data Interface
- FTP - File Transfer Protocol
- GUI - Graphic User Interface
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- HDLC - High-Level Data-Link Control
- HSM - Hierarchical Storage Management
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- I/O - Input Output
- ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
- IDE - Integrated Disk Electronics drives
- IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- INI Files - Initialisation Files
- Intarnet - Network services using Internet network
technology for internal network.
- IP - Internet Protocol
- IPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange (Netware)
- IRF - Inherited Rights Filter
- IRQ - Interrupt Requests
- ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
- ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
- ISO - International Standards Organization
- JAVA - A new object oriented programming language
developed by SUN Microsystems.
- Kbps - Kilobits per second
- Kbyte / sec - KiloBytes per second
- LAN - Local Area Network
- LLC - Logical Link Control
- LNMS - LattisNet Management System
- LPC - Line Printer Client
- LPD - Line Printer Daemon
- LSM - LANtern Service Manager
- LSL - Link Support Layer
- LU - Logical Unit
- LUN - Logical Unit Number
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- MAC - Medium Access Control
- MAU - Multistation Access Units
- MCA - Micro Channel Architecture buses
- MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional
- MCPS - Microsoft Certified Product Specialist
- MHS - Message Handling Service
- MIB - Management Information Bases
- MLID - Multiple Link Interface Driver
- MPR - MultiProtocol Router
- MSL - Mirrored Server Link
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- NAS - Netware Access Server
- NAUN - Nearest Active Upstream Neighbour
- NCP - Netware Core Protocol
- NCSI/NASI - Network Communications Services Interface /
Network Asynchronous Services Interface
- NDIS - Network Device Interface Specification
- NDMS - NetWare Distributed Management System
- NDS - NetWare Directory Services
- NetBEUI - NetBIOS Extended User Interface
- NetBIOS - Network BIOS
- NFS - Network File System
- NIC - Network Interface Card
- NIS - Network Information Service
- NLM - NetWare Loadable Modules
- NLSP - NetWare Link Services Protocol
- NMA - NetWare Management Agents
- NMI - Non-Maskable Interrupt parity errors
- NOS - Network Operation System
- NT - New Technology
- NWCS - NetWare Communication Services
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- ODI - Open Data Link Interface
- OSI - Open System Interconnect
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- PC - Personal Computer
- PCI - Peripheral Component Interface
- PDN - Public Data Networks
- PIN - Processor Independent NetWare
- PIO - Programmable Input Output
- PMD - Physical Medium Dependent sublayer
- POP - Point of Presence
- POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3
- PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol
- PSC - Print Server Command of NetWare
- PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Networks
- PU - Physical Units
- QIC
- RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
- RAM - Random Access Memory
- RARP - Reverse ARP
- RBS - Robbed-Bit-Signaling
- RFC - Request For Comments in Internet world
- RIP - Router Information Protocol
- RLN - Remote LAN Node
- RMON - Remote Network Monitoring Management
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- SAP - Service Advertising Protocol
- SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
- SDLC - Synchronous Data Link Control
- SFT - System Fault Tolerant
- SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SNA - Systems Network Architecture
- SNAP - Subnetwork Access Protocol
- SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
- SPX - Sequenced Packet eXchange protocol
- SQE - Signal Quality Errors
- SQL - Structured Quarry Language
- SSAP - Source Service Access Point
- SSL - Security Socket Layer
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- T-1 lines
- TCP/IP - Transfer Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
- TFTP - Trivial File Transfer Protocol
- TTS - Transaction Tracking System
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- UDP - User Data Protocol
- UMA - Upper-Memory Area
- UNA - Universal Network Architecture
- UFS - Universal File System
- UNC - Universal Naming Convention
- UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
- UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair cabling
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- VESA - Video and Electronic Standard Association
- VL Bus - VESA Local Bus
- VLM - Virtual Loadable Module
- VM - Virtual Machine
- VPN - Virtual Private Network
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- WAN - Wide Area Networks
- WIN - Windows Internet Naming service
- WORM - Write-Once, Read-Many CD-ROM drive
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- X.25
- XMS - Extended Memory Specification
- XNS - Xerox Network System
- Y-Modem - Modem File Transfer Protocol
- Z-Modem - Modem file transfer protocol
- 802.3 - Ethernet 802.3 Protocol
Revised: December 22, 2003.
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