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CCNA Acronyms

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1. VTP
VLAN Trunk Protocol
Discard Eligibility
Internetwork Operating System
Service Profile Identifiers

2. LMI
Local Management Interface
Integrated Services Digital Network
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Autonomous System

3. DHCP
Dynamic Host Control Protocol
Committed Information Rate
VLAN Trunk Protocol
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection

4. CLI
Command Line Interface
Committed Information Rate
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Internetwork Operating System

5. LAN
Interior Gateway Protocol
Content Network
Local Area Network
Open Shortest Path First

6. CSU/DSU
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Terminal Equipment 2
Switched Virtual Circuit
Point-to-Point Protocol

7. EGP
User Datagram Protocol
Discard Eligibility
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Service Profile Identifiers

8. TE2
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Terminal Equipment 2
Internet Control Message Protocol
Primary Rate Interface

9. ICMP
Protocol Data Unit
Internet Control Message Protocol
Discard Eligibility
Common Spanning Tree

10. PPP
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Primary Rate Interface
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Point-to-Point Protocol

11. NT2
Network Termination 2
Designated Router
InterSwitch Link
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol

12. VLAN
Media Access Control
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Subnetwork Access Point
Virtual LAN

13. BPDU
Terminal Equipment 1
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Discard Eligibility

14. DR
Designated Router
Internetwork Operating System
Open Shortest Path First
Discard Eligibility

15. VLSM
Routing Information Protocol
Network Address Translation
Open Shortest Path First
Variable-Length Subnet Masking

16. PDU
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Network Address Translation
Service Profile Identifiers
Protocol Data Unit

17. CST
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Common Spanning Tree
Integrated Services Digital Network
Data Terminal Equipment

18. CSMA/CD
Network Control Protocol
Network Termination 1
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Local Area Network

19. PRI
Command Line Interface
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Open Systems Interconnection
Primary Rate Interface

20. ASIC
Customer Premises Equipment
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Committed Information Rate
Media Access Control

21. DE
Discard Eligibility
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
User Datagram Protocol

22. NT1
Content Network
Network Termination 1
Network Control Protocol
Virtual Circuit

23. TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Local Management Interface
VLAN Trunk Protocol

24. RSTP
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit

25. PVC
Designated Router
Routing Information Protocol
Network Termination 2
Permanent Virtual Circuit

26. HDLC
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
High-Level Data Link Control
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
VLAN Trunk Protocol

27. POST
Power-On Self Test
InterSwitch Link
Network Termination 1
Virtual LAN

28. IOS
User Datagram Protocol
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Virtual LAN
Internetwork Operating System

29. IGRP
Link Control Protocol
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Network Address Translation

30. DTP
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
Data Terminal Equipment
Subnetwork Access Point
Designated Router

31. TDM
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Time Division Multiplexing
Command Line Interface
Committed Information Rate

32. DCE
Data Communications Equipment
Content Addressable Memory
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Power-On Self Test

33. PAT
Access Control List
Integrated Services Digital Network
Port Address Translation
Port Address Redirection

34. UDP
VLAN Trunk Protocol
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Per-VLAN STP
User Datagram Protocol

35. SVC
Local Area Network
Service Access Point
Per-VLAN STP
Switched Virtual Circuit

36. SNAP
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Metropolitan Area Network
Protocol Data Unit
Subnetwork Access Point

37. CL
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Service Access Point
Time Division Multiplexing
Access Control List

38. CIR
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Virtual Terminal
Committed Information Rate

39. VPN
Virtual Private Network
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Light Emitting Diode
Service Access Point

40. AS
Autonomous System
Data Link Connection Identifier
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
PPP Authentication Protocol

41. BRI
Port Address Redirection
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Basic Rate Interface
VLAN Trunk Protocol

42. NAT
Discard Eligibility
Network Address Translation
Command Line Interface
Interior Gateway Protocol

43. PAR
Classless InterDomain Routing
Per-VLAN STP
Port Address Redirection
Local Management Interface

44. SAP
Address Resolution Protocol
Service Access Point
Logical Link Control
VLAN Trunk Protocol

45. LED
Command Line Interface
Network Termination 1
InterSwitch Link
Light Emitting Diode

46. VTY
VLAN Trunk Protocol
Switched Virtual Circuit
Light Emitting Diode
Virtual Terminal

47. CIDR
Data Link Connection Identifier
Switched Virtual Circuit
Classless InterDomain Routing
Virtual Private Network

48. SAN
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Common Spanning Tree
Storage Area Network
Bridge Protocol Data Unit

49. CHAP
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Metropolitan Area Network
Virtual Private Network
Network Control Protocol

50. CPE
Customer Premises Equipment
Local Management Interface
Time Division Multiplexing
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol