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CCNA Acronyms

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1. AS
VLAN Trunk Protocol
Autonomous System
Wide Area Network
Storage Area Network

2. BECN
Subnetwork Access Point
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
Per-VLAN STP

3. NT1
Network Termination 1
Content Addressable Memory
Local Management Interface
Service Profile Identifiers

4. DCE
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Data Link Connection Identifier
Content Addressable Memory
Data Communications Equipment

5. HDLC
Access Control List
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Command Line Interface
High-Level Data Link Control

6. BRI
Basic Rate Interface
Logical Link Control
Media Access Control
Primary Rate Interface

7. DDR
Basic Rate Interface
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Primary Rate Interface

8. IOS
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Virtual Circuit
Internetwork Operating System
Data Terminal Equipment

9. MAC
Terminal Equipment 1
Terminal Adapter
Time Division Multiplexing
Media Access Control

10. TCP/IP
Local Management Interface
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

11. CIDR
Content Network
Classless InterDomain Routing
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection

12. PVC
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Port Address Translation
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification

13. VTY
Virtual Terminal
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Basic Rate Interface
Terminal Equipment 2

14. VTP
Open Shortest Path First
Point-to-Point Protocol
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
VLAN Trunk Protocol

15. IGP
Data Link Connection Identifier
PPP Authentication Protocol
Terminal Equipment 1
Interior Gateway Protocol

16. FECN
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
Dynamic Host Control Protocol

17. OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
Service Profile Identifiers
Virtual Terminal
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

18. BPDU
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Common Spanning Tree
Network Control Protocol
Data Terminal Equipment

19. VPN
Customer Premises Equipment
Virtual Private Network
Virtual Circuit
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

20. ARP
Dynamic Host Control Protocol
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
Access Control List
Address Resolution Protocol

21. DTP
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Address Resolution Protocol
Common Spanning Tree

22. LCP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Routing Information Protocol
Link Control Protocol
Command Line Interface

23. SAP
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Command Line Interface
Service Access Point
Switched Virtual Circuit

24. WAN
Wide Area Network
Data Terminal Equipment
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Network Termination 2

25. DHCP
Network Address Translation
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Link Control Protocol
Dynamic Host Control Protocol

26. PAT
Power-On Self Test
Wide Area Network
Port Address Translation
NonBroadcast Multiple Access

27. EGP
PPP Authentication Protocol
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Open Shortest Path First
Network Address Translation

28. PAR
InterSwitch Link
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Port Address Redirection
Power-On Self Test

29. PRI
Primary Rate Interface
Internetwork Operating System
Switched Virtual Circuit
Virtual Circuit

30. PAP
Link Control Protocol
Subnetwork Access Point
PPP Authentication Protocol
Virtual LAN

31. ASIC
Power-On Self Test
User Datagram Protocol
Command Line Interface
Application Specific Integrated Circuit

32. CSU/DSU
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Network Control Protocol
Terminal Equipment 1
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

33. TDM
Local Area Network
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
Time Division Multiplexing
Service Profile Identifiers

34. EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Content Network
Common Spanning Tree
NonBroadcast Multiple Access

35. CLI
Content Addressable Memory
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Command Line Interface
Wide Area Network

36. POST
Power-On Self Test
Command Line Interface
Service Profile Identifiers
InterSwitch Link

37. TE1
Terminal Equipment 1
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Routing Information Protocol
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification

38. ICMP
Common Spanning Tree
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Access Control List
Internet Control Message Protocol

39. TA
Network Termination 2
Terminal Adapter
Basic Rate Interface
Address Resolution Protocol

40. SAN
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Storage Area Network
PPP Authentication Protocol

41. LAN
Local Area Network
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Service Access Point
Network Address Translation

42. VC
Content Addressable Memory
Service Profile Identifiers
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Virtual Circuit

43. PDU
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
Data Terminal Equipment
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Protocol Data Unit

44. CL
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
Port Address Redirection
Access Control List
Network Termination 1

45. ISDN
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Integrated Services Digital Network
InterSwitch Link
PPP Authentication Protocol

46. CPE
Switched Virtual Circuit
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Customer Premises Equipment

47. CIR
Data Communications Equipment
Local Area Network
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Committed Information Rate

48. TCP
Interior Gateway Protocol
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Transmission Control Protocol
Virtual Circuit

49. UDP
Protocol Data Unit
Service Access Point
Virtual Circuit
User Datagram Protocol

50. SNAP
Subnetwork Access Point
Data Communications Equipment
Classless InterDomain Routing
Terminal Equipment 2