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1. TA
Point-to-Point Protocol
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Terminal Adapter
Common Spanning Tree

2. UDP
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
User Datagram Protocol
Integrated Services Digital Network

3. ASIC
Command Line Interface
Switched Virtual Circuit
Discard Eligibility
Application Specific Integrated Circuit

4. CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Dynamic Host Control Protocol
Subnetwork Access Point

5. PDU
Terminal Equipment 2
Protocol Data Unit
Basic Rate Interface
Terminal Adapter

6. DE
Virtual LAN
Storage Area Network
Service Profile Identifiers
Discard Eligibility

7. ISDN
Dynamic Host Control Protocol
Integrated Services Digital Network
Basic Rate Interface
InterSwitch Link

8. CHAP
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Service Profile Identifiers
Data Link Connection Identifier
Point-to-Point Protocol

9. IGP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Primary Rate Interface
Port Address Redirection
Interior Gateway Protocol

10. OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Terminal Equipment 1
Per-VLAN STP

11. DTP
Time Division Multiplexing
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
Protocol Data Unit
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

12. DR
Time Division Multiplexing
Designated Router
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Customer Premises Equipment

13. CSU/DSU
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Integrated Services Digital Network
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification

14. EIGRP
Common Spanning Tree
Network Termination 2
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Integrated Services Digital Network

15. IGRP
Designated Router
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Service Profile Identifiers
Local Area Network

16. CN
Integrated Services Digital Network
Local Management Interface
Content Network
PPP Authentication Protocol

17. BRI
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Basic Rate Interface
Classless InterDomain Routing
Content Addressable Memory

18. NT1
Network Termination 1
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
Point-to-Point Protocol
Open Systems Interconnection

19. VPN
Virtual Private Network
Classless InterDomain Routing
Discard Eligibility
VLAN Trunk Protocol

20. DCE
Data Communications Equipment
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Media Access Control
Terminal Equipment 1

21. NBMA
Committed Information Rate
Virtual LAN
Dial-on-Demand Routing
NonBroadcast Multiple Access

22. AS
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Autonomous System
VLAN Trunk Protocol

23. BPDU
Command Line Interface
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Network Address Translation
Discard Eligibility

24. VTP
Exterior Gateway Protocol
VLAN Trunk Protocol
Data Communications Equipment
Primary Rate Interface

25. TE1
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Wide Area Network
Terminal Equipment 1
Interior Gateway Protocol

26. RIP
Command Line Interface
Classless InterDomain Routing
Routing Information Protocol
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

27. RARP
Subnetwork Access Point
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Port Address Translation
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

28. CIDR
Classless InterDomain Routing
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Wide Area Network
Storage Area Network

29. TCP
User Datagram Protocol
Data Communications Equipment
Transmission Control Protocol
Port Address Translation

30. TDM
Per-VLAN STP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Time Division Multiplexing
Classless InterDomain Routing

31. VC
Virtual Circuit
Point-to-Point Protocol
Network Control Protocol
Dial-on-Demand Routing

32. LLC
Address Resolution Protocol
Integrated Services Digital Network
Logical Link Control
Open Shortest Path First

33. IOS
Routing Information Protocol
Network Address Translation
Internetwork Operating System
Media Access Control

34. PAT
Time Division Multiplexing
Open Shortest Path First
Routing Information Protocol
Port Address Translation

35. ISL
Subnetwork Access Point
Transmission Control Protocol
Customer Premises Equipment
InterSwitch Link

36. VLSM
Subnetwork Access Point
Service Profile Identifiers
Storage Area Network
Variable-Length Subnet Masking

37. PVC
Data Link Connection Identifier
Per-VLAN STP
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Primary Rate Interface

38. RSTP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Internetwork Operating System
Access Control List

39. DDR
Power-On Self Test
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Primary Rate Interface
PPP Authentication Protocol

40. SVC
Protocol Data Unit
Subnetwork Access Point
Per-VLAN STP
Switched Virtual Circuit

41. NCP
Transmission Control Protocol
Network Control Protocol
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
High-Level Data Link Control

42. PAR
Open Shortest Path First
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
InterSwitch Link
Port Address Redirection

43. PVST
Per-VLAN STP
Routing Information Protocol
Service Profile Identifiers
Permanent Virtual Circuit

44. CPE
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Internetwork Operating System
Content Addressable Memory
Customer Premises Equipment

45. ARP
Data Communications Equipment
Content Addressable Memory
Address Resolution Protocol
Dynamic Trunk Protocol

46. CIR
Committed Information Rate
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Service Access Point
Light Emitting Diode

47. POST
Power-On Self Test
Routing Information Protocol
Primary Rate Interface
Bridge Protocol Data Unit

48. PRI
Primary Rate Interface
Open Systems Interconnection
Access Control List
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

49. BECN
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Terminal Adapter
Data Communications Equipment
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification

50. SAN
Time Division Multiplexing
Virtual Circuit
Storage Area Network
Virtual Private Network