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CCNA Acronyms

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1. AS
Service Access Point
Point-to-Point Protocol
Autonomous System
Routing Information Protocol

2. SAN
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
Power-On Self Test
Storage Area Network
Logical Link Control

3. VLAN
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Virtual LAN
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Network Address Translation

4. SNAP
Subnetwork Access Point
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Point-to-Point Protocol
Service Profile Identifiers

5. SPIDs
Designated Router
Service Profile Identifiers
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Discard Eligibility

6. DLCI
Data Link Connection Identifier
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
InterSwitch Link
Media Access Control

7. PDU
Committed Information Rate
Network Termination 1
Protocol Data Unit
Access Control List

8. SVC
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
Terminal Equipment 1
Internet Control Message Protocol
Switched Virtual Circuit

9. FECN
VLAN Trunk Protocol
Open Shortest Path First
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
Exterior Gateway Protocol

10. TDM
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Classless InterDomain Routing
Transmission Control Protocol
Time Division Multiplexing

11. DTE
Data Terminal Equipment
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Local Area Network

12. VPN
Terminal Adapter
Virtual Private Network
Designated Router
Variable-Length Subnet Masking

13. ASIC
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Media Access Control
Open Shortest Path First

14. CL
Open Shortest Path First
Virtual LAN
Integrated Services Digital Network
Access Control List

15. ISL
Port Address Redirection
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
InterSwitch Link

16. CAM
Content Addressable Memory
Common Spanning Tree
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Virtual LAN

17. NAT
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Network Address Translation
Data Terminal Equipment
Bridge Protocol Data Unit

18. TCP
Terminal Equipment 2
Transmission Control Protocol
Content Addressable Memory
High-Level Data Link Control

19. TA
Dynamic Host Control Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
Terminal Adapter
InterSwitch Link

20. RSTP
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Protocol Data Unit
Virtual Private Network

21. PPP
Customer Premises Equipment
Point-to-Point Protocol
Subnetwork Access Point
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

22. RIP
Routing Information Protocol
Media Access Control
Protocol Data Unit
Data Terminal Equipment

23. DTP
Customer Premises Equipment
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Address Resolution Protocol
Dynamic Trunk Protocol

24. VLSM
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Service Profile Identifiers
Logical Link Control

25. DR
Designated Router
Point-to-Point Protocol
Basic Rate Interface
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification

26. ISDN
Open Shortest Path First
Terminal Equipment 1
Integrated Services Digital Network
Metropolitan Area Network

27. NT1
Virtual Circuit
Network Termination 1
Terminal Equipment 1
Point-to-Point Protocol

28. LED
Routing Information Protocol
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Classless InterDomain Routing
Light Emitting Diode

29. SAP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Internetwork Operating System
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Service Access Point

30. CST
Data Communications Equipment
Common Spanning Tree
Media Access Control
Permanent Virtual Circuit

31. DDR
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Local Management Interface
Terminal Adapter
Basic Rate Interface

32. VTP
Routing Information Protocol
VLAN Trunk Protocol
Service Access Point
Access Control List

33. CSU/DSU
Network Termination 1
Link Control Protocol
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Virtual Circuit

34. WAN
Port Address Translation
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Wide Area Network
Committed Information Rate

35. CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Terminal Equipment 1
Data Link Connection Identifier
Network Termination 1

36. ARP
Committed Information Rate
Time Division Multiplexing
Address Resolution Protocol
Discard Eligibility

37. HDLC
Address Resolution Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol
Virtual LAN
High-Level Data Link Control

38. LLC
Autonomous System
Logical Link Control
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol

39. EIGRP
Service Profile Identifiers
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Dynamic Host Control Protocol

40. NCP
Storage Area Network
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Network Control Protocol
Port Address Translation

41. CIR
Virtual Private Network
Subnetwork Access Point
Committed Information Rate
Customer Premises Equipment

42. BRI
Basic Rate Interface
Content Addressable Memory
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Data Link Connection Identifier

43. PVST
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Per-VLAN STP
Port Address Translation

44. DHCP
Designated Router
Dynamic Host Control Protocol
Content Network
Virtual LAN

45. POST
Power-On Self Test
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Content Addressable Memory
VLAN Trunk Protocol

46. IGP
Network Termination 2
Transmission Control Protocol
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
Interior Gateway Protocol

47. PAR
Virtual Private Network
Port Address Redirection
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Content Addressable Memory

48. CN
Data Terminal Equipment
Virtual Terminal
Time Division Multiplexing
Content Network

49. TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Internet Control Message Protocol
Content Addressable Memory

50. DCE
Data Communications Equipment
Local Management Interface
Access Control List
Network Termination 2