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CCNA Acronyms

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1. PVC
Time Division Multiplexing
InterSwitch Link
Permanent Virtual Circuit
NonBroadcast Multiple Access

2. VPN
Local Area Network
Content Network
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Virtual Private Network

3. CSU/DSU
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Point-to-Point Protocol
Open Shortest Path First
Per-VLAN STP

4. SVC
Command Line Interface
Terminal Equipment 1
Switched Virtual Circuit
Terminal Adapter

5. VLAN
Port Address Redirection
Data Terminal Equipment
Virtual LAN
Application Specific Integrated Circuit

6. BPDU
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Data Communications Equipment
Port Address Redirection

7. DTP
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
High-Level Data Link Control
Light Emitting Diode
Subnetwork Access Point

8. DHCP
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Dynamic Host Control Protocol
Committed Information Rate
Virtual LAN

9. VC
Terminal Equipment 2
Classless InterDomain Routing
Virtual Circuit
Point-to-Point Protocol

10. LMI
Local Management Interface
Interior Gateway Protocol
Per-VLAN STP
Time Division Multiplexing

11. ARP
Virtual Circuit
Wide Area Network
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Address Resolution Protocol

12. SAN
InterSwitch Link
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Wide Area Network
Storage Area Network

13. DE
Common Spanning Tree
Discard Eligibility
Basic Rate Interface
NonBroadcast Multiple Access

14. EIGRP
Virtual LAN
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Access Control List
Open Shortest Path First

15. IOS
Internetwork Operating System
PPP Authentication Protocol
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Storage Area Network

16. VLSM
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Port Address Redirection
Switched Virtual Circuit
Address Resolution Protocol

17. IGP
Open Shortest Path First
Interior Gateway Protocol
Address Resolution Protocol
Power-On Self Test

18. UDP
User Datagram Protocol
Interior Gateway Protocol
Open Shortest Path First
Port Address Translation

19. RIP
Protocol Data Unit
Routing Information Protocol
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Virtual Circuit

20. RSTP
Discard Eligibility
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

21. PDU
Committed Information Rate
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Transmission Control Protocol
Protocol Data Unit

22. DCE
Network Control Protocol
Local Management Interface
Data Communications Equipment
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit

23. TCP/IP
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Wide Area Network

24. BRI
Storage Area Network
Address Resolution Protocol
Network Control Protocol
Basic Rate Interface

25. CIR
Open Systems Interconnection
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Committed Information Rate

26. DTE
Data Terminal Equipment
Wide Area Network
Common Spanning Tree
Customer Premises Equipment

27. FECN
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Internet Control Message Protocol

28. SNAP
Terminal Equipment 1
Link Control Protocol
Subnetwork Access Point
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

29. CAM
Interior Gateway Protocol
Content Addressable Memory
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Permanent Virtual Circuit

30. MAN
Dynamic Host Control Protocol
Local Area Network
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Metropolitan Area Network

31. EGP
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Access Control List
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Command Line Interface

32. DR
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Data Link Connection Identifier
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
Designated Router

33. TCP
Switched Virtual Circuit
Discard Eligibility
Transmission Control Protocol
Dynamic Trunk Protocol

34. PAT
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Service Access Point
Port Address Translation

35. LCP
Link Control Protocol
Primary Rate Interface
Content Addressable Memory
Integrated Services Digital Network

36. LED
Terminal Equipment 1
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Data Terminal Equipment
Light Emitting Diode

37. HDLC
Common Spanning Tree
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
VLAN Trunk Protocol
High-Level Data Link Control

38. RARP
Content Addressable Memory
Access Control List
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Metropolitan Area Network

39. BECN
Terminal Equipment 1
Open Shortest Path First
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification

40. ICMP
Access Control List
Port Address Translation
Internet Control Message Protocol
Open Systems Interconnection

41. TA
Point-to-Point Protocol
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Open Shortest Path First
Terminal Adapter

42. PVST
Port Address Translation
Data Terminal Equipment
PPP Authentication Protocol
Per-VLAN STP

43. CLI
High-Level Data Link Control
Command Line Interface
Local Management Interface
Primary Rate Interface

44. AS
Address Resolution Protocol
Autonomous System
Time Division Multiplexing
Network Termination 1

45. TE2
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Routing Information Protocol
User Datagram Protocol
Terminal Equipment 2

46. CL
Access Control List
Routing Information Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Network Termination 2

47. CSMA/CD
Committed Information Rate
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
NonBroadcast Multiple Access

48. NBMA
Power-On Self Test
Basic Rate Interface
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Dynamic Host Control Protocol

49. ISL
Internetwork Operating System
Committed Information Rate
Classless InterDomain Routing
InterSwitch Link

50. LAN
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
InterSwitch Link
Local Area Network