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CCNA Acronyms

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1. CSMA/CD
Time Division Multiplexing
Permanent Virtual Circuit
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection

2. SPIDs
High-Level Data Link Control
Address Resolution Protocol
Command Line Interface
Service Profile Identifiers

3. CIR
Switched Virtual Circuit
Committed Information Rate
Open Systems Interconnection
Logical Link Control

4. IOS
Content Network
Internetwork Operating System
Network Termination 2
Basic Rate Interface

5. FECN
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
Logical Link Control
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Address Resolution Protocol

6. CIDR
Classless InterDomain Routing
Access Control List
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

7. CST
Common Spanning Tree
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Local Area Network
VLAN Trunk Protocol

8. IGP
Interior Gateway Protocol
Wide Area Network
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Service Access Point

9. CL
Access Control List
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Bridge Protocol Data Unit

10. PAR
Virtual Circuit
Committed Information Rate
Open Systems Interconnection
Port Address Redirection

11. RARP
User Datagram Protocol
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Data Communications Equipment
Dynamic Trunk Protocol

12. PAT
Service Access Point
Basic Rate Interface
Port Address Translation
Local Management Interface

13. AS
Access Control List
Dial-on-Demand Routing
Port Address Translation
Autonomous System

14. IGRP
Terminal Equipment 2
Integrated Services Digital Network
Port Address Translation
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

15. NBMA
Port Address Redirection
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Discard Eligibility
Committed Information Rate

16. PDU
Protocol Data Unit
Content Network
Network Termination 2
Content Addressable Memory

17. PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
Virtual Private Network
Switched Virtual Circuit
Designated Router

18. NCP
Data Terminal Equipment
Access Control List
Network Control Protocol
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

19. OSPF
Autonomous System
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Routing Information Protocol
Open Shortest Path First

20. TE2
Port Address Translation
Internet Control Message Protocol
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Terminal Equipment 2

21. PRI
Terminal Equipment 1
Local Management Interface
Primary Rate Interface
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

22. NT2
Network Address Translation
Network Termination 2
Terminal Equipment 2
Terminal Equipment 1

23. HDLC
User Datagram Protocol
High-Level Data Link Control
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
Committed Information Rate

24. SNAP
Storage Area Network
Subnetwork Access Point
Dynamic Host Control Protocol
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

25. BRI
Network Address Translation
Basic Rate Interface
Command Line Interface
Content Addressable Memory

26. EGP
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
VLAN Trunk Protocol
Exterior Gateway Protocol
Command Line Interface

27. DTP
Dynamic Trunk Protocol
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Network Termination 2
Protocol Data Unit

28. ISDN
Routing Information Protocol
Autonomous System
Integrated Services Digital Network
Access Control List

29. MAN
Local Area Network
Internetwork Operating System
Metropolitan Area Network
Port Address Redirection

30. MAC
Media Access Control
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
Logical Link Control
Interior Gateway Protocol

31. RSTP
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Network Address Translation
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Command Line Interface

32. NT1
Network Control Protocol
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Network Termination 1
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

33. CPE
Open Systems Interconnection
Virtual Terminal
Customer Premises Equipment
Content Network

34. POST
Data Communications Equipment
Power-On Self Test
Command Line Interface
Media Access Control

35. DE
Address Resolution Protocol
Network Termination 2
Discard Eligibility
Open Systems Interconnection

36. ASIC
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Basic Rate Interface
Network Termination 1
Media Access Control

37. VPN
Link Control Protocol
Address Resolution Protocol
Virtual Private Network
Common Spanning Tree

38. TCP
Time Division Multiplexing
Logical Link Control
Transmission Control Protocol
Storage Area Network

39. TE1
Transmission Control Protocol
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Committed Information Rate
Terminal Equipment 1

40. VC
Local Management Interface
Virtual Circuit
Customer Premises Equipment
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

41. LAN
InterSwitch Link
Local Area Network
Customer Premises Equipment
Subnetwork Access Point

42. BECN
Time Division Multiplexing
Data Communications Equipment
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification

43. CHAP
Classless InterDomain Routing
Command Line Interface
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
Committed Information Rate

44. CSU/DSU
Port Address Redirection
Designated Router
Open Shortest Path First
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit

45. WAN
Power-On Self Test
Wide Area Network
Committed Information Rate
Network Control Protocol

46. VLAN
Virtual LAN
Data Link Connection Identifier
Address Resolution Protocol
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

47. CLI
Variable-Length Subnet Masking
Command Line Interface
Interior Gateway Protocol
Service Profile Identifiers

48. CAM
NonBroadcast Multiple Access
Primary Rate Interface
Content Addressable Memory
Metropolitan Area Network

49. NAT
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
Network Address Translation
Logical Link Control

50. TCP/IP
Network Address Translation
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Challeng Handshake Authentication Protocol
NonBroadcast Multiple Access