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Acronyms

A

  • AWS - Amazon Web Services
  • Azure - Azure Cloud
  • ABE - Access Based Enumeration
  • AD - Active Directory
  • ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
  • AKS - Azure K8S Service

B

  • Bit/ Bits - Binary Digit/ Binary Digits
  • Byte - 8 bBits =1 Byte
  • BGP - Border Gateway Protocol

C

  • CD - Compact Disc
  • CSMA/CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
  • CPU - Central Processing Unit
  • CIDR - Classless Inter-Domain Routing
  • CDN - Content Delivery Network
  • CSS - Cascading Styling Sheet
  • CI/CD - Continuous Delivery And Continuous Integratoion

D

  • DMZ - Demilitarized Zone
  • DPU - Data Processing Unit
  • DNS - Domain Name System
  • DBMS - Database Management System
  • DMA - Direct Memory Access
  • DP - Dynamic Programming
  • DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
  • DHCP - Dynamic Host Control Protocol
  • DLR - Distributed Logical Router
  • DVS - Distributed Virtual Switch

E

  • EBS - Elastic Block Storag
  • EKS - Elastic k8s Service
  • EC2 - Elastic Cloud Compute
  • EOD - End Of the Day
  • ECMP - Equal Cost Multi Path Routing

F

  • fw - Firewall
  • ftp - File Transfer Protocol
  • fc - Fiber Channel
  • FCOE - Fiber Channel Over Ethernet
  • FQDN - Fully Qualified Domain Name

G

  • GW - Gateway
  • GFW - Gateway Firewall
  • GPU - Graphical Processing Unit
  • GB - 1 GigaByte = 1024 MB
  • gRPC - Group RPC (RPC)by Google
  • GIT - Global Information Tracker

H

  • HDD - Hard Disc Drive
  • HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  • HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secured
  • HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
  • HLD - High Level Design
  • HDFS - Hadoop Distributed File System

I

  • IT - Information Technology
  • ITSM - IT Service Management
  • ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library
  • IAM - Identity and Access Management
  • IRC - Internet Relay Chat
  • IPMI - Intelligent Platform Management Interface
  • iDRAC - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
  • iSCSI - Internet Small Computer System Interface
  • iQN - iSCSI Qualified Name
  • ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol

J

  • JWT - JSON Web Token
  • JSON - JavaScript Object Notation
  • JS - Java Script
  • JIT - Just in Time

K

  • KB - Kilo Byte
  • k8s - Kubernetes

L

  • LDAP - Light-weight Directory Access Protocol
  • LLP - Limited liability Partnership
  • LB - Load Balancer
  • Linux - Lovable Intellect Not Using XP
  • LSB - Least Significant Bit
  • LLD - Low Level Design
  • LIDAR - Light Detection and Ranging
  • LLM - Large Language Model
  • LUN - Logical Unit Number
  • LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python

M

  • MB - Mega Byte
  • MQ - Messaging Queue
  • MSB - Most Significant Bit
  • MTU - Maximum Transmission Unit
  • MVC - Model View Controller
  • MAC - Media Access Control
  • MVP - Most Viable Product
  • MoM - Minutes of Meeting
  • MERN - MongoDB, Express, React, Node
  • MEAN - MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node

N

  • NTP - Network Time Protocol
  • NFS - Network File System
  • NvMe - Non-Volatile Memory
  • NoSQL - No Structured Quqry Language
  • NIC - Network Interface Card
  • NLP - Natual Language Processing

O

  • OSI - Open System Interconnection
  • OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
  • OS - Operating System
  • OSPF - Open Shortest Path First

P

  • PDL - Page Description Language
  • POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 over TLS/SSL
  • PB - 1 PetaByte = 1024 TB

Q

  • QOS - Quality Of Service
  • OAuth - Open Authorization

R

  • RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol
  • RDBMS - Relational DBMS
  • RSYNC - Remote Sync
  • RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Dxisks
  • RMA - Return Merchandise Authorization
  • RDMA - Remote Direct Memory Access
  • RBAC - Role Based Access Control
  • RFB - Remote Frame Buffer
  • RPC - Remote Procedural Call
  • RAN - Radio Access Network

S

  • SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
  • SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  • SMB - Server Message Block
  • SMQ - Simple Messaging Queue
  • SSD - Solid State Drive
  • SDDC - Software Defined Datacenter
  • SD-WAN - Software Defined Wide Area Network
  • SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
  • SSH - Secure Shell
  • SQL - Structured Query Language
  • SFTP - Secure Fire Transfer Protocol
  • SAFe - Scaled Agile Framework
  • SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
  • SPFF - Small Plugable Form Factor
  • SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
  • SRE - Site Reliability Engineering
  • S3 - Simple Storage Service
  • SSN - Switched Service Network
  • SSSD - System Security Services Daemon
  • SSSN - Simplified Single-Sign On Protocol

T

  • TCP/IP - Transmission Control/ Internet Protocol
  • TTL - Time to Live
  • TFTP - Trivial File Transfer Protocol
  • TLS - Transport Layer Security

U

  • UDP - User Datagram Protocol
  • Unix - UNiplexed Information Computing System

V

  • VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network
  • VM - Virtual Machine
  • VXLAN - Virtual Extended Local Area Network
  • VPN - Virtual Private Network
  • VNC - Virtual Network Compting
  • VQP - Cisco VLAN Query Protocol
  • VRF - Virtual Routing And Forwarding
  • VIOP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
  • VRP - Virtual Routing Protocol

W

  • WAN - Wide Area Network
  • WWW - World Wide
  • Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity

X

  • XML - Extensible Markup Language

Y

Z

  • ZFS - Zeta Bytep File System (Developed by Sun MicroSystem.)