ABR
| Available bit rate
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ACD
| Automatic call distribution
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ACF
| Advanced communications function
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ACL
| Access control list
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ACR
| Allowed cell rate
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ADPCM
| Adaptive differential pulse code modulation
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ALF
| Application level framing
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AMI
| Alternate mark inversion (coding)
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ANI
| Automatic number identification
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API
| Application programming Interface
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APPN
| Advanced Peer-to-peer networking
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ARP
| Address resolution protocol
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ASCII
| American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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ASNI
| American national standards Institute
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ATM
| Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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CAD
| Computer-aided design
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CASE
| Computer-aided software engineering
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CBR
| Constant bit rate
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CCITT
| International telephone and telegraph consultative committee
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CCR
| Current Cell rate
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CDMA
| Code division Multiple access
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CDPD
| Cellular digital packet data
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CD-rom
| Compact disk with read only memory
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CDV
| Cell delay variance
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CERT
| Computer emergency response team
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CHAP
| Challenge-handshake authentication protocol
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CI
| Congestion indication
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CIAC
| Computer Incident advisory capacity
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CIDR
| Classless interdomain
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CIM
| Computer-integrated manufacturing
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CIR
| Committed information rate
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CISC
| Complex Instruction Set Computing
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CIX
| Commercial internet eXchange
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CLLM
| Consolidated link layer message
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CLNP
| Connectionless network Protocol
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CLNS
| Connectionless network service
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CMIP
| Common management information protocol
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CMOS
| Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
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COM
| Component Object Model [Microsoft] Computer Output Microfilm
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CONS
| Connection-oriented network service
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COS
| Corporation for open systems
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CPE
| Customer premises equipment
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CPU
| Central processing unit
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CRC
| Cyclic redundancy check
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CSDC
| Circuit switched digital capability
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CSF
| Critical success factor
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CSMA/CD
| Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
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CSU
| Channel service unit
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CTI
| Computer Technology Integration
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CTS
| Clear to Send
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DACS
| Digital access and cross-connect system
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DASD
| Direct access storage device
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DCE
| Data communications equipment or data circuit-transmitting equipment, distributed computing environment
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DDE
| Dynamic Data Exchange
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DDS
| Dataphone Digital service; digital data service
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DE
| Discarded eligibility (bit)
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DES
| Data Encryption standard
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DES
| Destination end station
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DHCP
| Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DLC
| Data link connection
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DLCI
| Data link connection identifier
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DLSw
| Data link switching
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DME
| Distributed management environment
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DNA
| Digital network Architecture
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DNIC
| Data network identification code
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DNS
| Domain naming system
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DNS
| Domain Name System
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DOS
| Disk operating system
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DPA
| Demand priority access
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DSE
| Data switching equipment
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DSP
| Domain specific part, digital signal processing
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DSU
| Data service unit
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DTE
| Data terminal equipment
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DTMF
| Dual tone multifrequency
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DVMRP
| Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
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DXI
| Data exchange Interface
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EDI
| Electronic data interface
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EFCI
| Explicit forward congestion notification
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EFT
| Electronic funds transfer
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EGP
| Exterior gateway protocol
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EIA
| Electronic industries association
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EISA
| Extended industry standard architecture
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EMI
| Electromagnetic Interference
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EMPT
| Electromagnetic pulse transformer
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ESMR
| Enhanced special mobile radio
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ESP
| Encapsulating security payload
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FCC
| Federal communication commission
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FCS
| Frame check sequence
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FCSI
| Fiber Channel Systems Initiative
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FDDI
| Fiber distributed data interface
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F-DX
| Full-DupleX
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FECN
| Forward explicit congestion Notification
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FEP
| Front end processor
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FIPS
| Federal information processing standards
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FM
| Frequency modulation
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FMP
| Fault manager platform
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FRAD
| Frame relay access device
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FRAD
| Frame relay Assemble/disassembler
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FT1
| Fractional T1
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FTAM
| File transfer, access, and management
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FTP
| File transfer Protocol
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IAB
| Internet Architecture Board
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IAP
| Internet Access Provider
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IC
| Information Channel
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ICMP
| Internet control message protocol
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IDNS
| Internet Domain name System
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IDP
| Initial domain part
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IEC
| Interexchange carrier (also IXC)
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IEEE
| Institute of electrical and electronic engineers
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IETF
| Internet engineering task force
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IGMP
| Internet Group Multicast protocol
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IP
| Internet protocol
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IPX
| Internet Packet Exchange
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IR
| Infrared
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IS
| Information system
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IS-IS
| Intermediate system to intermediate system
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ISA
| Industry standard Architecture
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ISDN
| Integrated services digital network
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ISO
| International standards organization
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ISP
| Internet service provider
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ISP
| International Standards profile
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IT
| Information Technology
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ITU
| International telecommunications union (formerly CCITT)
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ITU-TSS
| International telecommunications union-telecommunications standards sector
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IVR
| Interactive voice response
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IXC
| Interexchange carrier (also IEC)
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MAC
| Media access control
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MAN
| Metropolitan area network
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MAU
| Medium attachment unit, multistation access unit
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MCC
| Mobile communications controller
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MCU
| Multipoint control unit
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MHS
| Message handling service
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MHZ
| Megahertz
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MIB
| Management information base
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MIME
| Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions
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MNP
| Microcom networking protocol
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MOSFP
| Multicast Open Shortest Path First
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MPOA
| Multiprotocol over ATM
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MS-DOS
| Microsoft disk operating system
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MTSO
| Mobile telephone switching office
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MTU
| Maximum Transmission Unit
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MUX
| Multiplexer
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MVS
| Multiple Virtual storage
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NBMA
| Nonbroadcast multiaccess network
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NCP
| Network control program
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NDIS
| Network driver interface specification
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NETBIOS
| Network basic I/O
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NFS
| Network File Server
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NHRP
| Next hop resolution protocol
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NIC
| Network information center, Network interface card
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NID
| Network interconnection device
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NIST
| National Institute of standards and technology
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NLPID
| Network layer protocol identification
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NLSP
| Network Link services protocol
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NNTP
| Network News Transfer Protocol
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NOS
| Network Operating system
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NRZ
| Non-return to zero
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NSAP
| Network Services access point
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NTSC
| National television standards committee
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PAD
| Packet assembler-disassembler
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PAL
| Phase alternating by the line (European TV standard)
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PAP
| Password authentication protocol
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PBX
| Private branch exchange
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PC
| Personal computer
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PCM
| Pulse-code modulation
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PCMCIA
| Personal computer memory card international association
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PCN
| Personal computer network
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PCR
| Peak cell rate
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PCS
| Personal communication System (service)
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PERL
| Practical extracting report Language
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PGP
| Pretty Good Protection
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PICS
| Protocol implementation conformance statement
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PIM
| Protocol Independent Multicast
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PIN
| Personal identification Number
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PING
| Packet Internet Groper
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PIR
| Protocol Independent routing
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PNNI
| Private network-to-network interface
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POP
| Point of presence
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POSIX
| Portable operating system interface for UNIX
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POTS
| Plain Old telephone service
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PPP
| Point-to-point protocol
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PPS
| Packets per second
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PRI
| Primary Rate Interface
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PSTN
| Public switched telephone network
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PTT
| Postal telegraph and telephone
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PVC
| Permanent virtual circuit
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SAFER
| Split access flexible egress routing
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SAP
| Service advertising protocol
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SATAN
| Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks
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SCR
| Sustainable cell rate
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SCSI
| Small computer systems interface
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SDDN
| Software-defined digital network
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SDLC
| Synchronous data link control
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SDN
| Software defined network
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SES
| Source end system
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S-HTTP
| Secure hypertext transfer protocol
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SIP
| Simple internet protocol
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SLIP
| Serial-line IP
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SMDS
| Switched multimegabit data service
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SMP
| Symmetrical multiprocessing
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SMTP
| Simple Mail transfer protocol
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SNA
| Systems Network Architecture
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SNACP
| Subnetwork access control protocol
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SNADS
| SNA distributed service
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SNAFS
| SNA file service
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SNAP
| Subnetwork access protocol
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SNICP
| Subnetwork independent convergence protocol
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SNMP
| Simple network Management Protocol
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SNPA
| Subnetwork Point of attachment
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SNR
| Signal to Noise ratio
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SONET
| Synchronous optical network
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SPF
| Shortest path first
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SPX
| Sequenced packet eXchange
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SQL
| Structured query language
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SR/TLB
| Source-route translation bridging
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SRB
| Source-route bridging
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SRT
| Source-route Transparent
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SS7
| Signaling system #7
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SSA
| Serial Storage Architecture
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SSL
| Secure sockets layer
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STP
| Shielded Twisted pair
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SVC
| Switched virtual circuits
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TA
| Terminal adapter
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TCL
| Tool Command language
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TCP/IP
| Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol
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TDM
| Time division multiplexing
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TDMA
| Tike division multiple access
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TIA
| Telecommunications Industry association
|
TIC
| Token Ring interface coupler
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TLI
| Transport layer Interface
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TMN
| Telecommunications management network
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TSAP-ID
| Transport service access point notation
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TTCN
| Tree and tabular combined notation
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TUBA
| TCP/IP using bigger addresses
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