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AAA
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Authentication authorization and accounting
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AARP
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AppleTalk address resolution
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ACL
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Access control list
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APNIC
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Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre
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ARIN
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American Registry for Internet Addresses
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ARP
|
Address Resolution Protocol
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AS
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Autonomous system
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ASBR
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Autonomous border system router
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BGP
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Border Gateway Protocol
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BPBDU
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Bridge protocol data unit
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BSD
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Berkeley Software Distribution
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CBS
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Committed burst size
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CEP
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Customer edge port
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CIDR
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Classless inter-domain routing
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CIR
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Committed information rate
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CIST
|
Common Internal Spanning Tree
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CNA
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Converged netwaork adapter
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DCB
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Data cebter bridging
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DCBX
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Data Center Exchange Protocol
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DEC
|
Digital Equipment Corporation
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DHCP
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Dynamic Host Control Protocol
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DSCP
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Differentiated services code point
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EBS
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Excess burst size
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ECMP
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Equal cost multiple path
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EF DSCP
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Expidited forwarding DSCP
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EIR
|
Excess information rate
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ETS
|
Enhancement transmission selection
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EIGRP
|
Enhanced Interior Gateway Protocol
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FCoE
|
Fiber Channel over Ethernet
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FDB
|
Forwarding database
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FSAP
|
Flexible software architecture for portability
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GARP
|
Generic Attribute Registration Protocol
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GMRP
|
GARP Multicast Registration Protocol
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GVRP
|
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
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ICMP
|
Internet Control Message Protocol
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ICMPv4
|
Internet Control Message Protocol version 4
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ICMPv4
|
Internet Control Message Protocol version 6
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IGMP
|
Internet Group Management Protocol
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IGS
|
IGMP snooping
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IP TOS
|
IP type of service
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IPv6
|
IP version 6
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ISL
|
Inter-switch link
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IVL
|
Independent VLAN learning
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LA
|
Link aggregation
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LACP
|
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
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LACNIC
|
Latin American and Caribbean Network Information Centre
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LBG
|
Load balancing group
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LLDP
|
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
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MD5
|
Message digest
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MEF
|
Metro Ethernet forum
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MIB
|
Management information base
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MLD
|
Multicast listener discovery
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MLDS
|
Multicast listener discovery snooping
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MSTP
|
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
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NAS
|
Network access security
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NetBIOS
|
Network basic input/output system
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NPAPI
|
Network processor application programming interface
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OPSF
|
Open Shortest Path First
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PDU
|
Protocol description unit
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PFC
|
Priority-based flow control
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PG
|
Priority group
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PHB
|
Per-hop behavior
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PIM
|
Protocol independent multicast
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PMTU
|
Path MTU
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PMTUD
|
PMTU discovery
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PVID
|
Port VLANI ID
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PVRST
|
Per-VLAN rapid spanning tree
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PVRST+
|
Per-VLAN rapid spanning tree plus
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PVST
|
Per-VLAN spanning tree
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RFC
|
Request for comments
|
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RIP
|
Routing Information Protocol
|
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RIPE NCC
|
Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre
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RMON
|
Remote monitoring
|
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RRD
|
Route redistribution
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RST
|
Rapid Spanning Tree
|
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RTM
|
Route table manager
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SHA
|
Secure Hash Algorithm
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SLA
|
Service-level agreement
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SLB
|
Server load balancer
|
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SLB L2
|
Server load balancer level two
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SLI
|
Socket layer interface
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|
SNMP
|
Simple Network Management Protocol
|
|
srTCM
|
Single rate three color marker
|
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STP
|
Spanning Tree Protocol
|
|
SVL
|
Shared VLAN learning
|
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TACACS
|
Terminal access controller access control system
|
|
TCP/IP
|
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
|
|
TCP ACK bit
|
TCP acknowledgement bit
|
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TCP RST bit
|
TCP reset bit
|
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TCN
|
Topology change notification
|
|
TFTP
|
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
|
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trTCM
|
Two rate three color marker
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TSWTCM
|
Time sliding window three color marker
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TLV
|
Type, length, and value
|
|
TTL
|
Time-to-live value
|
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UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
|
USM
|
User- based security model
|
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VACM
|
View- based access control model
|
|
VINES
|
Virtual integrated network service
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VIP
|
Virtual IP address prefix
|
|
VLAN
|
Virtual LAN
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VLAN ID
|
VLAN identifier
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XNS
|
Xerox network systems
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|
XVLAN
|
Exclusive VLAN
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