List of Common Acronyms in ICT

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In a generation where technology and the internet is growing and being used regularly, there is a need for everyone to be conversant with some of the terms we come across everyday. It may also be of interest for anyone who wishes to get into the field of Information and CommunicationsTechnology to get himself familiar with them.  (Read More)





Below are some common acronyms and their meanings:

ACL	Access Control List
ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ANSI	American National Standard Institute
AP	Access Point
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATA	Advanced Technology Achievement
BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
bit	Binary Digit
Blog	Web Log
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
CD-ROM	Compact Disk Read Only Memory
CHAP	Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CMS	Content Management System
COMPUTER	Common Operation Machine Particularly Used for Trading Education and Research
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMZ	De-Militarized Zone
DNS	Domain Name Service
DoS	Denial of Service
DOS	Disk Operating System
EIGRP	Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
EOL	End of Life
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
GUI	Graphic User Interface
HD	High Definition
HDMI	High Definition Multimedia Interface
HTML	Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS	Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL
IANA	Internet Assigned Number Authority
ICMP	Internet Control Messaging Protocol
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IOS	Internetwork Operating System
IP	Internet Protocol
IPSec	Internet Protocol Security
IS-IS	Intermediate System to Intermediate System Protocol
JEPG	Joint Photographic Expert Group
JRE	Java Run-time Environment
Kb	Kilo Bit
KB	Kilo Byte
L2TP	Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
LAN	Local Area Network
LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
MAC	Media Access Control
MAN	Metropolitan Area Network
MPLS	Multiprotocol Label Switching
MTU	Maximum Transfer Unit
NAT	Network Address Translation
NCC	Nigerian Communications Commission
NetBIOS	Network Basic input Output System
NIC	Network Interface Card
NMS	Network Management System
NOC	Network Operation Center
NOS	Network Operating System
NVRAM	Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
OS	Operating System
OSI	Open System Interconnection
OSPF	Open Shortest Path First
P2P	Peer - to - Peer
PAN	Personal Area Network
PAP	Password Authentication Protocol
PBX	Private Branch Exchange
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
PoE	Power over Ethernet
POP3	Post Office Protocol 3
PPP	Point - to - Point Protocol
PPPoE	Point - to - Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPTP	Point - to - Point Tunneling Protocol
RADIUS	Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RAM	Random Access Memory
RAS	Remote Access Server
RIP	Routing Information Protocol
ROM	Read Only Memory
RPC	Remote Procedure Call
RTP	Real Time Transport Protocol
RTSP	Real Time Streaming Protocol
SATA	Serial Advanced Technology Achievement
SFTP	Simple File Transfer Protocol
S-FTP	Secure File Transfer Protocol
SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
SLA	Service Level Agreement
SMNP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SMS	Short Messaging Service
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNTP	Simple Network Time Protocol
SSH	Secure Shell
TACACS+	Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TMDA	Time Division Multiple Access
TTL	Time To Live
Tx/Rx	Transmit/Receive
UAC	User Account Control
UDP	User Datagram Protocol
UL/DL	Upload/Download
UPnP	Universal Plug and Play
UPS	Uninteruptible Power Supply
USB	Universal Serial Bus
VGA	Video Graphic Array
VLAN	Virtual LAN
VLSM	Variable Length Subnet Mask
VM	Virtual Machine
VoIP	Voice over Internet Protocol
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VSAT	Very Small Aperture Terminal
WAN	Wide Area Network
WAP	Wireless Access Point
WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
WiMAX	Wireless Interoperability for Microwave Access
WPA	Wi-fi Protected Access
WWW	World Wide Web
XML	Extensible Markup Language
ZMA	Zone Multicast Address