TCP/IP: Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
IPX/SPX: Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
NDS: Netware Directory Services
WinNT: New Technology
OSI Model: Open Systems Interconnection
LLC: Logical Link Control
MAC: Media Access Control
CRC: Cyclical Redundancy Check
LAN: Local Area Network
WAN: Wide Area Network
NAP: Network Access Point
NIC: Network Interface Card
CSU/DSU: Channel Service Unit/Data Service Uniti
BNC: British Navel Connector OR Bayonet Neil-Concelman connector
MAU: Multi-station Access Unit
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
CSMA/CD: Carrier-Sensed Multiple Access/Collision Detection
CSMA/CA: Carrier-Sensed Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
MAN: Municipal Area Network
FDDI: Fibre Distributed Data Interface
IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest
DMA: Direct Memory Access
RFC: Request For Comments
UDP: Universal Datagram Protocol
STD: Internet STandarD
ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
CIDR: Classless InterDomain Routing
IPv6: Internet Protocol version 6
NAT: Network Address Translation
RIP: Routing Information Protocol
OSPF: Open Shortest Path First
NLSP: NetWare Link Services Protocol
SAP: Service Advertising Protocol
EGP: Exterior Gateway Protocol
BGPv4: Border Gateway Protocol version 4
ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
MIME: Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extentions
TFTP: Trivial File Transfer Protocol
VPN: Virtual Private Network
POTS: Plain Old Telephone Service
PSTN: Publicly Switched Telephone Network
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
BRI: Basic Rate Interface
PRI: Primary Rate Interface
RAS: Remote Access Server
PPP: Point to Point Protocol
PPTP: Point to Point Tunnelling Protocol
ssh: Secure Shell
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
UNC: Universal Naming Convention
RAID: Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
UPS: Uninterruptable Power Supply
ERC: Emergency Repair Disk
DMZ: DeMilitarized Zone (firewall)