This page allows you to find out the meaning of some commonly encountered
acronyms. This page is in English, but there is a translation in French.
So, here we for the
20 different contexts:
- Access
- Application
- Database
- Development
- Hardware
- Internet
- Internet Protocol
- LAN
- Measure
- Mobile Communication
- MPLS
- Network Management
- Network related
- Operating System
- Organisation
- Routing
- Routing Protocols
- Security
- System
- Voice Over IP
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You can make a choice...
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Remark: I don't say that all the acronyms in the world are listed
here (which sounds reasonable, doesn't it ???)... but it's a good start... If you think
that something is missing...
send me a mail, as usual
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And about that, here is the list of the acronyms described here:
AAA, ABR, ADSL, AF, AGP, ARP, ARPA, AS, ASBR, ASN.1, ASP, ASP, ATA, ATM, B, b, BDR, BGP, Bps, bps, BRAS, CDR, CGI, CIDR, CLI, CLI, Codec, CoS, CRC, CRM, CSMA/CA, CSMA/CD, CSS, CWDM, DB, DDoS, DE, DHCP, DIMM, DLCI, DMZ, DNS, DoD, DOS, DoS, DPI, DR, DSCP, DTMF, DWDM, E, eBGP, Ebps, EBps, EF, EGP, EISA, FEC, FQDN, FR, FTP, FW, FW, FXO, FXS, G, GB, GBps, Gbps, GPRS, GRE, GSM, GUI, HAN, HD, HTML, HTTP, HTTPS, HW, IANA, iBGP, ICMP, IEEE, IETF, IGP, IMAP, IP, IP-PBX, IPv6, ISA, ISDN, IS-IS, ISO, ISP, ISTP, IT, ITU, IVR, K, KB, Kbps, KBps, L2TP, LAN, LCR, LDAP, LED, LER, LSA, LSP, LSR, M, MAC, MAN, MB, MBps, Mbps, MBR, MED, MGCP, MIB, MIME, MMS, MPLS, MRTG, MS, MS-DOS, MTBF, MTU, NAT, NIC, NNTP, NSF, NTP, NVRAM, OCR, OS, OSI, OSPF, OUI, P, PAT, Pbps, PBps, PBX, PC, PCI, PCMCIA, PDH, PIN, POP, POS, POTS, PPP, PPPoA, PPPoE, PSTN, QoS, RADIUS, RAM, RARP, RAS, RFC, RFID, RIP, ROM, RSVP, RTCP, RTFM, RTP, SAN, SDH, SDRAM, SDSL, SGML, SIMM, SIP, SLA, SLIP, SM, SMS, SMTP, SNMP, SONET, SQL, SS7, SSH, SSL, STP, STP, SW, T, TB, Tbps, TBps, TCP, TDM, TE, TFTP, TLD, TLS, ToS, TTL, UDP, UMTS, URL, USB, UTP, VCI, VLSM, VoIP, VPI, VPN, VRF, WAN, WAP, WAP, WEP, Wi-Fi, WLAN, WWW, XML. Which is a total of 222!!! Already !
And here is the history of that whole story...
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9/26/2006: version 2.8... Only 9 missing definitions, for a total of 214 !4/13/2006: version 2.7... Some more forgotten acronyms. Total: 210 ! Only 11 definitions are missing in French and in English.9/15/2005: version 2.6... Another minor improvements... More than 200 acronyms described by now.10/5/2004: version 2.5... Completion or some acronyms. 194 acronyms described...4/11/2004: version 2.4... Completion still running. Adding the lexicographical research.4/2/2004: version 2.3... 186 acronyms. 20 contexts. 23 missing definitions in English, 45 in French…3/11/2004: version 2.2... Adding another context, some extra acronyms, some translations and some completion.3/7/2004: version 2.1... The in-line links are in place for the explanation !3/4/2004: version 2.0... Introduction of the language choice (adding French) and addition of some acronyms.2/28/2004: version 1.4... 163 acronyms. 19 contexts. First remarks from users ;-)2/11/2004: version 1.3... Completion still running. 157 acronyms. 19 contexts. Continuing the good work ;-)2/2/2004: version 1.2... Completion still running. 156 acronyms. 19 contexts. First on-line version.1/25/2004: version 1.1... Completing some more fields. More definition. First ASP-used information. 141 acronyms, 17 contexts.1/4/2004: version 1.0... Cleaning of DB, update of some fields, general review ! Get ready for ASP.5/29/2003: version 0.3... Discussions with Michael. 135 (sometimes incomplete) acronyms, 16 contexts.2/23/2003: version 0.2... Improvement of the available definition. 53 accronyms, 11 contexts.2/16/2003: version 0.1... First set of acronyms. 40 accronyms described. 8 contexts.
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