Appendix A. Network+ Acronyms

ACRONYM

STANDS FOR

AAA

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

ACL

Access Control List

ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

AH

Authentication Header

AM

Amplitude Modulation

APIPA

Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

ARIN

American Registry for Internet Numbers

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ASP

Application Service Provider

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

BERT

Bit-Error Rate Test

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

BNC

British Naval Connector / Bayonet Niell-Concelman

BootP

Boot Protocol /Bootstrap Protocol

BPDU

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

BRI

Basic Rate Interface

CARP

Common Address Redundancy Protocol

CHAP

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

CIDR

Classless Inter-Domain Routing

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