List of Acronyms
AA Authoritative Answer
AAAA IPv6 DNS record
ABR Area Border Router
ACD Automatic Call Distribution
ACELP Algebraic-Code-Excited Linear Prediction
ACK Acknowledgment
AD Active Directory, Auto-Discovery
ADM Add-Drop Multiplexer
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop
AF Address Family
AFI Address Family Identifier (RIP); Authority and Format Identifier (IS-IS)
AfriNIC African Network Information Center
AH Authentication Header
AIX Advanced Interactive Executive (IBM’s Unix)
AMI Alternate Mark Inversion
ANS Advanced Network Service
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AOL America On-Line
API Application Program Interface
APNIC Asian Pacific Network Information Center
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