June 2001
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
9h 18m
English
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List of Acronyms
I’ve used many acronyms throughout this book, in some cases without explanation. This glossary provides brief descriptions for acronyms only. Although the definitions aren’t very detailed, they should be enough to get you started in the right direction on your search for more information.
A
- ACK
An acknowledgment packet in TCP, used to guarantee delivery and for connection establishment.
- AFS
The Andrew Filesystem. A distributed/network filesystem similar to NFS.
- ARP
Address Resolution Protocol. Used to find out the layer two (Ethernet) address associated with an IP address.
- ASP
Active Server Pages. A technique for dynamically generating HTML pages, developed by Microsoft and similar to CGI.
- ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A layer two data transmission protocol, typically used on high-speed fiber links.
B
- BIND
Berkeley Internet Name Daemon. The de facto standard DNS server and client library software package. For more information, visit http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/.
C
- CARP
Cache Array Routing Protocol. A technique for distributing requests to an array of caching proxies.
- CDA
Communications Decency Act. A U.S. law passed in 1996 intended to criminalize the transmission of pornography. Largely struck down as unconstitutional in 1997.
- CDF
Cumulative Distribution Function. A certain way of presenting probability distribution data.
- CDN
Content Distribution Network. A service, available from companies such as Akamai and Digital Island, that replicates origin server content at different ...
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