7250 IXR, 7450 ESS, 7705 SAR Gen 2, 7750 SR, 7950 XRS, and VSR acronyms
Numbers
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
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1DM |
One-way Delay Measurement |
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6PE |
IPv6 Provider Edge router. An MPLS IPv4 core network that supports IPv6 domains which communicate over an IES service. |
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6VPE |
IPv6 Provider Edge router with IP-VPN Services. An MPLS IPv4 core network that supports the communication using IPv6 VPRN services. |
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2G |
Second-generation wireless telephone technology |
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3DES |
Triple DES (data encryption standard) |
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3G |
Third-generation mobile telephone technology |
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4G |
Fourth-generation mobile telephone technology |
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5G |
Fifth-generation mobile telephone technology |
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NSP NFM-P |
Network Services Platform Network Functions Manager - Packet |
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1830 PSS |
1830 Photonic Service Switch |
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1850 TSS-5 |
1850 Transport Service Switch |
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7705 SAR |
7705 Service Aggregation Router |
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7210 SAS |
7210 Service Access Switch |
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7450 ESS |
7450 Ethernet Service Switch |
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7705 SAR |
7705 Service Aggregation Router |
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7750 SR |
7750 Service Router |
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7950 XRS |
7950 eXtensible Routing System |
A
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
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A/A |
Active/Active redundancy mode |
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AA |
Application Assurance |
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AA-ISA |
Application Aware Integrated Service Adapter |
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AAA |
AA-Answer |
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AAR |
AA-Request |
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AARP |
AA Redundancy Protocol |
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ABM |
Asynchronous Balanced Mode |
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ABR |
Area Boundary Router Available Bit Rate |
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AC |
Alternating Current Attachment Circuit |
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ACA |
Accounting-Answer |
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ACCM |
Async-Control-Character-Map |
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ACFC |
Address and Control Field Compression |
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ACH |
Associated Channel |
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ACK |
Acknowledgment |
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ACL |
Access Control List, also called filter policy |
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ACPI |
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
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ACR |
Accounting-Request Adaptive Clock Recovery |
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AD |
Autodiscovery |
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ADC |
Application Detection and Control |
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ADI |
Ad Insertion |
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ADI-LZ |
Ad Insertion Local and Zoned |
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ADM |
Add/Drop Multiplexer |
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ADP |
Active Diameter Proxy Automatic Discovery Protocol |
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AF |
Assured Forwarding |
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AFI |
Address Family Identifier Authority and Format Identifier |
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AFTR |
Address Family Transition Router |
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AGI |
Address Group Identifier |
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AG |
Application Group |
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AH |
Authentication Header |
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AIGP |
Accumulated IGP |
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AII |
Attachment Individual Identifier |
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AIS |
Alarm Indication Signal |
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ALE |
Access-Loop-Encapsulation |
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ALG |
Application Layer Gateway |
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ALMP |
Auto-Learn-Mac-Protect |
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ALTO |
Application Layer Traffic Optimization |
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AMBR |
Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate |
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AMI |
Alternate Mark Inversion |
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AMO |
Any Mode of Operation |
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AN |
Association Number |
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ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
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ANCP |
Access Node Control Protocol |
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ANL |
Access Network Location |
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AP |
Access Point |
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API |
Application Programming Interface |
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APIC |
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller |
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APN |
Access Point Name |
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APS |
Automatic Protection Switching |
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AQP |
Application QoS Policies |
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AR |
Assisted Replication |
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ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol Allocation and Retention Priority |
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A/S |
Active/Standby Active/Standby redundancy mode |
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AS |
Autonomous System |
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ASAP |
Any Service Any Port |
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ASAM |
Advanced Services Access Manager |
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ASBR |
AS Boundary Routers |
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ASID |
Acct-Session-Id |
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ASL |
Application Specific License |
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ASLA |
Application Specific Link Attributes |
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ASLM |
Application Specific License Manager |
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ASM |
Any-Source Multicast |
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ASN |
Autonomous System Number |
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ASO |
Application Service Option |
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ASPM |
Active State Power Management |
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AU |
Administrative Unit |
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AVC |
Aggregated Virtual Circuit |
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AVP |
Attribute Value Pair |
B
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
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B-bit |
Beginning bit (first packet of a fragment) |
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BBF |
Broadband Forum |
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BC |
Bandwidth Constraint |
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BCB |
Backbone Core Bridge |
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BCG |
Burst Control Group |
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BCP |
Bridging Control Protocol |
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B-DA |
Backbone Destination MAC Address |
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BE |
Best Effort |
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BEB |
Backbone Edge Bridge |
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BECN |
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification |
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Bellcore |
Bell Communications Research |
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BER |
Basic Encoding Rules |
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BER |
Bit Error Rate |
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BERT |
Bit Error Rate Test |
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BFD |
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection |
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BFER |
Bit Forwarding Egress Router |
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BFIR |
Bit Forwarding Ingress Router |
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BFR |
Bit Forwarding Router |
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BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol |
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BGP LU |
BGP Labeled Unicast |
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BGP-LS |
BGP Link State |
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BIER |
Bit Indexed Explicit Replication |
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BIFT |
Bit Index Forwarding Table |
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BITS |
Building Integrated Timing Source Building Integrated Timing Supply |
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BM |
Broadcast/Multicast |
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B-MAC |
Backbone source and destination MAC address fields defined in the 802.1ah provider MAC encapsulation header |
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BNG-UP |
Broadband Network Gateway-User Plane |
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BTCA |
Best TimeTransmitter Clock Algorithm |
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BMP |
BGP Monitoring Protocol |
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BMR |
Basic Mapping Rule |
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BMU |
Broadcast, Multicast, and Unknown traffic |
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BNG |
Broadband Network Gateway |
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BOF |
Boot Options File |
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BOOTP |
Bootstrap Protocol |
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BPDU |
Bridge Protocol Data Unit |
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BR |
Border Router |
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BRAS |
Broadband Remote Access Server |
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BRE |
Basic Regular Expression |
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BRG |
Bridged Residential Gateway |
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BSA |
Broadband Service Aggregator |
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BSAN |
Broadband Service Access Node |
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BSC |
Base Station Controller |
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BSD |
Berkeley Software Distribution |
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BSL |
Bit String Length |
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BSM |
Basic Subscriber Management |
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BSR |
Bootstrap Router Broadband Service Router |
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BT |
Burst Tolerance |
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BTAG |
Backbone Tag |
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BTS |
Base Transceiver Station |
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BTSH |
BGP TTL Security Hack |
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BTV |
Broadcast Television |
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BUM |
Broadcast, Unicast unknown and Multicast |
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B-VPLS |
Backbone VPLS |
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BVID |
Backbone VLAN ID |
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BVPLS |
See B-VPLS |
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BVS |
Business VPN Service |
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BW |
Bandwidth |
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BW-NR |
Bandwidth 5G New Radio |
C
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
CA |
Certificate Authority Connectivity Association |
CAC |
Call Admission Control |
CAK |
Connectivity Association Key |
CAM |
Content Addressable Memory |
CAS |
Channel Associated Signaling |
CBAM |
Cloudband Application Manager |
CBC |
Cipher Block Chaining |
CBF |
Class-Based Forwarding |
CBR |
Constant Bit rate |
CBS |
Committed Buffer Size Committed Buffer Space Committed Burst Size |
CC |
Content of Communication Continuity Check Control Channel |
CCA |
Credit Control Answer Cross Connect Adapter |
CCA-I |
Credit Control Answer-Initial |
CCA-T |
Credit Control Answer-Terminate |
CCA-U |
Credit Control Answer-Update |
CCAG |
Cross Connect Aggregation Group |
CCFH |
Credit Control Failure Handling |
CCI |
Credit Control Instance |
CCID |
Cross Connect Identifier |
CCM |
Chassis Control Module Continuity Check Message |
CCR |
Credit Control Request |
CCR-I |
Credit Control Request-Initiate |
CCR-T |
Credit Control Request-Terminate |
CCR-U |
Credit Control Request-Update |
CCS |
Common Channel Signaling |
CDN |
Call Disconnect Notify Content Delivery Network |
CDP |
Cisco Discovery Protocol |
CDVT |
Cell Delay Variation Tolerance |
CE |
Circuit Emulation Customer Edge Customer Equipment |
CEA |
Capability Exchange Answer |
CEC |
Circuit Emulation Concentrator |
CEM |
Circuit-Emulation |
CER |
Capability Exchange Request |
CES |
Circuit Emulation Services |
CF |
Compact Flash |
CFHP |
Class Fair Hierarchical Policing |
CFM |
Connectivity Fault Management Control Forwarding Module |
CFP |
C form-Factor Pluggable |
CG |
Charging Groups |
CGA |
Cryptographically Generated Address |
CGI |
Cell Global Identification |
CGN |
Carrier Grade NAT |
CHAP |
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol |
CHLI |
Consecutive High Loss Intervals |
CIDR |
Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
CIR |
Committed Information Rate |
CIST |
Common and Internal Spanning Tree |
CKN |
Connectivity association Key Name |
CLEI |
Common Language Equipment Identification |
CLI |
Command Line Interface |
CLLI |
Common Language Location Identifier |
CLM |
Centralized License Manager |
CLP |
Cell Loss Priority |
CMA |
Compact Media Adapter |
C-MAC |
Customer MAC |
CMP |
Certificate Management Protocol |
CMTS |
Cable Modem Termination System |
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CMV |
Cryptographic Module version |
CN |
Common Name |
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CNF |
Container Network Function |
CO |
Central Office |
CoA |
Change of Authorization |
confed-EBGP |
Confederation External BGP |
CoS |
Class of Service |
CP |
Connection-Profile |
CPE |
Customer Premises Equipment |
CPF |
Control Plane Function |
Cpipe |
Circuit Emulation Pipe |
CPM |
Control Processing Module |
CP/SFM |
Control Processor/Switch Fabric Module |
CPU |
Control Processing Unit |
CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
CRC-32 |
32-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check |
CRL |
Certificate Revocation List |
CRMF |
Certificate Request Message Format |
CRON |
a time-based scheduling service (from chronos = time) |
CRP |
Candidate RP |
CSC |
Carrier Supporting Carrier |
CSC-CE |
Carrier Supporting Carrier – Customer Edge Router |
CSC-PE |
Carrier Supporting Carrier – Provider Edge Router |
CSF |
Client Signal Fail |
CSM |
Control and Switching Module |
CSN |
Complete Sequence Number |
CSNP |
Complete Sequence Number PDU |
CSP |
Cloud Service Provider |
CSPF |
Constraint-based Shortest Path First |
CSR |
Cellsite Service Router |
CSU |
Channel Service Unit |
CSV |
Certificate Status Verification |
CT |
Class Type |
C-TAG |
Customer VLAN tag |
CUPS |
Control and User Plane Separation |
CV |
Connection Verification Customer VLAN (tag) |
CVID |
Customer VLAN ID |
CW |
Control Word |
CWR |
Congestion Window Reduced |
D
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
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DA |
Destination Address |
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DACS |
Digital Access Cross-connect System |
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DAD |
Duplicate Address Detection |
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DC |
Direct Current Data Center |
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DCB |
Domain-wide Common Block |
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DCCA |
Diameter Credit Control Application |
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DCD |
Data Carrier Detect |
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DCE |
Data Circuit-terminating Equipment Data Communications Equipment |
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DCGW |
Data Center Gateway |
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DCI |
Data Center Interconnect |
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DCN |
Data Communication Network |
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DCP |
Distributed CPU Protection |
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DCSC |
Digital Channel Switch Capable |
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DDM |
Digital Diagnostics Monitoring |
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DDMAP |
Downstream Detailed Mapping |
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DDoS |
Distributed DoS |
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DDP |
Dynamic Data Persistency |
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DDS |
Dynamic Data Services |
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DE |
Discard-Eligible |
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DEM |
Dynamic Experience Management |
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DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
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DEI |
Drop Eligibility Indicator |
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DER |
Distinguished Encoding Rules |
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DF |
Designated Forwarder Delivery Function Do not Fragment |
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DGW |
Data Center Gateway |
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DH |
Diffie-Hellman |
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DHB |
Decimal, Hexadecimal, or Binary |
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DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
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DHCPv4 |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv4 |
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DHCPv6 |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 |
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DHT |
Distributed Hash Protocol |
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DL |
Data Link |
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DLC |
Data Link Control |
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DLCI |
Data Link Connection Identifier |
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DLCMI |
Data Link Connection Management Interface |
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DM |
Delay Measurement |
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DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
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DMM |
Delay Measurement Message |
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DMR |
Delay Measurement Reply Default Mapping Rule |
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DMZ |
Demilitarized Zone |
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DN |
Domain Name |
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DNAT |
Destination-based Network Address Translation |
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DNS |
Domain Name System |
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DNSSEC |
DNS Security |
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DNU |
Do Not Use |
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DOD |
Downstream On Demand |
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DORA |
Discovery/Offer/Request/Ack |
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DoS |
Denial of Service |
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dot1p |
IEEE 802.1p bits, in Ethernet or VLAN ingress packet headers, used to map traffic to up to eight forwarding classes |
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dot1q |
IEEE 802.1q encapsulation for Ethernet interfaces |
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DP |
Don’t Preempt Me Bit Data Plane |
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DPA |
Disconnect Peer Answer |
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DPD |
Dead Peer Detection |
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DPDK |
Datapath Development Kit |
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DPI |
Digital Program Insertion |
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DPL |
Delegated Prefix Length |
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DPLL |
Digital Phase Locked Loop |
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DPR |
Disconnect Peer Request |
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DPV |
Designated Priority Vector |
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DR |
Designated Router |
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DRA |
Diameter Routing Agent |
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DRM |
Digital Rights Management |
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DS |
Dual-Stack |
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DSA |
Digital Signal Algorithm Direct System Agent |
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DSAP |
Destination Service Access Point |
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DSCP |
Differentiated Services Code Point |
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DSFS |
Data SAP Forwarding State |
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DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
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DSLAM |
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer |
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DS-LITE |
Dual Stack Lite |
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DSM |
Distributed Subscriber Management |
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DSMAP |
Downstream Mapping |
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DSS |
Data Sequence Signal Digital Signature Standard |
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DT |
Data Trigger |
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DTA |
Data Triggered Authentication |
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DTC |
DHCP Transaction Cache |
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DTD |
Dynamic Topology Discovery |
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DTE |
Data Terminal Equipment |
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DTLS |
Datagram Transport Layer Security |
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DTP |
Digital Trunking Protocol |
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DU |
Downstream Unsolicited |
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DUID |
DHCP Unique Identifier |
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DUS |
Do not Use for Synchronization |
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DVB |
Digital Video Broadcasting |
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DVMRP |
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol |
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DWA |
Device Watchdog Answer |
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DWDM |
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
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DWR |
Device Watchdog Request |
E
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
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e2e |
End-to-End |
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EA |
Embedded Address |
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EAP |
Extensible Authentication Protocol |
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EAPOL |
EAP over LAN |
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E-bit |
Ending bit (last packet of a fragment) |
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EBGP |
External Border Gateway Protocol |
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EBS |
Error Burst Size |
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E-BSR |
Elected BSR |
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EC |
Extended Community |
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ECE |
ECN-Echo |
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ECID |
Emulated Circuit Identifiers |
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ECGI |
E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier |
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ECMP |
Equal Cost Multipath |
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ECN |
Explicit Congestion Notification |
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ECT |
Equal Cost Tree |
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ED |
Endpoint Discriminator |
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EEPROM |
Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
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EF |
Expedited Forwarding |
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EFCI |
Explicit Forward Congestion Indication |
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EFEC |
Enhanced Forward Error Correction |
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EFH |
Extended Failure Handling |
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EFM |
Ethernet in the First Mile |
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EG |
Enterprise Gateway |
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EGP |
Exterior Gateway Protocol |
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EHS |
Event Handling System |
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EIC |
Ethernet Interface Counters |
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EIGRP |
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
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EIR |
Excess Information Rate |
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EL |
Entropy Label |
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E-LAN |
Ethernet Local Area Network |
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eLER |
Egress Label Edge Router |
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ELI |
Entropy Label Indicator |
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E-Line |
Ethernet Virtual Private Line |
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E-LMI |
Ethernet Local Management Interface |
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EMR |
Efficient Multicast Replication |
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EMS |
Enhanced Subscriber Management |
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eNB |
Evolved Node B |
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EOOL |
End of Options List |
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EOM |
End-of-Message |
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EOR |
End-of-RIB |
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EPC |
Evolved Packet Core |
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EPD |
Exponential Port Dampening |
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Epipe |
Ethernet Pipe Ethernet VLL |
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EPL |
Ethernet Private Line |
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EPS |
Equipment Protection Switching |
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ERE |
Extended Regular Expression |
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ERO |
Explicit Route Object |
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ERP |
Ethernet Ring Protection |
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ES |
Elementary Stream |
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ESA |
Extended Services Appliance |
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ESF |
Extended Super Frame |
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ESI |
Ethernet Segment Identifier |
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ESM |
Enhanced Subscriber Management |
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ESMC |
Ethernet Synchronization Messaging Channel |
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eSNI |
Encrypted Server Name Indication |
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ESP |
Encapsulating Security Payload |
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ESR |
Extended Services Router |
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ESV |
Entropy Source version |
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ETE |
End-to-End |
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ETH |
Ethernet |
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ETH-BN |
Ethernet Bandwidth Notification |
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ETH-CFM |
Ethernet Configuration and Fault Management Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (IEEE 802.1ag) |
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ETH-TST |
Ethernet Test |
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ETR |
Extended Temperature Range |
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ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
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ETYPE |
EtherType |
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EUI-64 |
64-bit Extended Unique Identifier |
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EVC |
Ethernet Virtual Connections |
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EVI |
EVPN Instance |
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EVPL |
Ethernet Virtual Private Link |
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EVPN |
Ethernet VPN |
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EVPN-IFF |
Ethernet VPN-Interface-ful |
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EVPN-IFL |
Ethernet VPN-Interface-less |
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EXEC |
Execute |
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EXP bits |
Experimental bits (currently known as TC) |
F
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
FAP |
Femto Access Point |
FAD |
Flexible Algorithm Definition |
FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
FASTE |
FastE SFP type |
FC |
Forwarding Class |
FCC |
Fast Channel Change |
FCS |
Frame Check Sequence |
FD |
Frame Delay Frequency Diversity |
FDB |
Forwarding Database |
FDDI |
Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
FDI |
Forward Defect Indication |
FDL |
Facilities Data Link |
FDR |
Frame Delay Range |
FE |
Fast Ethernet |
FEAC |
Far-End Alarm and Control |
FEBE |
Far-End Block Error |
FEC |
Forwarding Equivalence Class Forward Error Correction |
FECN |
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification |
FENT |
Fast Ethernet Network Termination |
FEPL |
Far-End Protection-Line |
FF |
Fixed Filter |
FIB |
Forwarding Information Base |
FID |
Forwarding ID |
FIFO |
First In, First Out |
FIN |
Finish Bit Set |
FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
FIR |
Fair Information Rate |
FIX |
Financial Information eXchange |
FLR |
Frame Loss Ratio |
FMR |
Forwarding Mapping Rule |
FOM |
Figure of Merit |
FP |
Forwarding Path Forwarding Plane |
FPE |
Forwarding Path Extension |
FPGA |
Field Programmable Gate Array |
FPP |
Floor Packet Percentage |
FPRI |
Fine-grained Priority |
| FPV | FIPS Provider version |
FQDN |
Fully Qualified Domain Name |
FQF |
Fully Qualified Flows |
FRG |
Fragmentation bit |
FRR |
Fast Reroute |
FSG |
Fate Sharing Group |
FSM |
Finite State Machine |
FT |
Fault Tolerant |
FTN |
FEC-to-NHLFE |
FTP |
File Transfer protocol |
FTTH |
Fiber to the Home |
FW |
Firewall |
|
FWA |
Fixed Wireless Access |
|
FXC |
Flexible Cross Connect |
G
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
|
G-ACh |
Generic Associated Channel |
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GAL |
Generic ACH Label |
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GARP |
Gratuitous ARP |
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GB-MAC |
Group BMAC |
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GBR |
Guaranteed Bit Rate |
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GE |
Gigabit Ethernet |
|
GENT |
Gigabit Ethernet Network Termination |
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GFEC |
G.709 FEC |
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GFP |
Generic Framing Procedure |
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GGSN |
Gateway GPRS Support Node |
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GI |
Gateway Interface |
|
GID |
Global-ID |
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GigE |
Gigabit Ethernet |
|
GIGE |
GigE SFP type |
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GIGX |
GigX SFP |
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gLSP |
GMPLS LSP |
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GMPLS |
Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching |
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GMR |
IGMP Group-specific Membership Report |
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GMRE |
GMPLS Routing Engine |
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gNMI |
gRPC Network Management Interface |
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gNOI |
gRPC Network Operations Interface |
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GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
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GOP |
Group of Pictures |
|
GPON |
Gigabit Passive Optical Network |
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GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System |
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GR |
Graceful Restart Guaranteed Restoration |
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GRACE |
Graceful restart |
|
GRE |
Generic Routing Encapsulation |
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gRPC |
gRPC Remote Procedure Call |
|
GRT |
Global Routing Table |
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GSMP |
General Switch Management Protocol |
|
GSU |
Granted Service Unit |
|
GTP |
GPRS Tunneling Protocol |
|
GTP-U |
GPRS Tunneling Protocol - User Plane |
|
GUA |
Global Unicast Address |
|
GVRP |
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol |
|
GW-IP |
Gateway-Internet Protocol |
H
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
HA |
High Availability |
HAG |
Hybrid Access Gateway |
HD |
High Definition |
HDLC |
High-level Data Link Control protocol |
HEC |
Header Error Control |
HGW |
Home Gateway |
HI |
Handover Indication |
HLI |
High Loss Interval |
HLR |
Home Location Register |
HMAC |
Hash-based Message Authentication Code Hash Message Authentication Code |
HLE |
Home LAN Extension |
H-OFS |
Hybrid OpenFlow Switch |
Hot |
HEAT Orchestration Templates |
HP |
High Priority |
H-POL |
Hierarchical Policing |
H-QoS |
Hierarchical Quality of Service |
HSDPA |
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access |
HSDSL |
High Speed Digital Subscriber Line |
HSI |
High Speed Internet |
HSMDA |
High Scale MDA |
HSPA |
High-Speed Packet Access |
HSQ |
High Scale QoS |
HSS |
Home Subscriber Service |
HT |
Host Tracking |
HTTP |
Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS |
HTTP Secure |
HVDC |
High Voltage Direct Current |
HVPLS |
Hierarchical Virtual Private Line Service |
I
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
IAD |
Integrated Access Device |
IAID |
Identity Association Identification |
IANA |
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
IA-NA |
Identity Association for Non-Temporary Addresses |
IA-PD |
Identity Association for Prefix Delegation |
IAPP |
Inter Access Point Protocol |
IBCP |
In-Band Control Plane |
IBGP |
Interior Border Gateway Protocol |
IBN |
Isolated Bonding Network |
IB-RCC |
In-Band Ring Control Connection |
ICAP |
Internet Content Adaptation Protocol |
ICB |
Inter-Chassis Backup |
ICC |
Inter-Card Communication ITU Carrier Code (ITU-T Y.1730) |
ICCN |
Incoming Call Connected |
ICK |
Integrity Connection Value Key |
ICL |
Inter-Chassis Link |
ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
ICMPv6 |
Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6 |
ICP |
IMA Control Protocol |
ICRQ |
Incoming Call Request |
ICV |
Integrity Connection Value |
IDi |
Identification Indicator (an IKEv2 protocol payload) |
IDr |
Identification Responder |
IDR |
Instantaneous Decoding Refresh |
IDS |
Intrusion Detection System |
IDU |
InDoor Unit |
IE |
Information Element |
IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
I-ES |
Interconnect Ethernet-Segment |
|
I-ESI |
Interconnect Ethernet Segment Identifier |
IES |
Internet Enhanced Service |
IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
IFDV |
InterFrame Delay Variation |
IFF |
Inbound FEC Filtering |
IFG |
Inter-Frame Gap |
IGD |
Internet Gateway Device |
IGH |
Interface Group Handler |
IGMP |
Internet Group Management Protocol |
IGP |
Interior Gateway Protocol |
IGRP |
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
IID |
Instance ID |
IIH |
IS-IS Hello |
IKE |
Internet Key Exchange |
iLDP |
Interface Label Distribution Protocol |
ILER |
Ingress Label Edge Router |
ILM |
Incoming Label Map |
IME |
Interface Management Entity |
IMEI |
International Mobile Equipment Identity |
IMEISV |
International Mobile Equipment Identity and its Software Version |
IMET |
Inclusive Multicast Ethernet Tag |
IMM |
Integrated Media Module |
IMPM |
Ingress Multicast Path Management |
IMSI |
International Mobile Subscriber Identification |
I/O |
Input/Output |
IOM |
Input/Output Module |
IOMMU |
I/O Memory Management Unit |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IP-CAN |
IP Connectivity Access Network |
IPCC |
IP Communication Channel IP Control Channel |
IPFIX |
IP Flow Information Export |
IPG |
Inter-Packet Gap |
Ipipe |
IP Pipe IP Interworking VLL |
IPL |
IP Length |
I-PMSI |
Inclusive Provider Multicast Service Interface |
IPoE |
IP over Ethernet |
IPS |
Intrusion Prevention System |
IPsec |
IP Security |
IPTV |
Internet Protocol Television |
IPv6 |
Internet Protocol version 6 |
IPv6CP |
IPv6 Control Protocol |
IP-VPN |
Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network |
IQ |
Information/Query |
IR |
Ingress Replication |
IRB |
Integrated Routing and Bridging |
IRI |
Intercept Related Information |
ISA |
Integrated Service Adapter |
ISA-AA |
Integrated Service Adapter – Application Assurance |
ISAKMP |
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol |
ISAM |
Intelligent Services Access Manager |
ISID |
I-component Service ID I-Service Instance Identifier |
IS-IS |
Intermediate System to Intermediate System |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
ISSU |
In-Service Software Upgrade |
IST |
Internal Spanning Tree |
I-TAG |
Service Instance TAG |
ITU-T |
International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunications |
IWF |
Interworking Function |
J
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
JID |
JabberID |
JOLT |
Java OnLine Transactions |
JP |
Join Prune |
K
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
KAT |
Keepalive Timer |
KEX |
Key Exchange |
KPI |
Key Performance Indicators |
KVM |
Kernel-based Virtual Machine |
L
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
|
L2oGRE |
Layer 2 over Generic Routing Encapsulation |
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L2TP |
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol |
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L2W |
Layer 2 Wholesale |
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LA |
Level Authority |
|
LAA |
Local Address Assignment |
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LAC |
L2TP Access Concentrator |
|
LACP |
Link Aggregation Control Protocol |
|
LAG |
Link Aggregation Group |
|
L-AIS |
Line Alarm Indication Signal |
|
LAN |
Local Area Network |
|
LAND |
Local Area Network Denial |
|
LB |
Label Base Loopback |
|
LBM |
Loopback Message |
|
LBR |
Loopback Reply Loopback Response |
|
LCD |
Loss of Cell Delineation |
|
LCM |
Life Cycle Management |
|
LCP |
Link Control Protocol |
|
LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
|
LDAPS |
LDAP over SSL/STL |
|
LDP |
Label Distribution Protocol |
|
LDPoRSVP |
LDP over RSVP |
|
LDRA |
Lightweight DHCPv6 Relay Agent |
|
LER |
Label Edge Router |
|
LFA |
Loop-Free Alternate |
|
LI |
Lawful Intercept |
|
LFI |
Link Fragmentation and Interleaving |
|
LIB |
Label Information Base |
|
LIF |
Loss of IMA Frame |
|
LIG |
Lawful Intercept Gateway |
|
LLA |
Link Local Address |
|
LLC |
Link Layer Control Logical Link Control |
|
LLDP |
Link Layer Discovery Protocol |
|
LLDPDU |
Link Layer Discovery Protocol Data Unit |
|
LLF |
Link Loss Forwarding |
|
LLGR |
Long Lived Graceful Restart |
|
LLID |
Loopback Location ID |
|
LM |
Loss Measurement |
|
LMM |
Loss Measurement Message |
|
LMI |
Local Management Interface |
|
LMR |
Loss Measurement Response |
|
LMQ |
Last Member Query |
|
LNS |
L2TP Network Server |
|
LOC |
Loss of Continuity |
|
LODS |
Link Out of Delay Synchronization |
|
LOF |
Loss of Frame |
|
LOP |
Loss of Packets |
|
LoR |
LDP over RSVP |
|
LOS |
Loss of Signal |
|
LoT |
Loss of Transmission Loss of Transport |
|
LP |
Low Priority Local Preference |
|
LPM |
Longest Prefix Match |
|
LPN |
Label per Next hop |
|
LPP |
Label per Prefix |
|
LPT |
Logical Port Type |
|
LPT-S |
Logical Port Type Subtype |
|
LPT-V |
Logical Port Type Value |
|
LQR |
Link Quality Report |
|
LR |
Labeled Route |
|
LSA |
Link-State Advertisement |
|
LSB |
Least Significant Bit |
|
LSDB |
Link-State Database |
|
LSN |
Large-Scale NAT |
|
LSP |
Link-State PDU (for IS-IS) Label Switched Path |
|
LSR |
Link-state Request Label Switching Router |
|
LSU |
Link-State Update |
|
LT |
Linktrace |
|
LTE |
Line Termination Equipment Long Term Evolution |
|
LTM |
Linktrace Message |
|
LTN |
LSP ID to NHLFE |
|
LTR |
Linktrace Reply Linktrace Response |
|
LTS |
L2TP Tunnel Switching |
|
LUB |
Limit Unused Bandwidth |
|
LUDB |
Local User Data Base |
M
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
|
MA |
Maintenance Association |
|
MA-ID |
Maintenance Association Identifier |
|
MAC |
Media Access Control |
|
MACsec |
Media Access Control Security |
|
MAF |
Management Access Filter |
|
MAG-c |
Multi-access Gateway-controller |
|
MAM |
Maximum Allocation Model |
|
MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
|
MANO |
Management and Orchestration |
|
MAP-T |
Mapping of Address and Port using Translation |
|
MAR |
Mobile Aggregation Router |
|
MAT |
MAC Address translation |
|
MBB |
Make-Before-Break |
|
MBGP |
Border Gateway Protocol with Multiprotocol extensions |
|
MBH |
Mobile BackHaul |
|
MBR |
Maximum Bit Rate |
|
MBS |
Maximum Buffer Size Maximum Burst Size Media Buffer Space |
|
MBZ |
Must Be Zero |
|
MCAST |
Multicast |
|
MC-APS |
Multichassis Automatic Protection Switching |
|
MC-CTL |
Multichassis Control Link |
|
MC-EP |
Multichassis Endpoint |
|
MCID |
Multicast Connection ID |
|
MC-IPsec |
Multichassis IPsec redundancy |
|
MC-LAG |
Multichassis Link Aggregation |
|
MCAC |
Multicast Connection Admission Control |
|
MCC |
Mobile Country Code |
|
MCLT |
Maximum Client Lead Time |
|
MCM |
MDA Carrier Module |
|
MCR |
Mobile Core Router |
|
MC-RING |
Multichassis Ring |
|
MCS |
Multichassis Synchronization |
|
MD |
Maintenance Domain |
|
MD5 |
Message Digest version 5 (algorithm) |
|
MDA |
Media Dependent Adapter |
|
MD-CLI |
Model-Driven CLI |
|
MDI |
Media Dependent Interface |
|
MDL |
Maintenance Data Link |
|
MDT |
Multicast Distribution Tree |
|
MDU |
Multiple Dwelling Unit |
|
MDX |
Media Dependent Interface with crossovers |
|
ME |
Maintenance Entity |
|
MED |
Multi-Exit Discriminator |
|
MEF |
Metro Ethernet Forum |
|
MEG |
Maintenance Entity Group MVPN-to-EVPN Gateway |
|
MEP |
Maintenance Association Endpoint Maintenance Endpoint |
|
MEP-ID |
Maintenance Association Endpoint Identifier |
|
MF |
More Fragment |
|
MFD |
Mean Frame Delay |
|
MFIB |
Multicast Forwarding Information Base |
|
MG |
Mobile Gateway |
|
MH |
Multihoming |
|
MHD |
Multihomed Device |
|
MHF |
MIP Half Function |
|
MHN |
Multihomed Network |
|
MHP |
Multihomed Prefix |
|
MHV |
Mirror Header Version |
|
MI |
Member Identifier |
|
MIB |
Management Information Base |
|
MIMP |
MC-IPsec Mastership Protocol |
|
MIP |
Maintenance Domain Intermediate Point Maintenance Intermediate Points |
|
MIR |
Minimum Information Rate |
|
MKA |
MACsec Key Agreement |
|
MLD |
Multicast Listener Discovery |
|
MLDP |
Multicast Label Distribution Protocol |
|
MME |
Mobility Management Entity |
|
MLT |
Multilink Trunk |
|
MMRP |
Multiple MAC Registration Protocol |
|
MN |
Member Number |
|
MNC |
Mobile Network Code |
|
MNO |
Mobile Network Operator |
|
MO |
Managed Object |
|
MoFRR |
Multicast-only Fast Reroute |
|
MOP |
Maintenance Operational Procedure |
|
MOS |
Mean Opinion Score |
|
MP |
Merge Point Multilink Protocol |
|
MPBGP |
Multiprotocol Border Gateway Protocol |
|
MPEG |
Moving Picture Experts Group |
|
MPLS |
Multiprotocol Label Switching |
|
MPLS-TP |
Multiprotocol Label Switching - Transport Profile |
|
MPLSCP |
Multiprotocol Label Switching Control Protocol |
|
MPTS |
Multiprogram Transport Stream |
|
MR |
Master Router Member Report |
|
MRAI |
Minimum Route Advertisement Interval |
|
MRB |
Maximum Reservable Bandwidth |
|
MRIB |
Multicast Routing Information Base |
|
MRLB |
Maximum Reservable Link Bandwidth |
|
MRP |
Multiservice Route Processor |
|
MRRU |
Maximum Received Reconstructed Unit |
|
MRU |
Maximum Receive Unit |
|
MSA |
Multisource Agreement |
|
MSAN |
Multiservice Access Node |
|
MSAP |
Managed Service Access Point |
|
MSB |
Most Significant Bit |
|
MSC |
Mobile Switching Center |
|
MSCC |
Multiple Services Credit Control |
|
MSD |
Maximum Stack Depth |
|
MSDP |
Multicast Source Discovery Protocol |
|
MSDU |
MAC Service Data Unit |
|
MSFP |
Multicast Switch Fabric Plane |
|
MSISDN |
Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number |
|
MS-ISM |
Multiservice Integrated Services Module |
|
MSK |
Master Session Key |
|
MS-PW |
Multisegment Pseudowire |
|
MSR |
Mobile Service Router |
|
MSS |
Multiservice Site Maximum Segment Size |
|
MST |
Multiple Spanning Tree |
|
MSTI |
Multiple Spanning Tree Instances |
|
MSTP |
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol |
|
MSTV |
Microsoft Television |
|
MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failures |
|
MT-ID |
Multitopology ID |
|
MTSO |
Mobile Telephony Switching Office |
|
MTTR |
Mean Time To Repair |
|
MTU |
Multitenant Unit Maximum Transmission Unit |
|
MTU-r |
Bridging-capable access device |
|
MUX |
Multiplex |
|
M-VPLS |
Management Virtual Private Line Service |
|
MVPN |
Multicast VPN |
|
MVR |
Multicast VPLS Registration |
|
MVRP |
Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol |
N
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
NA |
Neighbor Advertisements |
NAI |
National Access Identifier |
NAK |
Non-Acknowledgment |
NAPT |
Network Address and Port Translation |
NAPTR |
Name Authority Pointer |
NAS |
Network Access Server |
NASREQ |
Diameter Network Access Server Requirements |
NAT |
Network Address Translation |
NBMA |
Non-Broadcast Multiple Access network |
NBNS |
NetBios Name Server |
NC |
Network Class |
NCP |
Network Control Protocol |
| NDcPP | Collaborative Network Device Protection Profile |
NDF |
Non-Designated Forwarder |
NDP |
Neighbor Discovery Protocol |
NE |
Network Element |
NET |
Network Entity Title |
NetBIOS |
Network Basic Input/Output System |
NETCONF |
Network Configuration Protocol |
NFM-P |
Nokia Network Functions Manager for Packet |
NG-MVPN |
Next-Generation Multicast VPN |
NGE |
Network Group Encryption |
NH |
Next-Hop |
NHG |
Next-Hop Group |
NHLFE |
Next-Hop Label Forwarding Entry |
NHOP |
Next-Hop |
| NIAP | National Information Assurance Partnership |
NID |
Network Interface Demarcation |
NISH |
Network Interface Shell |
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NLB-DEM |
Non-Location Based DEM |
NLPID |
Network Level Protocol Identifier |
NLRI |
Network Layer Reachability Information |
|
NMDA |
Network Management Datastores Architecture |
NMS |
Network Management System |
NNI |
Network-to-Network Interface |
NPA |
Network Processor Array |
NRT-VBR |
Non-Real-Time Variable Bit Rate |
NS |
Neighbor Solicitation Nonce Sum |
NSAP |
Network Service Access Point |
NSAPI |
Network Service Access Point Identifier |
NSH |
Next Signaling Hop |
NSP |
Network Services Platform |
NSR |
Nonstop Routing |
NSSA |
Not-So-Stubby Area |
NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
NUMA |
Non-uniform Memory Access |
NVE |
Network Virtualization Edge |
NVO |
Network Virtualization Overlay |
O
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
OAM |
Operation, Administration and Management |
OAMPDU |
OAM Protocol Data Units |
OC3 |
Optical Carrier level 3 |
OCD |
Out-of-Cell Delineation |
OCS |
Online Charging Server |
OCSP |
Online Certificate Status Protocol |
ODSA |
On-Demand Subnet Allocation |
ODU |
Optical channel Data Unit |
OF |
OpenFlow |
OFPAT |
OpenFlow Protocol Action Type |
OFS |
OpenFlow Switch |
OID |
Object Identifier |
OIF |
Outgoing Interfaces |
OIL |
Outgoing Interface List |
OISM |
Optimized Inter-Subnet Multicast |
|
OK |
Operating Kernel |
OKC |
Opportunistic Key Caching |
OLT |
Optical Line Termination |
OMA |
Optical Modulation Amplitude |
OMCR |
Oversubscribed Multichassis Redundancy |
ONT |
Optical Network Terminal |
OOB |
Out-of-Band |
OOF |
Out-of-Frame |
OOP |
Out-of-Profile |
OPDL |
Option Data structure List |
OPEX |
Operating Expenditure Operational Expense |
OPS |
On-Path Support |
OPU |
Optical Payload Unit |
ORF |
Outbound Route Filtering |
ORR |
Optimal Route Reflection |
OS |
Operating System |
OSF |
Oversubscription Factor |
OSI |
Open Systems Interconnection (reference model) |
OSICP |
OSI Control Protocol |
OSINLCP |
OSI Network Layer Control Protocol |
OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First |
OSPFIGP |
Open Shortest Path First Interior Gateway Protocol |
OSPF-TE |
OSPF-Traffic Engineering (extensions) |
OSS |
Operations Support System |
OT |
Over-Temperature |
OTN |
Optical Transport Network |
OTU |
Optical Transport Unit |
OUI |
Organizationally Unique Identifier |
OVA |
Open Virtual Application |
OVF |
Open Virtualization Format |
OVS |
Open Virtual Switch |
OWAMP |
One-Way Active Measurement Protocol |
OXC |
Optical Cross-connect |
P
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
|
P2MP |
Point-to-Multipoint |
|
P2P |
Point-to-Point |
|
PAA |
PDN Address Allocation |
|
PADI |
PPPoE Active Discovery Initiation |
|
PADO |
PPPoE Active Discovery Offer |
|
PADR |
PPPoE Active Discovery Request |
|
PADS |
PPPoE Active Discovery Session-confirmation |
|
PADT |
PPPoE Active Discovery Terminate |
|
PAE |
Port Authentication Entities |
|
PAGP |
Port Aggregation Protocol |
|
PAP |
Password Authentication Protocol |
|
PASTE |
Provider Architecture for Differentiated Services and Traffic Engineering |
|
PAT |
Program Association Table |
|
PAYG |
Pay-As-You-Grow |
|
PBB |
Provider Backbone Bridging |
|
PBBN |
Provider Backbone Bridge Network |
|
PBF |
Policy-Based Forwarding |
|
PBKDF2 |
Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 |
|
PBO |
Packet-Byte-Offset |
|
PBR |
Policy-Based Routing |
|
PBT |
Port-Based Timestamping |
|
PCAP |
Packet Capture |
|
PCC |
Path Computation Element Client |
|
PCC |
Policy and Charging Control |
|
PCE |
Path Computation Element |
|
PCEF |
Policy and Charging Enforcement Function |
|
PCEP |
Path Computation Element Protocol |
|
PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
|
PCO |
Protocol Configuration Option |
|
PCP |
Priority Code Point Port Control Protocol Port Control Policy |
|
PCR |
Peak Cell Rate Proprietary Clock Recovery |
|
PCRF |
Policy and Rule Charging Function |
|
PCS |
Physical Coding Sublayer |
|
PD |
Prefix Delegation |
|
PDCP |
Packet Data Convergence Protocol |
|
PDN |
Packet Data Network |
|
PDP |
Packet Data Protocol Policy Decision Point |
|
PDSN |
Packet Data Serving Node |
|
PDU |
Protocol Data Units |
|
PDV |
Packet Delay Variation |
|
PE |
Provider Edge Router |
|
PEA |
Provider Edge A |
|
PEB |
Provider Edge B |
|
PE-rs |
Provider Edge Router (routing and bridging capable) |
|
PEAP |
Protected EAP |
|
PEG |
PIM-to-EVPN Gateway |
|
PEP |
Policy Enforcement Point |
|
PEM |
Privacy Enhanced Mail |
|
PES |
Packetized Elementary Stream |
|
PESQ |
Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality |
|
PFC |
Protocol Field Compression |
|
PFCP |
Packet Forwarding Control Protocol |
|
PFS |
Perfect Forward Secrecy |
|
PFSG |
Pool Fate Sharing Group |
|
PG-ID |
Protect Group ID |
|
PGW |
PDN Gateway |
|
PHB |
Per-Hop Behavior |
|
PHP |
Penultimate Hop Popping |
|
PHY |
Physical layer |
|
PIC |
Prefix Independent Convergence |
|
PID |
Packet Identifier Protocol Identifier |
|
PIM |
Protocol Independent Multicast |
|
PIM-DM |
Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode |
|
PIM-SM |
Protocol Independent Multicast – Sparse Mode |
|
PIO |
Prefix Information Option |
|
PIP |
Picture-in-Picture |
|
PIR |
Peak Information Rate |
|
PKCS |
Public Key Cryptography Standards |
|
PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
|
PLCP |
Physical Layer Convergence Protocol |
|
PLM |
Payload Mismatch |
|
PLMN |
Public Land Mobile Network |
|
PLR |
Point of Local Repair |
|
PM |
Path Monitoring |
|
PMSI |
P-Multicast Service Interface |
|
PMSTP |
Provider Multi-Instance Spanning Tree Protocol |
|
PMT |
Program Map Table |
|
PN |
Packet Number Pseudo-Node |
|
PNNI |
Private Network-to-Network Interface |
|
POA |
Program Off Air |
|
POI |
Purge Originator Identification |
|
PON |
Passive Optical Network |
|
POP |
Points of Presence |
|
POS |
Packet over SONET |
|
PPID |
Payload Protocol Identifier |
|
PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol |
|
PPPoE |
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet |
|
PPS |
Packets per Second |
|
PPTP |
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
|
PQR |
Picture Quality Rating |
|
PRC |
Path Restoration Combined Primary Reference Clock |
|
PRF |
Pseudorandom Function |
|
PRI |
Packet Priority |
|
PSB |
Path State Block |
|
PSC |
Protection Switching Coordination |
|
PSCP |
Programmable Subscriber Configuration Policy |
|
PSD |
Protection Switching Duration |
|
PSH |
Push |
|
PSI |
Payload Structure Identifier |
|
PSK |
Pre-Shared Key |
|
PSM |
Peer State Machine |
|
PSN |
Packet-Switched Network |
|
PSNP |
Partial Sequence Number PDU |
|
PSNR |
Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
|
PST |
Path Setup Type |
|
PT |
Payload Type |
|
PTA |
PMSI Tunnel Attribute PPP Termination Aggregation |
|
PTB |
Packet Too Big |
|
PTI |
Payload Type Indicator |
|
PTSF |
Packet Timing Signal Fail |
|
PTP |
Performance Transparency Protocol Precision Time Protocol |
|
PVC |
Permanent Virtual Circuit |
|
PVCC |
Permanent Virtual Channel Connection |
|
PVP |
Permanent Virtual Path |
|
PVPC |
Permanent Virtual Path Connection |
|
PVST |
Per VLAN STP |
|
PW |
Pseudowire |
|
PWE |
Pseudowire Emulation |
|
PWE3 |
Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge |
|
PW FWD |
Pseudowire Forwarding |
|
PXC |
Port Cross-Connect |
Q
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
Q.922 |
ITU-T Q-series Specification 922 |
QCI |
QoS Class Identifier |
QCOW2 |
Virtual disk image format supported by QEMU |
QEMU |
Quick Emulator |
QER |
QoS Enforcement Rule |
QL |
Quality Level |
QL-DNU |
Quality Level-Do Not Use |
QL-DUS |
Quality Level-Don’t Use for Synchronization |
QoE |
Quality of Experience |
QoS |
Quality of Service |
QPPB |
QoS Policy Propagation via BGP |
QSFP |
Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable |
R
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
RA |
Router Advertisement Route Advertise |
RAA |
Re-Authentication Answer |
RADIUS |
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service |
RAI |
Routing Area Identity |
RAM |
Reporting and Analysis Manager |
RAN |
Radio Access Network |
R-APS |
Ring Automatic Protection Switching |
RAR |
Re-Authentication Request |
RAS |
Remote Access Server |
RAT |
Radio Access Type |
RBOC |
Regional Bell Operating Company |
RC |
Result Code |
RCO |
Routed Central Office |
RD |
Route Distinguisher |
RDI |
Remote Defect Indication |
RDM |
Russian Doll Model |
RDNSS |
Recursive DNS Server |
RE |
Regular Expression |
RED |
Random Early Discard |
RESV |
Reservation |
RET |
Retransmission |
RFC |
Request for Comments |
RFD |
Route Flap Damping |
RFI-IMA |
IMA Remote Failure Indication |
RG |
Routed Gateway |
RGW |
Residential Gateway |
RHEL |
Real Hat Enterprise Linux |
RI |
Router Information |
RIB |
Routing Information Base |
RIP |
Routing Information Protocol |
RNC |
Radio Network Controller |
RLFA |
Remote Loop-Free Alternate |
RNCV |
Ring Node Connectivity Verification |
RMON |
Remote Network Monitoring |
ROA |
Route Origin Authorization |
RP |
Rendezvous Point |
RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
RPA |
RP Address |
RPF |
Reverse Path Forwarding |
RPKI |
Resource Public Key Infrastructure |
RPL |
Ring Protection Link |
RPS |
Radio Protection Switching |
RPT |
Rendezvous-Point Tree |
RR |
Reporting Reason Route Reflector |
RRO |
Record Route Object |
RS |
Router Solicitation |
RS-FEC |
Reed-Solomon Forward Error Correction |
RSA |
Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman (authors of the RSA encryption algorithm) |
RSB |
Reservation State Block |
RSC |
Return Sub-Code |
RSHG |
Residential Split Horizon Group |
RSS |
Receive Side Scaling |
RSSI |
Received Signal Strength Indication |
RST |
Reset |
RSTP |
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol |
RSU |
Requested Service Unit |
RSVP |
Resource Reservation Protocol |
RSVP-TE |
Resource Reservation Protocol – Traffic Engineering |
RT |
Receive/Transmit |
RT-VBR |
Real-Time Variable Bit Rate |
RTC |
Route Target Constraint |
RTCP |
RTP Control Protocol |
RTM |
Routing Table Manager |
RTMP |
Real-Time Messaging Protocol |
RTMPE |
Encrypted Real Time Messaging Protocol |
RTMPT |
Tunneled Real Time Messaging Protocol |
RTP |
Real-Time Transport Protocol |
RTSP |
Real-Time Streaming Protocol |
RTT |
Round Trip Time |
RTU |
Right To Use |
R-VPLS |
Routed Virtual Private LAN Service |
RxDTV |
Receive Decision Threshold Voltage |
S
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
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S2L |
Source-to-leaf |
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S-A |
Source-Active |
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SA |
Security Association |
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SAA |
Service Assurance Agent |
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SAC |
State Advertisement Control |
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SAFI |
Subsequent Address Family Identifier |
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SAI |
Service Area Identity Secure Association Identifier |
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SAII |
Source Access Individual Identifier Source Attachment Individual Identifier |
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SAK |
Security Association Key |
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SaMOG |
S2a Mobility based on GPRS Tunneling Protocol |
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SAP |
Service Access Point Subscriber Access Point |
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SASE |
Stand Alone Synchronization Equipment |
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SAToP |
SAToP Structure-Agnostic TDM over Packet |
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SBAU |
Shared Buffer Average Utilization |
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SBD |
Supplementary Broadcast Domain |
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SBR |
Source-Based Reroute |
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SBU |
Shared Buffer Utilization |
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SC |
Security Channel |
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SCCCN |
Start-Control-Connection-Connected |
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SCCRP |
Start-Control-Connection-Reply |
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SCCRQ |
Start-Control-Connection-Request |
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SCI |
Secure Channel Identifier |
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SCP |
Secure Copy |
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SCR |
Sustained Cell Rate |
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SCTE |
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers |
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SCTP |
Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
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SCUR |
Session Charging with Unit Reservation |
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SD |
Signal Degrade Space Diversity |
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SDH |
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
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SDK |
Software Development Kit |
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SDN |
Software Defined Network |
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SDP |
Service Destination Point |
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SDSL |
Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
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SDU |
Service Data Unit |
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SE |
Shared Explicit |
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SecTAG |
Security TAG |
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SecY |
MAC Security Entity |
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SeGW |
Secure Gateway |
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SeND |
Secure Neighbor Discovery |
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SERO |
Secondary ERO |
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SES |
Severely Errored Second |
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SETS |
Synchronous Timing Equipment Subsystem |
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SF |
Signal Fail |
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SFF |
Small Form Factor |
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SFM |
Switch Fabric Module |
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SFP |
Small Form-factor Pluggable (transceiver) |
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SGSN |
Serving GPRS Support Node |
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SGT |
Self-Generated Traffic |
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SGW |
Serving Gateway |
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SHA |
Secure Hash Algorithm |
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SHCV |
Subscriber Host Connectivity Verification |
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SHG |
Split Horizon Group |
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SI |
Service Information Set ID |
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SID |
Segment ID |
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SIDR |
Secure Inter-Domain Routing |
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SIM |
Subscriber Identity Module |
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SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol |
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SIR |
Sustained Information Rate |
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SL |
Synthetic Loss Short Length |
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SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
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SLAAC |
Stateless Address Auto-Configuration |
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SLARP |
Serial Line Address Resolution Protocol |
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SLM |
Synthetic Loss Message |
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SLR |
Static Labeled Routes Synthetic Loss Reply |
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SM |
Section Monitoring |
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SMBIOS |
System Management BIOS |
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SMAC |
Source MAC Address |
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SMGR |
Service Manager |
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SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
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SNA |
System Network Architecture |
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SNAP |
Subnetwork Access Protocol |
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SNAPT |
Source Network Address and Port Translation |
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SNCP |
Sub-Network Connection Protection |
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SNI |
Server Name Indicator |
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SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
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SNPA |
Subnetwork Point of Attachment |
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SNR |
Signal to Noise Ratio |
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SNTP |
Simple Network Time Protocol |
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SOAM |
Service OAM |
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SONET |
Synchronous Optical Network |
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SOO |
Site of Origin |
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SP |
Service Provider |
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SPB |
Shortest Path Bridging |
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SPBM |
Shortest Path Bridging MAC Mode |
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S-PE |
Switching Provider Edge router |
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SPF |
Shortest Path First |
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SPI |
Security Parameter Index |
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SPI |
SLA Profile Instance |
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S-PMSI |
Selective Provider Multicast Service Interface |
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SPT |
Shortest Path Tree |
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SPTS |
Single-Program Transport Stream |
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SQE |
Signal Quality Error |
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SQN |
Sequence Number |
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SR |
Segment Routing Service Router (7750 SR) |
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SRGB |
Segment Routing Global Block |
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SRH |
Segment Routing Header |
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SRLB |
Segment Routing Local Block |
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SRLG |
Shared Risk Link Group |
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SRRP |
Subscriber Routed Redundancy Protocol |
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SRPY |
Service Router Python |
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SR-IOV |
Single Root I/O Virtualization |
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SR-MS |
Segment Routing Mapping Server |
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SR-TE |
Segment Routing Traffic Engineering |
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SSD |
Solid State Drive |
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SSDP |
Simple Service Discovery Protocol |
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SSH |
Secure Shell |
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SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
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SSM |
Source-Specific Multicast Synchronization Status Messages Synchronization Status Messaging |
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SSRC |
Synchronization Source |
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SSU |
System Synchronization Unit Synchronization Supply Unit |
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STA |
Session-Termination-Answer |
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S-TAG |
Service VLAN tag |
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STB |
Set Top Box |
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STM1 |
Synchronous Transport Module, level 1 |
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STP |
Spanning Tree Protocol |
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STR |
Session-Termination-Requests |
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STS |
Synchronous Transport Signal |
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STUN |
Session Traversal Utilities for NAT |
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SVC |
Switched Virtual Circuit |
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SVID |
Stacked VLAN ID |
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S-VLAN |
Service Provider VLAN |
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SYN |
Synchronize |
T
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
TAC |
Technical Assistance Center |
TACACS+ |
Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus |
TAF |
Time Average Factor |
TAI |
Tracking Area Identifier |
TAU |
Tracking Area Update |
TAII |
Target Attachment Individual Identifier |
TC |
Traffic Class (formerly known as EXP bits) |
TCA |
Threshold Crossing Alert Traffic Crossing Alert |
TCAM |
Ternary Content Addressable Memory |
TCI |
TAG Control Information |
TCN |
Topology Change Notification |
TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
TCP-AO |
TCP Authentication Option |
TCSB |
Traffic Control State Block |
TDF |
Traffic Detection Function |
TDM |
Time Division Multiplexing |
TDP-ID |
Time Descriptor Policy Identifier |
TE |
Traffic Engineering |
TED |
Traffic Engineering Database |
TEI |
Transport Error Identifier |
TEID |
Tunnel Endpoint Identifier |
TEP |
Tunnel Endpoint |
TFN |
Tribe Flood Network |
TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
TI-LFA |
Topology-Independent Loop-Free Alternate |
TIM |
Trace Identifier Mismatch |
T-LDP |
Targeted LDP |
TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
TLV |
Type Length Value |
TM |
Traffic Management |
TNC |
Technically Non-Conformant |
TNS |
Transparent Network Substrate |
ToD |
Time of Day |
TOR |
Top-of-Rack |
ToS |
Type-of-Service |
T-PE |
Terminating Provider Edge router |
TPID |
Tag Protocol Identifier |
TPMR |
Two-Port MAC Relay |
TPSDA |
Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture |
TS |
Transport Stream |
TSH |
TTL Security Hack |
TTI |
Trail Trace Identifier |
TTL |
Time to Live |
TTLS |
Tunneled Transport Layer Security |
TTM |
Tunnel Table Manager |
TVL |
Type Value Length |
TWAMP |
Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol |
TWAN |
Trusted WLAN Access Network |
U
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
U-APS |
Unidirectional Automatic Protection Switching |
uBFD |
Micro Bidirectional Forwarding Detection |
UBR |
Unspecified Bit Rate |
UDLD |
Uni-directional Link Detection |
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
UE |
User Equipment |
| UEFI |
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
UFD |
Unidirectional Forwarding Detection |
ULI |
User Location Information |
ULIC |
UMTS Lawful Intercept Correlation Header |
UM |
Usage Monitoring |
UMH |
Upstream Multicast Hop |
UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (3G) |
UNI |
User-to-Network Interface |
UNC |
Usage Parameter Control |
UPF |
User Plane Function |
UPnP |
Universal Plug and Play |
URG |
Urgent |
URI |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
uRPF |
Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding |
URR |
Usage Reporting Rule |
USM |
User-based Security Model |
USU |
Used Service Unit |
UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
UTF |
Unicode Transformation Format |
UTM |
Unified Threat Management |
UUI |
User-to-User Indication |
V
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
VACM |
View-based Access Control Model |
VAS |
Value Added Service |
VBO |
VE Block Offset |
VBR |
Variable Bit Rate |
VBS |
VE Block Size |
VC |
Virtual Circuit Virtual Channel |
VCC |
Virtual Channel Connection |
VCCV |
Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification |
vCD |
vCloud Director |
VCI |
Virtual Channel Identifier |
VC-ID |
Virtual Circuit Identifier |
VCL |
Virtual Channel Link |
VCP |
Virtual Core Port |
VDSL |
Very-High-Bit-Rate DSL |
VE |
VPLS Edge |
VE-ID |
VPWS Edge Identifier |
VF |
Virtual Function |
vFP |
Virtual Forwarding Plane |
V-GW |
Visited WLAN-GW |
VID |
VLAN ID |
VIM |
Virtualized Infrastructure Manager |
VLAN |
Virtual LAN |
VLL |
Virtual Leased Line |
VM |
Virtual Machine |
VMAC |
Virtual MAC Address |
VMDK |
Virtual Machine Disk |
vMEPs |
Virtual MEPS |
VNF |
Virtual Network Function |
VNFD |
Virtual Network Function Descriptor |
VNFM |
Virtualized Network Function Manager |
VNFO |
Virtualized Network Function Orchestrator |
VNI |
VXLAN Network Identifier |
VoD |
Video on Demand |
VoIP |
Voice over IP |
VP |
Virtual Path |
VPC |
Virtual Path Connection |
VPI |
Virtual Path Identifier |
VPL |
Virtual Path Link |
VPLS |
Virtual Private LAN Service |
VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
Vport |
Virtual Port |
VPRN |
Virtual Private Routed Network |
VPWS |
Virtual Private Wire Service |
VQM |
Video Quality Monitoring |
VRF |
Virtual Routing and Forwarding table |
vRGW |
Virtual Residential Gateway |
VRID |
Virtual Router ID |
VRP |
Validated ROA Payload |
VRRP |
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol |
VRS |
Virtual Routing and Switching |
VSA |
Vendor-Specific Attribute |
VSC |
Virtual Services Controller |
VSD |
Virtual Services Directory |
VSG |
Virtual Services Gateway |
VSI-ID |
Virtual Switch Instance identifier |
VSM |
Vendor-Specific Message Versatile Service Module |
VSO |
Vendor-Specific Option |
VSP |
Virtual Services Platform |
VSR |
Virtualized Service Router |
VSR-a |
Virtualized Service Router Appliance |
VSR-I |
Integrated Model for the Virtualized Service Router |
VSTQ |
Video Service Transmission Quality |
VT |
Validity Time Virtual Trunk |
VT-d |
Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O |
VT-x |
Virtualization Technology for x86 processors |
VTEP |
VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint |
VTP |
Virtual Trunk Protocol |
VXLAN |
Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network |
W
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
WAC |
WiMAX Access Controller |
WAN |
Wide Area Network |
WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
WDRR |
Weighted Deficit Round Robin |
WFQ |
Weighted Fair Queuing |
WINS |
Windows Internet Name Service |
WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network |
WLAN-GW |
WLAN Gateway |
WPP |
Web Authentication Protocol Wireless Portal Protocol |
WRED |
Weighted Random Early Detection Weighted Random Early Discard |
WRR |
Weighted-Round-Robin |
WTB |
Wait to Block |
WTR |
Wait to Restore |
X
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
x2APIC |
x2 Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller |
X.21 |
ITU-T X-series Recommendation 21 |
XFP |
10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable |
XMA |
XRS Media Adapter |
XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |
XMPP |
eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol |
XPN |
eXtended Packet Number |
XRO |
Exclude Route Objects |
Z
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
ZTP |
Zero Touch Provisioning |