List of Risk Related Acronyms
ACF2Advance Communication Function
ACKPositive Acknowledgment
AISAutomated Information System
ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute
APIApplication Program Interface
ARQAutomatic Request for Repeat
ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASDUApplication Services Data Unit
ATMAsynchronous Transfer Mode
AUIAttachment Unit Interface
AWGAmerican Wire Gauge
BIOSBasic Input Output System
BISDNBroadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BSCBinary Synchronous Communications
CCITTConsultative Committee on International Telegraph and Telephone
CCRCommitment, Concurrency and Recovery
CDDICopper Distributed Data Interface
CMIPCommon Management Information Protocol
CMPCommunications Plenum Cable
CMRCommunications Riser Cable
CRCCyclic Redundancy Check
CSMA/CDCarrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
CSUChannel Service Unit
DARPADefense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASDual Attached Station
DCEData Circuit Terminating Equipment
DDNDefense Data Network
DMADirect Memory Access
DOSDisk Operating System
DSAPDestination Service Access Point
DSEData Switching Exchange
DSUData Service Unit
DTEData Terminal Equipment
EBCDICExtended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EIAElectronic Industries Association
EISAExtended Industry Standard Architecture
FADUFile Access Data Unit
FCSFrame Check Sequence
FDDIFiber Distributed Data Interface
FDMFrequency Division Multiplexing
FETField Effect Transistor
FTAMFile Transfer, Access, and Management
FTPFile Transfer Protocol
GOSIPGovernment OSI Protocol
GUIGraphical User Interface
ICIInterface Control Information
ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
IDUInterface Data Unit
IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ILDInjection Laser Diode
IPInternet Protocol
IPXInternetwork Packet Exchange
ISAIndustry Standard Architecture
ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
ISOInternational Standards Organization
IXCIntereXchange Carrier
LANLocal Area Network
LAPBLink Access Procedure Balanced
LEDLight Emitting Diode
LLCLogical Link Control
MAC Media Access Control
MANMetropolitan Area Network
MAPManufacturing Automation Protocol
MAUMedium Attachment Unit
MAUMultistation Access Unit
MCAMicro Channel Architecture
MHSMessage Handling System
MLPMultiLink Procedures
MNPMicro Protocol
MSAUMulti-Station Access Unit
MTAMessage Transfer Agent
MTAEMessage Transfer Agent Entity
MTSMessage Transfer System
MTTPMean Time To Pain
NDISNetwork Driver Interface Specification
NICNetwork Interface Card
NISTNational Institute of Standards
NIUNetwork Interface Unit
NOSNetwork Operating System
ODIOpen Device Interface
OSOperating System
OSIOpen System Interconnection
OSPFOpen Shortest Path First (protocol)
PADPacket Assembler/Disassembler
PBXPrivate Branch Exchange
PCIProtocol Control Information
PDUProtocol Data Unit
PPPPoint to Point Protocol
PPSPackets Per Second
RAMRandom Access Memory
RIPRouting Information Protocol
ROMRead Only Memory
SAPService Access Point
SASSingle Attached Station
SDDIShielded Distributed Data Interface
SDESubmission and Delivery Entity
SDUService Data Unit
SMDSSwitched Multimegabit Data Services
SMTPSimple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMPSimple Network Management Protocol
SONETSynchronous Optical Network
SPDUSession Protocol Data Unit
SPESynchronous Payload Environment
SPXSequenced Packet Exchange
SRTSource Routing Transparent
SSAPSource Service Access Point
STPShielded Twisted Pair
STPSpanning Tree Protocol
TCPTransmission Control Protocol
TDMTime Division Multiplexing
TPDUTransport Protocol Data Unit
TSRTerminate and Stay Resident
UAUser Agent
UAEUser Agent Entity
UTPUnshielded Twisted Pair
VINESVirtual Networking Software
VTVirtual Terminal
WANWide Area Network
WDMWavelength Division Multiplexing
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