Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
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7 Client App
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6 Presentation
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5 Session
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4 Transport
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3 Network
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2 Link (Data)
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1 Physical
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Acronyms Networking Terms
Ack Acknowledge
ACL Access Control List
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AP Access Point
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
AS Autonomous System
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
CBC-MAC Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code
CCMP Counter Mode CBC-MAC Protocol
CDP CISCO Discovery Protocol
CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing
DCE Distributed Computer Environment
DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier
DNS Domain Name System
DSU / CSU Data Service Unit / Channel Service Unit
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DUAL Diffusing Update Algorithm
EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
ESSID Extended Service Set Identifier
HQ Head Quarters
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IOS Inter-Network Operating System (CISCO)
IPSec Internet Protocol Security
IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
LAN Local Area Network
L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
MAC Media Access Control
MIC Message Integrity Check
NAT Network Address Translation
NCP Network Control Protocol
NetBios Network Basic Input Output System
NIC Network Interface Cards
OSI Open System Interconnection
OSN Optical Switching and Networking
OSPF Open Shortest Path First
PDNTSPA Physical Data-link Network Transport Session Presentation Application
(To Remember :-) Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away)
PING Packet Internet Groper
PPP Point to Point Protocol
PPPoE Point to Point Protocol Over Ethernet
PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PSK Pre-Shared Key
PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit
PVST Per VLAN Spawning Tree
RF Radio Frequency
RIP Routing Information Protocol
RSA Remote Secure Access
RTP Real Time Transport Protocol
RTP Reliable Transport Protocol
RTS / CTS Request To Sender / Clear To Sender
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
UDP User Data-gram Protocol
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VLSM Variable length Sub-net Masking
VPN Virtual Private Networking
VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol
VTY Virtual Terminal Line (CISCO)
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
Wi-Fi WiFi Wireless Frequencies (Radio Waves)
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WPA Wi-Fi Protect Access
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