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* '''AP''' - Asia Pacific | * '''AP''' - Asia Pacific | ||
* '''API''' - Application Programming Interface, used to allow a 3rd party access to an application via software/script | * '''API''' - Application Programming Interface, used to allow a 3rd party access to an application via software/script | ||
* '''ASCII''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange], character encoding system | |||
* '''ASLR''' - Address Space Layout Randomisation, security feature that randomises data layout in memory | * '''ASLR''' - Address Space Layout Randomisation, security feature that randomises data layout in memory | ||
* '''ASR''' - Automated System Recovery, HP feature to reboot hardware in the case of the OS failing | * '''ASR''' - Automated System Recovery, HP feature to reboot hardware in the case of the OS failing |
Revision as of 09:50, 13 April 2012
A
- AD - Active Directory
- ALUA - Asymmetric Logical Unit Access, SAN feature whereby connected hosts can determine the states of target ports and prioritise paths to use to access LUN's
- AP - Asia Pacific
- API - Application Programming Interface, used to allow a 3rd party access to an application via software/script
- ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange, character encoding system
- ASLR - Address Space Layout Randomisation, security feature that randomises data layout in memory
- ASR - Automated System Recovery, HP feature to reboot hardware in the case of the OS failing
- ATA - AT Attachment (disks), also known IDE or EIDE
B
- BCS - British Computer Society
- BGP - Border Gateway Protocol, a routing protocol
- BSOD - Blue Screen of Death, as seen on Windows servers
C
- CIFS - Common Internet File System
- CMDB - Configuration Management Database
- CRAC - Computer Room Air-Conditioning
D
- DCE - Data Communications Equipment, eg modem
- DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DNS - Domain Name System
- DTE - Data Termination Equipment, eg router
E
- EIDE - Enhanced IDE (drive), approximately equivalent of ATA-2
- EMEA - Europe, Middle-East, Asia
F
- FATA - Fibre-Channel ATA disks, slower disks with FC interface
- FQDN - Fully Qualified Domain Name, eg
vwiki.sandfordit.com
as opposed tovwiki
- FTP - File Transfer Protocol, uses TCP 20 and 21
- FTPS - Secure version of FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS
G
- GPO - Group Policy Object
- GUI - Graphical User Interface
H
- HBA - Host Bus Adapter, server interface used to connect to SAN based storage
- HTTP - HyperText Transport Protocol, the bread and butter of the internet
- HTTPS - Secure HTTP, HTTP over SSL or TLS. Used for secure websites, and for delivering API and SOAP services
I
- IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics, aka ATA version 1
- IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol, mailbox access protocol
- IP - Internet Protocol
- IPMI - Intelligent Platform Management Interface, open standard for managing hardware platforms
- iSCSI - IP Small Computer Serial Interface, SCSI over IP
- ISEB - Information Systems Examinations Board
- ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library
J
- JBOD - Just a Bunch of Disks
K
L
- LAN - Local Area Network
- LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LDS - Lightweight Directory Services
M
- MAN - Metropolitan Area Network, somewhere between a LAN and a WAN, for example connecting buildings within a localised area
- MPLS - Multi Protocol Label Switch(ing)
- MSCS - Microsoft Clustering Services
N
- NAS - Network Attached Storage, storage that's available via a network
- NTP - Network Time Protocol, reliable time sync protocol, uses UDP 123
O
- OSPF - Open Shortest Path First, dynamic routing protocol
- OVA - Open Virtualisation Appliance, single file TAR of an OVF
- OVF - Open Virtualisation Format, industry standard virtual appliance definition, made up of various files within a folder
P
- PATA - Parallel ATA (disks, newer name for ATA disks)
- PID - Process ID, number assigned by the OS to a running process
- POSIX - Portable Operating System Interface, cross OS standards for API's, etc
- PSOD - Purple Screen of Death, as seen on ESX servers
- PVLAN - Private VLAN, VLANs over VLANs
Q
R
- RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol
- RIP - Route Information Protocol, old school routing protocol
- RSS - Really Simple Syndication, news feed protocol
S
- SAN - Storage Area Network, architecture for connecting systems to centralised storage
- SAS - Serial Attached SCSI (disk)
- SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (disk)
- SCOM - System Centre Operations Manager, Microsoft monitoring and operations product
- SCP - SSH Copy, provided by SSH v1 (has weaknesses and is outdated, SFTP provided by SSH v2 is current))
- SCSI - Small Computer Serial Interface
- SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protocol, secure copy provided by SSH v2 (not to be confused with FTPS
- SMB - Server Message Block (aka CIFS), typically used to access shared file-systems and printers
- SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, email message delivery protocol, uses TCP 25
- SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol, used to monitor and manage network based devices by either polling of the device, or by the device generating traps (alerts)
- SNTP - Simple Network Time Protocol, lightweight version of NTP that doesn't include error checking etc
- SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol, used to deliver remote services, usually over HTTP or HTTPS
- SPD - Serial Presence Detect, counter of errors experienced by a RAM memory stick, recorded on the stick
- SQL - Structure Query Language
- SSH - Secure Shell, used to access network devices securely over TCP 22
T
- TAR - Tape Archive, a collection of files bundled together into a container file (historically used for backups)
- TCP - Transmission Control Protocol, networking transport of the internet
- TFTP - Trivial FTP, lightweight FTP using UDP 69
- TLS - Transport Layer Security, successor to SSL
U
- UPS - Uninterruptable Power Supply
- UUID - Universally Unique ID
V
- VCP - VMware Certified Professional, title for certification on VMware Virtual Infrastructure / vSphere
- VI3 - VMware Infrastructure 3, the name given to an infrastructure running ESX3(i) host servers managed by Virtual Centre v2
- VI4 - VMware Infrastructure 4, officially called vSphere, the name sometimes given to an infrastructure running ESX4(i) host servers managed by vCentre v4
- VIC - (VMware) Virtual Infrastructure Client
- VIM - Virtual Infrastructure Manager, old name for VMware vCentre
- VLAN - Virtual LAN, allows different networks to be carried across the same Ethernet, differentiated by 802.1Q tags
- VMDK - Virtual Machine Disk file, a VMware virtual machine's virtual hard drive file
- VMFS - Virtual Machine File System, VMware's storage format for virtual machines to run on
- VNC - Virtual Network Computer, superior remote desktop application
- VPN - Virtual Private Network
- VRF - Virtual Routing and Forwarding, used to provide selective/conditional routing
- VSS - Volume Shadow Service, Microsoft OS service that creates quiesced disks (aka snapshots)
W
- WAN - Wide Area Network