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* '''DHCP''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol]
* '''DHCP''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol]
* '''DMA''' - Direct Memory Access, allows components direct access to system memory (rather than through the [[Acronyms#C|CPU]])
* '''DMA''' - Direct Memory Access, allows components direct access to system memory (rather than through the [[Acronyms#C|CPU]])
* '''DNS''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System Domain Name System]
* '''DNS''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System Domain Name System], converts human friendly names into computer friendly numerical addresses
* '''DSN''' - Data Source Name (or sometimes Database Source Name)
* '''DTE''' - Data Termination Equipment, eg router
* '''DTE''' - Data Termination Equipment, eg router


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* '''EMEA''' - Europe, Middle-East, Asia
* '''EMEA''' - Europe, Middle-East, Asia
* '''ESX''' - [[:Category:ESX|Elastic Sky X]], the [[:Category:VMware|VMware]] [[:Category:Virtual_Machine|Virtual Machine]] host server
* '''ESX''' - [[:Category:ESX|Elastic Sky X]], the [[:Category:VMware|VMware]] [[:Category:Virtual_Machine|Virtual Machine]] host server
* '''EULA''' - End User License Agreement, contract imposed on user of product (normally software) that's never read by user


== F ==
== F ==
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* '''MIB''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_information_base Management Information Base], object hierarchy database, most commonly used in [[#S|SNMP]]
* '''MIB''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_information_base Management Information Base], object hierarchy database, most commonly used in [[#S|SNMP]]
* '''MPLS''' - Multi Protocol Label Switch(ing)
* '''MPLS''' - Multi Protocol Label Switch(ing)
* '''MRTG''' - [http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/ Multi Router Traffic Grapher], Tobi Oetiker's Perl based flexible SNMP poller/grapher
* '''MSCS''' - Microsoft Clustering Services
* '''MSCS''' - Microsoft Clustering Services
* '''MTA''' - [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_transfer_agent Message Transfer Agent], receives and forwards [[#S|SMTP]] emails to other MTA's or local mailboxes
* '''MTA''' - [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_transfer_agent Message Transfer Agent], receives and forwards [[#S|SMTP]] emails to other MTA's or local mailboxes
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== N ==
== N ==
* '''NAS''' - Network Attached Storage, storage that's available via a network
* '''NAS''' - Network Attached Storage, storage that's available via a network
* '''NAT''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation Network Address Translation]
* '''NTP''' - [http://duckduckgo.com/Network_Time_Protocol Network Time Protocol], reliable time sync protocol, uses [[#U|UDP]] 123
* '''NTP''' - [http://duckduckgo.com/Network_Time_Protocol Network Time Protocol], reliable time sync protocol, uses [[#U|UDP]] 123


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* '''RIP''' - Route Information Protocol, old school routing protocol
* '''RIP''' - Route Information Protocol, old school routing protocol
* '''ROM''' - Read Only Memory
* '''ROM''' - Read Only Memory
* '''RRD''' - Round Robin Database, as used by [http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/ RRDtool] to store data points
* '''RSS''' - Really Simple Syndication, ''news'' feed protocol
* '''RSS''' - Really Simple Syndication, ''news'' feed protocol


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* '''SFTP''' - SSH File Transfer Protocol, secure copy provided by SSH v2 (not to be confused with [[#F|FTPS]])
* '''SFTP''' - SSH File Transfer Protocol, secure copy provided by SSH v2 (not to be confused with [[#F|FTPS]])
* '''SLP''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Location_Protocol Service Locator Protocol]]
* '''SLP''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Location_Protocol Service Locator Protocol]]
* '''SID''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Identifier Security Identifier], a unique ID for a security object, such as a user or a group
* '''SMB''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block Server Message Block] (aka [[#C|CIFS]]), typically used to access shared file-systems and printers
* '''SMB''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block Server Message Block] (aka [[#C|CIFS]]), typically used to access shared file-systems and printers
* '''SMTP''' - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, email message delivery protocol, uses TCP 25
* '''SMTP''' - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, email message delivery protocol, uses TCP 25
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* '''TLS''' - Transport Layer Security, successor to [[#S|SSL]]
* '''TLS''' - Transport Layer Security, successor to [[#S|SSL]]
* '''TOS''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_TOS The Operating System], the Atari ST's Operating System
* '''TOS''' - [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_TOS The Operating System], the Atari ST's Operating System
* '''TTL''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_live Time To Live], a lifespan time-out or propagation limit for a piece of data


== U ==
== U ==
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* '''VRF''' - Virtual Routing and Forwarding, used to provide selective/conditional routing
* '''VRF''' - Virtual Routing and Forwarding, used to provide selective/conditional routing
* '''VSS''' - Volume Shadow Service, Microsoft OS service that creates quiesced disks (aka snapshots)
* '''VSS''' - Volume Shadow Service, Microsoft OS service that creates quiesced disks (aka snapshots)
* '''VUM''' - VMware Update Manager


== W ==
== W ==
* '''WAN''' - Wide Area Network
* '''WAN''' - Wide Area Network
* '''WBEM''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web-Based_Enterprise_Management Web-Based Enterprise Management]
* '''WDS''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Deployment_Services Windows Deployment Services]
* '''WMI''' - Windows Management Instrumentation, Microsoft's implementation of [[Acronyms#W|WBEM]]
* '''WSUS''' - [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/windowsserver/bb332157.aspx Windows Server Update Services]


== X ==
== X ==

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