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== L == | === A === | ||
* '''AP''' - Asia Pacific | |||
=== B === | |||
* '''BGP''' - Border Gateway Protocol, a routing protocol | |||
=== C === | |||
* '''CRAC''' - Computer Room Air-Conditioning | |||
=== D === | |||
* '''DCE''' - Data Communications Equipment, eg modem | |||
* '''DTE''' - Data Termination Equipment, eg router | |||
=== E === | |||
* '''EMEA''' - Europe, Middle-East, Asia | |||
=== F === | |||
* '''FQDN''' - Fully Qualified Domain Name, eg <code>vwiki.sandfordit.com</code> as opposed to <code>vwiki</code> | |||
* '''FTP''' - File Transfer Protocol, uses TCP 20 and 21 | |||
=== L === | |||
* '''LAN''' - Local Area Network | |||
* '''LDS''' - Lightweight Directory Services | * '''LDS''' - Lightweight Directory Services | ||
=== I === | |||
* '''IMAP''' - Internet Message Access Protocol, mailbox access protocol | |||
* '''IP''' - Internet Protocol | |||
* '''iSCSI''' - IP Small Computer Serial Interface, SCSI over IP | |||
=== 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) | |||
=== 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 | |||
=== R === | |||
* '''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 | |||
* '''SCOM''' - System Centre Operations Manager, Microsoft monitoring and operations product | |||
* '''SCSI''' - Small Computer Serial Interface | |||
* '''SMTP''' - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, email message delivery protocol, uses TCP 25 | |||
* '''SNMP''' - Simple Network Management Protocol, polls use UDP 161, traps use UDP/TCP 162 | |||
* '''SQL''' - Structure Query Language | |||
* '''SSH''' - Secure Shell, used to access network devices securely over TCP 22 | |||
=== T === | |||
* '''TCP''' - Transmission Control Protocol | |||
* '''TFTP''' - Trivial FTP, lightweight FTP using UDP 69 | |||
=== U === | |||
* '''UPS''' - Uninterruptable Power Supply | |||
* '''UUID''' - Universally Unique ID | |||
=== V === | |||
* '''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 | |||
* '''VPN''' - Virtual Private Network | |||
* '''VRF''' - Virtual Routing and Forwarding, used to provide selective/conditional routing | |||
=== W === | |||
* '''WAN''' - Wide Area Network | |||