Following are some common abbreviations and terms used on this website.
| Abbreviation / word |
Description |
ABN |
Australian Business Number |
| ACL |
Access Control List |
| ADSL |
Asymmetric DSL |
| ADU |
Automatic Dialing Unit |
| ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
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| BDSL |
Broadband DSL |
| BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol |
| Bit |
Binary Digit |
| Byte |
Binary Element String |
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| CDSL |
Consumer DSL |
| CLI |
Call Level Interface + Common Line Interface |
| CODEC |
Coder/Decoder |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CSID |
Called Subscriber Identification |
| CSU |
Channel Switching/Service Unit |
| CTS |
Clear To Send |
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| DCE |
Data Communications Equipment |
| DDS |
Digital Dataphone Service |
| DEA |
Data Encryption Algorithm |
| DMY |
Day Month Year |
| DMZ |
DeMilitarized Zone |
| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
| DSU |
Data Switching/Service Unit |
| DTE |
Data Terminal Equipment |
| DTMF |
Data Tone Multiple Frequency |
| DTR |
Data Terminal Ready |
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| EMS |
Electronic Messaging/Mail System |
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| FDSL |
Fixed Directory Subscriber List |
| FIFO |
First In First Out |
| FILO |
First In Last Out |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
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| Gb |
Gigabit |
| GB |
Gigabyte (1,024 megabytes) |
| GMS |
Global Messaging Service |
| GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
| GPL |
General Public License |
| GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GSM |
Global System for Mobile-Communication |
| GUI |
Graphic User Interface |
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| HDSL |
High-Data Rate DSL |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPS |
HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure |
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| ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| ISDN |
Integrated Service Digital Network |
| IT |
Information Technology |
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| Kb |
Kilobit |
| KB |
Kilobytes |
| KVM |
Keyboard Video Mouse |
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| L2TP |
Layer Two Tunneling Protocol |
| LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
| LIFO |
Last In First Out |
| LILO |
Last In Last Out |
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| Mbps |
Megabits Per Second |
| MB |
Megabytes (1,024 kilobytes) |
| MBps |
Megabytes per Second |
| MODEM |
Modulator/Demodulator |
| MRU |
Maximum Receive Unit |
| MTU |
Maximum Transmission Unit |
| MUX |
Multiplexer |
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| NFS |
Network File System |
| NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
| NTU |
Network Transmission Unit |
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| OSS |
Open Source Software |
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| P2P |
Peer to Peer |
| PAB |
Personal Address Book |
| PABX |
Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
| PBX |
Private Branch Exchange |
| PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
| PKI |
Public key Infrastructure |
POTS |
Plain Old Telephone System |
| PRI |
Primary Rate Interface |
PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network |
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| RDP |
Reliable Datagram Protocol |
| RFC |
Internet Requests for Comments |
| RIP |
Routing Information Protocol |
| RTP |
Real-Time Transport Protocol |
| RX |
Receive Data |
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| SDSL |
Single-Line DSL |
| SER |
SIP Express Router |
| SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol |
| SME |
Small Medium Enterprise |
| SOHO |
Small Office Home Office |
| SPOOL |
Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SSH |
Secure Shell |
| SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
| STP |
Shielded Twisted Pair |
| SYSADMIN |
System Administrator |
| SYSLOG |
System Log |
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| TAD |
Telephone Answering Device |
| TAPI |
Telephony Application Programming Interface |
| TB |
Terabyte (1,024 GB) |
| TCL |
Tool Command Line |
| TCO |
Total Cost of Ownership |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TEI |
Terminal Endpoint Identifier |
| TELCO |
Telephone Company |
| TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| TSID |
Transmitting Subscriber Identification |
| TSN |
Transition Sequence Number |
| TSP |
Telephone Service Provider |
| TUI |
Text-Based User Interface |
| TX |
Transmit Data |
| TZ |
Time Zone |
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| UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
| UIC |
User Identifier Code |
| UID |
Userl Identifier |
| UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
| UTP |
Unshielded Twisted Pair |
| UUCP |
Unix-To-Unix Copy Protocol |
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| VADSL |
Very-High-Rate Asymmetric DSL |
| VDSL |
Very-High-Data-Rate DSL |
| VLA |
Variable Length Array |
| VLAN |
Virtual Local Area Network |
| VMS |
Voice Message System |
| VOIP |
Voice Over Internet Protocol |
| VOL |
Volume |
| VPS |
Voice Processing System |
| VXML |
Voice Extensible Markup Language |
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| W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
| WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network |
| WORM |
Write Once Read Many |
| WSP |
Wireless Session Protocol |
| WTA |
Wireless Telephone Application |
| WTLS |
Wireless Transport Layer Security |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |
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| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
| XOFF |
Transmitter Off |
| XON |
Transmitter On |
| XOR |
Exclusive OR |
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| YTD |
Year To Date |
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| @ |
At |
| (\) |
Backslash |
| (/) |
Slash |
| (~) |
Tilde |
| (_) |
Underscore |
| ( ) |
Brackets |
| { } |
Braces |
| [ ] |
Square Brackets |
| ... |
Ellipsis |
| * |
Wildcard character |
| *.* |
Star-Dot-Star |
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