A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A | Top of page |
| AAA | Authentication, Authorization and Accounting |
| AAL | ATM Adaption Layer |
| AARP | AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol |
| ABM | Asynchronous Balanced Mode |
| ABR | Available Bit Rate |
| ABR | Area Border Router (OSPF) |
| ACF | Advanced Communications Function (SNA) |
| ACK | ACKnowledgment (Steuerzeichen, positive Rückmeldung) |
| ACL | Access Control List |
| ACR | (Signal-Rausch-Abstand zw. Dämpfung und NEXT in Verkabelungsnormen) |
| ACU | Automatic Client Upgrade (Novell) |
| ADC | Analogue Digital Converter |
| ADS | Active Directory Services (Verzeichnisdienst von Microsoft) |
| ADSI | Active Directory Service Interface |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| AEP | AppleTalk Echo Protocol |
| AES | Advanced Encryption Standard (Nachfolger von DES) |
| AFP | AppleTalk Filing Protocol |
| AH | Authentication Header |
| AM | Amplitude Modulation |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AP | Access Point (802.11) |
| APDU | Application Protocol Data Unit (Chipcards) |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APPC | Advanced Program to Program Communication (SNA) |
| APPN | Advanced Peer to Peer Networking (SNA) |
| ARA | AppleTalk Remote Access |
| ARAS | AppleTalk Remote Access Service |
| ARCnet | Attached Resource Computing Network |
| ARI | Address Recognized Indicator (Token Ring) |
| ARM | Asynchronous Response Mode |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Project Agency |
| ARQ | Automatic Repeat reQuest |
| AS | Autonomous System |
| ASBR | Autonomous System Boundary Router (OSPF) |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASK | Amplitude Shift Keying |
| ASN.1 | Abstract Syntax Notation One (ISO 8824) |
| ASP | Active Server Pages (Microsoft) |
| ASP | AppleTalk Session Protocol (Apple) |
| ASP | Application Service Provider |
| AST | Automatic Spanning Tree (basierend auf IEEE 802.1) |
| AT | AppleTalk |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| ATP | AppleTalk Transaction Protocol |
| AUI | Attachment Unit Interface (Ethernet) |
| AURP | AppleTalk Update-based Routing Protocol |
| AVVID | Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (Cisco) |
B | Top of page |
| B2B | Business to Business (e-commerce) |
| B2C | Business to Customer (e-commerce) |
| B2I | Business to Information (e-commerce) |
| BBAN | Basic Bank Account Number (Teil der IBAN) |
| BBS | Bulletin Board System |
| Bd | Baud (1 Schritt/s) |
| BDC | Backup Domain Controller (Microsoft) |
| BEB | Binary Exponential Backoff (Verzögerungszeit CSMA/CD) |
| BER | Bit Error Rate |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol (Internet Routing Protokoll, RFC 1163,1265..1268) |
| BIC | Bank Identifier Code (genutzt von SWIFT) |
| BIND | Berkeley Internet Name Domain |
| BISDN | Broadband ISDN |
| Bit | Binary digit (Binärziffer) |
| BNC | Bayonet Neill-Concelman (Steckverbinder z.B. für 10Base2 Ethernet) Bayonet Nut-Connect (Steckverbinder z.B. für 10Base2 Ethernet) British Naval Connector (Steckverbinder z.B. für 10Base2 Ethernet) |
| BNN | Boundary Network Node (SNA) |
| BOOTP | BOOTstrap Protocol |
| BPDU | Bridge Protocol Data Unit (Spanning Tree) |
| bps | Bits per second |
| BRI | Basic Rate Interface (ISDN mit 2B- und einem D-Kanal) |
| BS | Base Station (Funksysteme z.B.: GSM) |
| BSC | Base Station Controller (Funksysteme z.B.: GSM) |
| BSC | Binary Synchronous Communication |
| BSD | Berkeley Standard Distribution |
| BSI | Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BRD) |
| BSS | Basic Service Set (Funkzelle in IEEE 802.11) |
C | Top of page |
| C | Country-Object (Verzeichnisdienste) |
| CA | Certificate Authority |
| CAM | Content Addressable Memory |
| CAN | Car Automation Network |
| CAN | Controller Area Network |
| CAPI | Common Application Programming Interface (ISDN) |
| CATV | CAble TeleVision |
| CBC | Cipher Block Chaining |
| CBM | Customer Behavior Modelling (e-Business) |
| CBPDU | Configuration Bridge Protocol Data Unit (spanning tree) |
| CBR | Constant Bit Rate |
| CCITT | Comité Consultatif International de Télégraphique et Téléphonique |
| CCS | Common Channel Signaling (Telephonnetzwerke) |
| CD | Carrier Detect |
| CDDI | Copper Distributed Data Interface |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDP | Cisco Discovery Protocol |
| CDPD | Celluar Digital Packet Data (Daten über zelluläre Telephonkanäle) |
| CEPT | Conference Europeene des administrations des Postes et des Telecom |
| CERT | Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT®/CC) |
| CGI | Common Gateway Interface |
| CHAP | Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (PPP-Sicherheitsfeature) |
| CHILL | CCITT HIgh Level Language |
| CIDR | Classless InterDomain Routing (RFC 1518 und RFC 1519) |
| CIFS | Common Internet File System |
| CIM | Common Information Model |
| CIR | Committed Information Rate (Frame Relay) |
| CIRC | Computer Incident Response Center |
| CLI | Command Line Interface |
| CLI | Common Language Infrastructure (Microsoft .NET) |
| CLIP | CLassical IP over ATM |
| CLIP | Calling Line Identifier Parameter (Rufnummernübermittlung) |
| CLIR | Calling Line Identifier Restriction (Rufnummernunterdrückung) |
| CLNP | ConnectionLess Network Protocol |
| CLNS | ConnectionLess Network Services |
| CLR | Common Language Runtime (Microsoft .NET) |
| CLS | Common Language Specification (Microsoft .NET) |
| CMIP | Common Management Information Protocol |
| CMIS | Common Management Information Service |
| CMS | Content Management System |
| CN | Common Name (Verzeichnisdienste) |
| CN | Corporate Network |
| CODEC | COder/DECoder |
| COM | Component Object Model (Microsoft) |
| CONP | Connection-Oriented Network Protocol |
| COPS | Common Open Policy Service |
| COPS-PR | Common Open Policy Service for Policy Provisioning |
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
| COSINE | Cooperation for an Open Systems Interconnection Networking in Europe |
| CP | Control Point (SNA) |
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Checksum |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management (e-Business) |
| CSCW | Computer Supported Cooperative Work (Überbegriff zu Groupware) |
| CSMA/CA | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance |
| CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheets (Darstellung von Webseiten) |
| CSTA | Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications |
| CSU | Channel Service Unit |
| CTI | Computer Telephony Integration |
| CTL | Certified Trust List |
| CTS | Clear To Send (RS-232, 802.11) |
| CTS | Common Type System (Microsoft .NET) |
| CVP | Content Vectoring Protocol |
D | Top of page |
| DAC | Digital Analogue Converter |
| DAP | Data Access Protocol |
| DAP | Directory Access Protocol (X.500) |
| DAS | Direct Attached Storage |
| DAT | Digital Audio Tape (Backupmedium) |
| DCB | Disk Coprocessor Board (Novell) |
| DCE | Data Circuit termination Equipment (V.24) |
| DCS | Dynamic Channel Selection (802.11) |
| DCOM | Distributed Component Object Model (Microsoft) |
| DDCMP | Digital Data Communications Message Protocol (DEC) |
| DDM | Distributed Data Management (SNA) |
| DDoS | Distributed Denial of Service |
| DDP | Datagram Delivery Protocol (AppleTalk) |
| DDR | Dial on Demand Routing |
| DECnet | Digital Equipment Corporation Network |
| DECT | Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommuncation |
| DEE | Datenendeinrichtung (V.24) |
| DEN | Directory Enabled Network |
| DES | Data Encryption Standard |
| DFS | Dynamic Frequency Selection (802.11) |
| DFÜ | Datenfernübertragung |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| DIFS | Distributed Inter Frame Space (802.11) |
| DIN | Deutsche Industrie Norm |
| DLC | Data Link Control |
| DLE | Data Link Escape (Steuerzeichen) |
| DLT | Digital Linear Tape (Backupmedium) |
| DMI | Desktop Management Interface |
| DMTF | Desktop Management Task Force |
| DMZ | Demilitarisierte Zone |
| DN | Distinguished Name (Verzeichnisdienste) |
| DNA | Digital Network Architecture (DEC) |
| DNA | Distributed Net Applications (Microsoft) |
| DNS | Domain Name System/Service (TCP/IP) |
| DOM | Document Object Model (W3C) |
| DoS | Denial of Service |
| DRM | Digital Rights Management |
| DSAP | Destination Service Access Point (IEEE 802.2) |
| DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
| DSSS | Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (MAC-Layer Technik in wireless LANs) |
| DTD | Document Type Definition (XML) |
| DTE | Data Terminal Equipment (V.24) |
| DTMF | Dial Ton Multi Frequency (Tonwahl) |
| DTR | Data Terminal Ready (RS-232) |
| DÜE | Datenübertragungseinrichtung (V.24) |
| DVD | Digital Versatile Disk |
E | Top of page |
| EAI | Enterprise Application Integration |
| EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol (Cisco, Nachfolger für WEP) |
| EARN | European Academic Research Network |
| EBCDIC | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| ECBS | European Committee for Banking Standards |
| ECC | Error correcting Code |
| ECMA | European Computer Manufactures Association |
| EDGE | Enhanced Data GSM Environment (max. 236,8KBit/s) |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDIFACT | Electronic Data Interchange for Finance, Administration, Commerce and Transport |
| EGP | Exterior Gateway Protocol (RFC 904, abgelöst durch BGP) |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
| EIFS | Extended Inter Frame Space (802.11) |
| EIGRP | Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
| EISA | Extended Industry Standard Architecture (PC-Bus) |
| ELAN | Emulated LAN (analog VLAN) |
| ELAP | EtherTalk Access Protcol (AppleTalk) |
| ELAP | Ethernet Link Access Protcol |
| ELFEXT | Equal Level Far End crossTalk (Verkabelungsnormen) |
| EMI | ElectroMagnetic Interference |
| EMP | ElectroMagentic Pulse |
| EN | Europäische Norm |
| ENUM | tElephone NUmber Mapping (Telephonnummern im DNS) |
| EOT | End Of Transmisson |
| EPS | Encapsulated PostScript (Vektorgraphikformat) |
| ESP | Encapsulated Security Payload (IP-Protokoll für IPSec) |
| ESS | Extended Service Set (LAN nach IEEE 802.11) |
| ETSI | European Telecommunication Standards Institut |
F | Top of page |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Question |
| FC | Fibre Channel |
| FC-AL | Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop |
| FCC | Federal Communication Commission |
| FCI | Frame Copied Indicator (Token Ring) |
| FCIP | Fibre Channel over IP |
| FCS | Frame Checking Sequence |
| FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| FDM | Frequency Division Multiplex |
| FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| FEC | Forward Error Correction |
| FEP | Front End Processor |
| FEXT | Far End crossTalk (Verkabelungsnormen) |
| FFM | Fixed Frequency Modem |
| FHSS | Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (MAC-Layer Technik in wireless LANs) |
| FiSH | File transfer with a SHell (FTP-Commands -> SSH-Commands) |
| FLAIM | FLexible and Adaptable Information Manager |
| FM | Frequency Modulation |
| FPK | Fast Packet Keying (RSA, Nachfolger für WEP) |
| FSK | Frequency Shift Keying |
| FTAM | File Transfer, Access and Management |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| FTP | File Transfer Program (TCP/IP) |
G | Top of page |
| GBIC | GigaBit Interface Converter |
| GDP | Gateway Discovery Protocol (Cisco) |
| GEO | Geostationäre Erdumlaufbahn |
| GIF | Graphic Interchange Format (Graphikformat z.B.: im Web) |
| GIFT | GNU Image Find Tool |
| GOSIP | Government OSI Profile |
| GPRS | General Packet Radio Service (max. Down: 53,6KBit/s, Up: 26,8KBit/s) |
| GRE | internet Generic Routing and Encapsulation protocol |
| GRIP | Globally Resilient Internet Protocol (Cisco) |
| GSM | Global System for Mobile communications |
| GSTN | Global Switched Telephone Network (weltweites Telefonnetz) |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
H | Top of page |
| HBA | Host Bus Adapter |
| HBCI | Home Banking Computer Interface |
| HCC | Horizontal Cross-Connect (Horizontalverteiler) |
| HCSS | High Capacity Storage System |
| HDLC | High level Data Link Control |
| HDMI | High Definition Multimedia Interface |
| HDSL | High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line |
| HfD | Hauptanschluß für Direktruf |
| HMAC | keyed-Hashing for Message AuthentiCation (Security) |
| HMI | Hub Managment Interface |
| HPC | High Performance Computing |
| HSCSD | High Speed Circuit Switched Data |
| HSDPA | High Speed Downlink Packet Access (max. 3,6-7,2MBit/s) |
| HSL | Hub Support Layer |
| HSM | Hardware Specific Module (Novell, ODI) |
| HSPA | High Speed Packet Access |
| HSUPA | High Speed Uplink Packet Access (max. 1,4-2MBit/s) |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP | HyperText Transport Protocol |
| HTTPS | HyperText Transport Protocol Secure (Verschlüsseltes HTTP) |
I | Top of page |
| I2C | Inter Integrated Circuit bus |
| IAB | Internet Architecture Board |
| IANA | Internet Assigned Number Authority (abgelöst durch ICANN) |
| IBAN | International Bank Account Number (Int. Kontonummer) |
| ICA | Independent Computing Architecture (Citrix) |
| ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Nachfolger von IANA) |
| ICC | Intermediate Cross-Connect (Zwischen MCC und HCC bei strukturierter Verkabelung) |
| ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| ICS | Internet Connection Sharing (Microsoft Windows ab 98SE) |
| IDF | Intermediate Distribution Facility (Sternverteiler unter MDF) |
| IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
| IDEA | International Data Encryption Algorithm |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
| IGP | Interior Gateway Protocol |
| IGRP | Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGP-Variante von Cisco) |
| IIOP | Internet Inter Object Request Broker Protocol (CORBA) |
| IIS | Internet Information Server (Microsoft) |
| IKE | Internet Key Exchange |
| IL | Intermediate Language (Prozessorunabhängige Zwischensprache) |
| IMAP | Interactive/Internet Mail Access Protocol |
| IMEI | International Mobile station Equipment Identity |
| InterNIC | International Network Information Center |
| IOS | Internet Operating System (Cisco) |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IPC | InterProcess Communication |
| IPI | International Payment Instruction |
| IPL | Initial Program Load |
| IPP | Internet Printing Protocol |
| IPSec | IP Security Protocol |
| IPX | Internetwork Packet Exchange Protocol |
| IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
| IRS | Intrusion Response System |
| IRTF | Internet Research Task Force |
| ISA | Industry Standard Archtecture (PC-Bus) |
| ISAKMP | Internet Security Associations and Key Management Protocols |
| iSCSI | Internet SCSI |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISDN-BA | ISDN Basic Access (Basisanschluß) |
| ISDN-BRI | ISDN Basic Rate Interface (Basisanschluß) |
| ISDN-PRI | ISDN Primary Rate Interface (Primäranschluß) |
| ISIN | International Securities Identification Number (Wertpapierkennnummer) |
| ISL | Inter Switch Line |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| ISOC | Internet SOCiety (koordiniert Weiterentwicklung des Internets) |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITIL | Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
J | Top of page |
| JDK | Java Development Kit |
| JINI | Java Intelligent Network Infrastructure (Sun) |
| JIT | Just In Time compiler |
| JNDI | Java Naming and Directory Interface |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group (Komprimierungsverfahren) |
| JRE | Java Runtime Environment |
| JSP | Java Server Pages |
| JTAPI | Java Telephony Application Programming Interface |
| JVM | Java Virtual Machine |
L | Top of page |
| L2TP | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LANE | LAN Emulation (ATM) |
| LAP | Link Access Procedure/Protocol |
| LAT | Local Area Terminal (DEC) |
| LAT | Local Area Transport (DEC) |
| LBS | Location Based Service |
| LCL | Longitudinal Conversion Loss (Erdungsymmetriedämpfung in Verkabelungsnormen) |
| LCR | Least Cost Routing |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| LEO | Low Earth Orbit (Erdnahe Umlaufbahn eines Satelliten) |
| LIP | Large Internet Packet |
| LL | Leased Line (Standleitung) |
| LLAP | LocalTalk Link Access Protocol (AppleTalk) |
| LLC | Logical Link Control |
| LLTD | Link Layer Topology Discovery (Microsoft) |
| LMI | Local Management Interface (Frame Relay) |
| LNA | Local Network Adapter |
| LNA | Low Noise Amplifier |
| LOS | Line of Sight (Sichtverbindung z.B.: zwischen zwei Richtfunkantennen) |
| LPD | Line Printer Dämon (Unix) |
| LSB | Least Significant Bit |
| LSL | Link Support Layer (Novell, ODI) |
| LU | Logical Unit |
| LUN | Logical Unit Number |
| LWL | Lichtwellenleiter |
| LZW | Lempel-Ziv-Welch (Kompressionsalgorithmus) |
M | Top of page |
| MAC | Media Access Control |
| MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
| MAP | Manufacturing Automation Protocol (General Motors) |
| MAPI | Messaging Application Programming Interface |
| MAU | Media Access Unit |
| MCA | Micro Channel Architecture (PC-Bus von IBM) |
| MCC | Main Cross Connect (Zentraler Sternverteiler bei strukturierter Verkabelung) |
| MD5 | Message Digest 5 |
| MDF | Main Distribution Facility (Raum mit zetralen Komponenten) |
| MEO | Medium altitude Earth Orbit |
| MHS | Message Handling System |
| MIB | Management Information Base |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| MIS | Management Information System |
| MLID | Multiple Link Interface Driver |
| MMS | Multimedia Message Service |
| MOP | Maintenance Operation Protocol |
| MOTIS | Message Oriented Text Interchange Systems |
| MPI | Message Passing Interface |
| MPLS | Multi Protocol Label Switching |
| MPR | Multi Protocol Router |
| MSIL | MicroSoft Intermediate Language (Prozessorunabhängige Zwischensprache) |
| MSM | Media Support Module (Novell, ODI) |
| MSN | Multiple Subscriber Number (Mehrfachrufnummer) |
| MSN | MicroSoft Network |
| MPEG | Moving Pictures Experts Group (Komprimierungsverfahren für Bilder) |
| MPOA | Multi Protocol over ATM |
| MSAU | MultiStation Access Unit |
| MSB | Most Significant Bit |
| MTA | Message Tansfer Agent |
| MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit (Maximale Paketgröße) |
| MTBF | MeanTime Between Failure |
| MTTR | MeanTime To Repair |
| MUX | MUltipleXer |
N | Top of page |
| NAJ | Network Attached Jukebox |
| NAK | Negative AcKnowledgement (Negative Rückmeldung) |
| NAL | Novell Application Launcher (Applicationsmanagement über Netzwerke) |
| NAPT | Network Address Port Translation (IP-Masquerading) |
| NAS | Network Attached Storage |
| NAT | Network Address Translation (IP-Masquerading) |
| NAU | Network Addressable Unit |
| NAUN | Nearest Active Upstream Neighbour (Token Ring) |
| NBP | Name Binding Protocol (AppleTalk) |
| NBS | National Bureau of Standards |
| NCC | Network Coordination Center |
| NCP | Network Control Protocol (DEC) |
| NCP | Network Control Program (IBM) |
| NCP | Netware Core Protocol (Novell) |
| NCSA | National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
| NCSA | National Computer Security Association |
| NDIS | Network Driver Interface Specification |
| NDMP | Network Data Management Protocol |
| NDPS | Novell Distributed Print Services |
| NDS | Novell Directory Services |
| NETBIOS | NETwork Basic Input Output System |
| NETBEUI | NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface |
| NEXT | Near End cross Talk (Nebensprechen am nahen Ende; Verkabelungsnormen) |
| NGSCB | Next Generation Secure Computing Base (Microsoft) |
| NHRP | Next Hop Resolution Protocol (IETF-Entwicklung für MPOA) |
| NICE | Network Information Control Exchange protocol (DEC) |
| NFS | Network File System (TCP/IP, Sun) |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| NIC | Network Information Center |
| NICI | Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure |
| NIPC | National Infrastructure Protection Center |
| NIS | Network Information System/Services (Sun) |
| NLM | Netware Loadable Module |
| NLSP | Netware Link Services/Support Protocol |
| NMAS | Novell Modular Authentication Services |
| NMS | Network Management System |
| NNTP | Network News Transfer Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| NOC | Network Operation Center |
| NOS | Network Operating System |
| NRM | Normal Response Mode (HDLC) |
| NRZ | Non Return to Zero |
| NRZI | Non Return to Zero Inverted |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSP | Network Service Provider |
| NT | Network Terminator (ISDN) |
| NTFS | NT File System (Microsoft) |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| NVP | Nominal Velocity of Propagation (Ausbreitungsgeschwindigkeit) |
O | Top of page |
| O | Organization Object (Verzeichnisdienste) |
| OASIS | Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards |
| ODA | Open Document Architecture (ISO) |
| ODI | Open Datalink Interface (Novell) |
| OFDM | Orthogonal Frequenzy Division Multiplexing |
| ÖNI | Östereichisches Normungs-Institut |
| ÖNORM | Östereichische Norm |
| OPAC | Open Public Access Catalogue (Bibliotheken im Internet) |
| OPSEC | Open Platform for SECurity |
| OSF | Open Software Foundation |
| OSGi | Open Services Gateway Initiative (Heimautomation) |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnect |
| OSPF | Open Shortest Path First (Routing Protokoll aus TCP/IP) |
| OU | Organizational Unit (Verzeichnisdienste) |
| OUI | Organizationally Unique Identifier (Ethernet) |
P | Top of page |
| P3P | Platform for Privacy Preferences (W3C) |
| PABX | Private Automatic Branch Exchange (Nebenstellenanlage) |
| PAD | Packet Assembler Disassembler |
| PAP | Printer Access Protocol (AppleTalk) |
| PAP | Password Authentication Protocol (PPP Sicherheitsfeature) |
| PARC | Palo Alto Research Center (XEROX) |
| PAT | Port Address Translation (IP-Masquerading) |
| PBX | Private Branch Exchange (Nebenstellenanlage) |
| PCF | Physical Control Field (Token Ring) |
| PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect (PC-Bus) |
| PCM | Pulse Code Modulation |
| PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
| PCSA | Personal Computer Systems Architecture (DEC) |
| PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
| PDC | Primary Domain Controller (Microsoft) |
| PDN | Public Data Network |
| Portable Document Format (Adobe Acrobat) | |
| PDP | Policy Decision Point |
| PDU | Protocol Data Unit (ISO-OSI) |
| PEP | Policy Enforcement Point |
| Perl | Practical Extraction and Report Language |
| PGP | Pretty Good Privacy (Verschlüsselungssystem) |
| PHP | Personal Home Page (dynamische Websites und Datenbankeinbindung) |
| PIB | Policy Information Base |
| PICS | Platform for Internet Content Selection (W3C) |
| PIFS | Point coordination Inter Frame Space (802.11) |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PLL | Phase Locked Loop |
| PM | Phase Modulation |
| PMK | Pairwise Master Key (802.1x Authentifizierung) |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics (W3C) |
| PoE | Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af) |
| PoP | Point of Presence (Einwahlknoten) |
| POP | Post Office Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| POP3 | Post Office Protocol Version 3 (TCP/IP) |
| POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface for uniX |
| POTS | Plain Old Telephone System |
| PPP | Point-to-Point-Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| PPTP | Point-to-Point-Tunneling Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| PRI | Primary Rate Interface (ISDN mit 23 bzw. 30 B-Kanälen und einem D-Kanal) |
| PS-ACR | Powersum-ACR (Verkabelungsnormen) |
| PS-FEXT | Powersum-FEXT (Verkabelungsnormen) |
| PS-NEXT | Powersum-NEXT (Verkabelungsnormen) |
| PSDN | Packet Switched Data Network |
| PSK | Phase Shift Keying |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PU | Physical Unit |
| PUK | Personal Unblocking Key |
| PVC | Permanent Virtual Circuit |
| PWM | Pulse Width Modulation |
| PXE | Preboot eXecution Environment (Netboot) |
Q | Top of page |
| QAM | Quadrature Amplitude Modulation |
| QoS | Qualitity of Service |
R | Top of page |
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial In User Service |
| RADSL | Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line |
| RAID | Redundant Array of (Inexpensive) Independent Disks |
| RARP | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (TCP/IP) |
| RAS | Remote Access Service |
| RDF | Resource Description Framework (W3C) |
| RDN | Relative Distinguished Name (Verzeichnisdienste) |
| RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol (Microsoft Terminal Server) |
| RFB | Remote Frame Buffer (Applikationsprotokoll für VNC) |
| RFC | Request for comment (Internet) |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| RFID | Radio Frequency IDentification (Per Funk abfragbare kleine und passive ID-Chips) |
| RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
| RIPE | Reseaux Internet Protocol Europeene |
| RMI | Remote Method Invocation (Java) |
| RJxx | Registered Jack number xx (z.B.: RJ11, RJ45) |
| RMON | Remote Network Monitoring |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
| RPL | Remote Program Load |
| RSA | Rivest, Shamir u. Adleman (Verschlüsselungsverfahren) |
| RSVP | Resource reSerVation Protocol |
| RTCP | RealTime Control Protocol (Zusatz zu RTP) |
| RTMP | Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (AppleTalk) |
| RTP | Realtime Transport Protocol (Realtime Protocol für Audio und Video über UDP) |
| RTS | Request To Send (RS-232, 802.11) |
S | Top of page |
| SAA | System Application Architecture |
| SABM | Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode |
| SAM | Security Account Manager (NT) |
| SAML | Security Assertion Markup Language |
| SAN | Storage Area Network |
| SAP | Service Access Point |
| SAP | Server (Service) Advertising Protocol (Novell) |
| SAX | Simple API for XML |
| SCCP | Skinny Client Control Protocol |
| SCI | Scalable Coherent Interface |
| SCN | Switched Circuit Network (Leitungsvermittlung über Switches; z.B.: ISDN, GSM, ...) |
| SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
| SDH | Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (Europ. Standard für opt. Signalisierung) |
| SDLC | Synchronous Data Link Control (IBM) |
| SDMA | Space Division Multiple Access |
| SDP | Session Description Protocol |
| SDSL | Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line |
| SDU | Service Data Unit |
| SFD | Start Frame Delimiter (Ethernet) |
| SET | Secure Electronic Transaction (Protokoll zur sicheren Bezahlung mittels Kreditkarten) |
| SFT | System Fault Tolerance (Novell) |
| SGCP | Simple Gateway Control Protocol |
| SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language ("Vorläufer" von HTML) |
| SHA | Secure HAsh Standard |
| SHTTP | Secure HyperText Transport Protocol |
| SIFS | Short Inter Frame Space (802.11) |
| SIM | Subscriber Identity Module |
| SIP | Session Initiation Protocol (Voice over IP-Standard) |
| SKIP | Simple Key management for Internet Protocols |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SLIP | Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| SLM | Service Level Management |
| SLP | Service Location Protocol |
| SMB | Server Message Block (Lanmanager, OS/2, NT) |
| SMI | Structure of Management Information |
| SMI | Storage Management Interface |
| S/MIME | Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| SMS | Short Message Service |
| SMS | Storage Management Services (Novell) |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNA | Systems Network Architecture (IBM) |
| SNAP | SubNet Access Protocol (IEEE 802.2) |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol |
| SONET | Synchronous Optical NETwork |
| SPX | Sequenced Packet eXchange protocol |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| SS7 | Signaling System number 7 (Signalisierungssystem in Telephonnetzen) |
| SSAP | Source Service Access Point (IEEE 802.2) |
| SSH | Secure SHell |
| SSI | Server Side Include |
| SSID | Service Set IDentifier (802.11) |
| SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
| SSO | Single Sign On (Einmaliges Anmelden an ein heterogenes Netz) |
| STDM | Statistical Time Division Multiplex |
| STP | Shielded Twisted Pair |
| STP | Spanning Tree Protocol |
| SunONE | Sun Open Network Environment |
| SVC | Switched Virtual Circuit |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics (Graphikformat für das Internet) |
| SVN | Secure Virtual Network (Check Point) |
| SWIFT | Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications |
| S/WAN | Secure Wide Area Network |
T | Top of page |
| TACACS | Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (Authentifizierungsprotokoll) |
| TAN | TransAction Number (einmal als Unterschriftersatz nutzbare Geheimzahl) |
| TAPI | Telephony Application Programming Interface (Microsoft) |
| TCB | Trusted Computer Base |
| TCNS | Thomas Conrad Network System |
| TCO | Schwed. Zentralorganisation der Angestellten (Bildschirmnormen, z.B.: TCO 92) |
| TCO | Total Cost of Ownership |
| TCP | Transport Control Protocol |
| TDI | Transport Driver Interface (NT) |
| TDM | Time Division Multiplex |
| TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
| TDR | Time Domain Reflectometer (Fehlersuchgerät) |
| TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| TIA | Telecommunication Industries Association |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format (Rastergraphikformat) |
| TKIP | Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (Nachfolger für WEP) |
| TLD | Top Level Domain |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| TLS | Transparent LAN Services |
| TOP | Technical and Office Protocols (Boing) |
| TOS | Type Of Service |
| TPC | Transmit Power Control (802.11) |
| TPDU | Transport Protocol Data Unit (Chipcards) |
| TRIP | Telephony Routing over IP |
| TSA | Target Service Agent (Novell, SMS, Backup) |
| TSAPI | Telephony Services Application Programming Interface (Novell, AT&T) |
| TSM | Topology Specific Module (Novell, ODI)) |
| TTL | Time To Live (IP-Protokollfeld) |
| TTS | Transaction Tracking System |
U | Top of page |
| UA | Unnumbered Acknowledge (HDLC) |
| UA | User Agent (e-mail) |
| UART | Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
| UBR | Unspecified Bit Rate |
| UDDI | Universal Description, Discovery and Integration specification |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UFP | URL Filtering Protocol |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratories (testet Produktsicherheit) |
| UML | Unified Modeling Language |
| UMTS | Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (Nachfolger von GSM) |
| UNA | Universal Network Architecture (Novell) |
| UNC | Universal Naming Convention |
| UPnP | Universal Plug and Play |
| UPS | Uninterruptable Power Supply |
| URI | Universal Resource Identifier |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| URN | Universal Resource Name |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| USV | Unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung |
| UTC | Universal Time Coordinated (=GMT Greenwich Mean Time) |
| UTF | Unicode Tranformation Format (UTF-8, UTF-16) |
| UTP | Unshielded Twisted Pair |
| UUCP | Unix-to-Unix-CoPy |
V | Top of page |
| VAN | Value Added Network |
| VBR-NRT | Variable Bit Rate - No Real Time |
| VBR-RT | Variable Bit Rate - Real Time |
| VC | Virtual Circuit |
| VC | Virtual Connection |
| VCI | Virtual Circuit Identifier (ATM) |
| VDSL | Very high speed Digital Subscriber Line |
| VFM | Variable Frequency Modem |
| VINES | Virtual Integrated NEtwork Service (NOS von Banyan) |
| VID | Virtual local area network IDentifier |
| VLAN | Very Local Area Network |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| VLSM | Variable Length Subnet Mask (RFC 950) |
| VNC | Virtual Network Computer |
| VMPS | VLAN Membership Policy Server |
| VoIP | Voice over IP |
| VPI | Virtual Path Identifier (ATM) |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VR | Virtual Reality |
| VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
| VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| VT | Virtual Terminal |
| VTAM | Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (SNA) |
| VTP | Virtual Terminal Protocol |
| VTP | VLAN Trunking Protocol |
W | Top of page |
| W3C | WorldWide Web Consortium |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WAP | Wireless Access Protocol |
| WDM | Wavelength Division Multiplex |
| WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy (WLAN Vetraulichkeit, IEEE 802.11) |
| WfM | Wired for Management |
| WINS | Windows InterNet Services (NT/2000) |
| WISP | Wireless Internet Service Provider |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network (802.11) |
| WML | Wireless Markup Language (HTML-Variante für WAP) |
| WPA | Wireless (Wi-Fi) Proctected Access (Verbesserung von WEP) |
| WSDL | Web Services Description Language |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
X | Top of page |
| XACML | XML Access Control Markup Language |
| XDMCP | X Display Manager Control Protocol |
| XHTML | eXensible HTML (HTML 4.0 in XML) |
| XKMS | XML Key Management Services |
| XML | eXensible Markup Language |
| XNS | Xerox Network System |
| XSD | XML Schema Definition Language |
| XSL | eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XML-Darstellung) |
| XSLT | eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XML-Darstellung) |
Z | Top of page |
| ZAK | Zero Administration Kit (Microsoft) |
| ZEN | Zero Effort Network (Novell) |
| ZIP | Zone Information Protocol (AppleTalk) |