1.

ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork

2. NSFnet: National Science Foundation network
3. Internet: Inter networking
4. TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
5. NIU: Network Interface Unit
6. TAP: Terminal Access Point
7. NIC: Network Interface Card
8. MAC Address: Media Access Control Address
9. bps: bits per second
10. Bps: Bytes per second
11. kbps: kilo bits per second
12. Kbps: Kilo bytes per second
13. mbps: mega bits per second
14. Mbps: mega bytes per second
15. kHz: kilohertz
16. MHz: megahertz
17. GHz: gigahertz
18. THz: terahertz
19. LAN: Local Area Network
20. VGM: Voice Grade Medium
21. DGM: Data Grade Medium
22. UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable
23. CAT1: Category 1 UTP cable (same acronym for other CATs)
24. STP: Shielded Twisted Pair Cable
25. LEDs: Light Emitting Diodes
26. LDs: Laser Diodes
27. PDAs: Personal Digital Assistants / Personal Data Assistant
28. WAN: Wide Area Network
29. MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
30. PAN: Personal Area Network
31. P-P link: Point to Point Link
32. Modem: Modulator – Demodulator
33. AM: Amplitude Modulation
34. FM: Frequency Modulation
35. PM: Phase Modulation
36. A/F: Audio Frequency
37. RTS: Request To Send
38. CD: Carrier Detect
39. DSR: Data Set Ready
40. CTS: Clear To Send
41. DTR: Data Terminal Ready
42. DTE: Data Terminal Equipment
43. DCE: Data Communication Equipment
44. RJ-45: Registered Jack-45
45. DEC: Digital Equipment Corporation (company that made Ethernet)
46. RJ-11: Registered Jack-11
47. BNC: Bayone-Neill-Concelman
48. AUI connector: Attachment Unit Interface (15 pin connector)
49. subnets: subnetworks (also called LAN segments)
50. SNA: Systems Network Architecture
51. ISP: Internet Service Provider
52. PCI-Express: Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
53. PCMCIA WiFi Card: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
54. OSI model: Open Systems Interconnection Model
55. IP address: Internet Protocol Address
56. FDDI networks: Fiber Distributed Data Interface networks
57. NOSS: Networking Operating System Software
58. ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
59. VFIR: Very Fast Infrared
60. DIX connector: DEC, Intel and Xerox (name of the companies that created Ethernet)
61. ST connector: Straight Tip connector
62. SC connector: Subscriber Connector / Square Connector / Standard Connector
63. AP: Access Point
64. NFS: Network File System
65. HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
66. WWW: World Wide Web
67. URI: Uniform Resource Identifier
68. URL: Uniform Resource Locator
69. URN: Uniform Resource Name
70. MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
71. CPU: Central Processing Unit
72. SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
73. NNTP: Network News Transfer Protocol
74. FTP: File Transfer Protocol
75. WAIS: Wide Area Information Server
76. ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
77. SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol
78. PPP: Point to Point Protocols
79. LCP: Link Control Protocol
80. NCPs: Network Control Protocols
81. IPCP: Internet Protocol Control Protocol
82. GUI: Graphical User Interface
83. GSM: Global System for Mobile communications
84. SIM: Subscriber Identification Module / Subscriber Identity Module
85. TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access
86. TDM: Time Division Multiplexing
87. PCS-based systems: Personal Communications Services
88. IDEN: Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
89. CDMA: Code-Divison Multiple Access
90. WLL/WiLL: Wireless in Local Loop
91. PBX: Private Branch Exchange
92. PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network
93. GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
94. CSD: Circuit Switched Data
95. 4G: Fourth Generation (same for 1G, 2G and 3G)
96. 4G wireless technology is also referred to as ‘MAGIC’: Mobile multimedia, Any-where,
Global mobility solutions over, Integrated wireless and Customized services
97. HDTV: High Definition Television
98. LTE: Long Term Evolution
99. SMS: Short Message Service
100. SMSC: Short Message Service Center
101. HLR: Home Location Register
102. IRC: Internet Relay Chat
103. SIP: Session Initiation Protocol
104. ITU-T: International Telecommunications Union
105. VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol
106. Wi-Fi: Wireless Fidelity
107. BWA: Broadband Wireless Access
108. WiMAX: Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
109. EDGE: Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
110. Telnet: Teletype Network
111. HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
112. DNS: Domain Name System
113. POP: Post Office Protocol
114. RSS: Really Simple Syndication
115. XML: eXtensible Markup Language
116. DHTML: Dynamic HTML
117. VBScript: Visual Basic Script
118. ASP: Active Server Pages
119. PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
120. PERL: Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
121. JSP: Java Server Pages
122. UNIX: UNiplexed Information Computing System
123. LINUX: Linus’ Unix (after the inventor of Linux, Linus)
124. SSL: Secure Socket Layer
125. IE: Internet Explorer
126. IT Act 2000: Information Technology Act, 2000
127. UNCITRAL: United Nation’s Commission for International Trade related laws
128. IT Act 2008: The Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008
129. IPC, 1860: Indian Penal Code, 1860
130. IEA, 1872: Indian Evidence Act, 1872
131. BBEA, 1891: Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 1891
132. RBIA, 1934: Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
133. C.D.ROM: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
134. IPR: Intellectual Property Rights
135. FAT: File Allocation Tables
136. E-mail: Electronic Mail
137. GNU: GNU’s Not Unix
138. Cc: Carbon Copy
139. Bcc: Blind Carbon Copy
140. NTP: Network Time Protocol
141. IMAP: Internet Mail Access Protocol
142. ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol
143. UMTS: Universal Mobile Telephone System
144. CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
145. WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
146. IIS: Internet Information Services
147. PING: Packet InterNet Groper
148. FSF: Free Software Foundation
149. OSI: Open Source Initiative
150. W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
151. OSS: Open Source Software
152. FLOSS: Free Libre and Open Source Software