Glossary of Terms¶
- DNS
An acronym for Domain Name System.
- ICMP
An acronym for Internet Control Message Protocol.
- HTTP
An acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
- IP
An acronym for Internet Protocol.
- LAN
An acronym for Local Area Network.
- NAT
An acronym for Network Address Translation.
- SSH
An acronym for Secure Shell.
- TCP
An acronym for Transmission Control Protocol.
- UDP
An acronym for User Datagram Protocol.
- WAN
An acronym for Wide Area Network.
- VM
An acronym for Virtual Machine.
- VPN
An acronym for Virtual Private Network.
Note
Though technically abbreviations read letter by letter are initialisms, not acronyms, this document refers to both as acronyms to be more accessible to readers.