Appendix N.3 Conventions: Acronyms

This manual also uses the following acronyms:

AcronymFull name or meaning
BOMByte Order Mark
DNSDomain Name System
DHCPDynamic Host Configuration Protocol
XMLExtensible Markup Language
FTPFile Transfer Protocol
FQDNFully Qualified Domain Name
HTMLHyper Text Markup Language
HTTP#Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS#Hypertext Transfer Protocol Security
IMAP4Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4
IPInternet Protocol
IPv4Internet Protocol Version 4
IPv6Internet Protocol Version 6
NAPTNetwork Address Port Translation
NATNetwork Address Translation
NTPNetwork Time Protocol
ODBCOpen Database Connectivity
OSOperating System
PDFPortable Document Format
POP3Post Office Protocol Version 3
PEMPrivacy Enhanced Mail
RFCRequest for Comments
SSLSecure Socket Layer
SMTPSimple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNTPSimple Network Time Protocol
SCSISmall Computer System Interface
TCPTransmission Control Protocol
TLSTransport Layer Security
UACUser Access Control
URLUniform Resource Locator

Note: HTTP and HTTPS might be referred to as HTTP(S).