M.3 Conventions: Acronyms

API

Application Programming Interface

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CSV

Comma Separated Values

DDE

Dynamic Data Exchange

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS

Domain Name System

FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol

IP

Internet Protocol

IPF

Itanium Processor Family

IPv4

Internet Protocol Version 4

IPv6

Internet Protocol Version 6

IPX

Internetwork Packet eXchange

LAN

Local Area Network

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

MAPI

Messaging API

MTA

Message Transfer Agent

NAPT

Network Address Port Translation

NAT

Network Address Translation

NBT

NetBIOS over TCP/IP

NIC

Network Interface Card

NNTP

Network News Transfer Protocol

ODBC

Open Database Connectivity

OS

Operating System

SCM

Service Control Manager

SCSI

Small Computer System Interface

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SPX

Sequenced Packet eXchange

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

UAC

User Access Control

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

WAN

Wide Area Network

Web

World Wide Web

WINS

Windows Internet Name Service

WOW64

Windows On Windows 64