NETWORKING

Abbreviations
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPANET W3C World Wide Web Consortium
Network
NSF National Science Foundation WLAN Wireless local area network
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet
TCP / IP IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol
Protocol
NIU Network Interface Unit ISP Internet Service Provider
TAP Terminal Access Point VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
NIC Network Interface card SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
LAN Local Area Network PPP Point to Point Protocol
VGM Voice Grade Medium PDA Personal Digital Assisstant
DGM Data grade Medium GSM Global System for Mobile
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair SIM Subscriber Identification Module
STP Shielded Twisted Pair TDMA Time division multiple access
LED Light Emitting Diodes CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
WLL Wireless in local loop
PDA Personal Digital Assistant PSTN Public Switched telephone network
Universal Mobile Telecommunications
bps bits per second UMTS
System
Bps Bytes per second EDGE Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution
MAN Metropolitan area Network WCDMA Wideband CDMA
WAN Wide Area Network SMS Short Message Service
AM Amplitude Modulation SMSC Short Message Service Center
FM Frequency Modulation HLR Home Location Register
PM Phase Modulation VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
RJ – 45 Registered Jack WWW World Wide Web
SNA Systems Network Architecture POP Post Office Protocol
NFS Network File System SMTP Simple Mail transfer Protocol
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol
URI Uniform Resource Identifier DNS Domain Name System
URL / N Uniform Resource Locator / Name XML Xtended Markup Language
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
FTP File Transfer Protocol JSP Java Server Pages
LAN Local Area Network GNU GNU Not Unix
DHTML Dynamic HTML 3G
BSNL Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited 2G
ASP Active Server Pages 1G
GPRS
GPS