Glossary
Router
| Acronym | Full Name |
|---|---|
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| IXP | Internet Exchange Point |
| FIB | Forwarding Information Base |
| CAM | Content-Addressable Memory |
Internet Routing
| Acronym | Full Name |
|---|---|
| AS | Autonomous Systems |
| IGP | Interior Gateway Protocol |
| EGP | Exterior Gateway Protocol |
| ASN | Autonomous Systems Number |
| CDN | Content Delivery Network |
| OSBF | Open Shortest Path First |
| LSA | Link State Advertisement |
| ABR | Area Border Router |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
| RIB | Routing Information Base |
Label Switching
| Acronym | Full Name |
|---|---|
| MPLS | Multiprotocol Label Switching |
| LSR | Label-switching router |
| LER | Label edge router |
| FEC | Forwarding equivalency class |
| RSVP | Resource ReserVation Protocol |
| **VPN ** | Virtual Private Networks |
Software Defined Network (SDN)
Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
| Acronym | Full Name |
|---|---|
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NFVI | Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure |
| VNF | Virtualized Network Functions |
| MANO | Management and Orchestration |
| SFC | Service Function Chaining |
Congestion Control
| Acronym | Full Name |
|---|---|
| RTT | Round Trip Time |
| EWMA | Exponential Weighted Moving Average |
| RTO | Retransmission TimeOut |
| AIMD | Additively Increase Multiplicatively Decrease |
| AQM | Active Queue Management |
| ECN | Explicit Congestion Notification |
| RED | Random Early Detection |
Ethernet
| Acronym | Full Name |
|---|---|
| CSMA | Carrier Sense Multiple Access |
| CD | Collision Detection |
| CA | Collision Avoidance |
| IFS | Inter Frame Space |
| BPDU | Bridge Protocol Data Units |
| STP | Spanning Tree Protocol |
| RSTP | Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) |
Data Center
| Acronym | Full Name |
|---|---|
| PFC | Priority-based Flow Control |
| PCP | Priority Code Point |
| ETS | Enhanced Transmission Selection |
| PG | Priority Groups |
| QCN | Quantized Congestion Notification |
| SPB | Shortest Path Bridging |
| TRILL | Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links |
| IS-IS | Intermediate-System-to-Intermediate-System |
| DCTCP | Data Center TCP |
| ECN | Explicit Congestion Notification |
TCP Evolution
| Acronym | Full Name |
|---|---|
| TLV | Type-Length-Value |
| TFO | TCP Fast Open |
Accees Networks
| Acronym | Full Name |
|---|---|
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| NT | Network Termination |
| DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
| ADSL | Asymmetric DSL |
| SDSL | Symmetric DSL |
| BRAS | Broadband Remote Access Server |