TBLEN10000: A list of abbreviations and acronyms used in the IT
IT abbreviations
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| IP | Internet Protokoll (also IPv4 or IPv6) |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| OS | Operating System (e.g. Linux, Windows, MacOS) |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| MAC | Media Access Control |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
| AI | Artivicial Intelligence |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| BITS | Tackground Intelligent Transfer Service |
| MDM | Mobile Device Management |
| UEM | Unified Endpoint Management |
| EMM | Enterprise Mobility Management |
| DSGVO | Datenschutzt-rundverordnung |
| BSI | Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik |
| OMA DM | Open Mobile Alliance Device Management Protocol |
| DLL | Dynamic Link Library |
| BYOD | Bring/Buy your own device |
| IT | Information Technology |
| OTA | Over The Air |
| MSI | Microsoft Installer |
| NUC | Next Unit of Computing |
| SAML | Security Assertion Markup Language |
| ACL | Access control list |
| AD | Active Directory |
| AEAD | Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data |
| AFS | Andrew File System |
| BIOS | Basic input output system |
| BSD | Berkeley Software Distribution |
| CA | Certificate Authority |
| CIFS | Common Internet File System |
| CLI | Command Line Interface |
| CSR | Certificate Signing Request |
| CVE | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| DMA | Direct Memory Access |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| EICAR | European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research |
| FAI | Fully Automatec Installation |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
| XDG | X Desktop Group |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| WIFI | Wireless Fidelity |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VM | Virtual Machine |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| VDI | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| UI | User Interface |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| UHD | User Helpdesk |
| UEFI | Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
| TPM | Trusted Platform Module |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| TCO | Total Cost of Ownership |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
| SSH | Secure Shell |
| SSD | Solid State Drive |
| SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol |
| SOA | Service Oriented Architecture |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SMB | Server Message Block |
| SID | Security Identifier |
| SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
| SCCM | Software Center Configuration Manager |
| SAAS | Software as a Service |
| RPM | Red Hat Package Manager |
| RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks (sometimes also: Redundant Array of inexpensive disks) |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number |
| PDP | Postscript Printer Description |
| Portable Document Format | |
| MS | Microsoft |
| NFS | Network File System |
| NSS | Name Service System |
| ODF | Open Document Format |
| OSD | On Screen Display (sometimes also: Operating System Deployment) |
| OSS | Open Source Software |
| OU | Organisational Unit |
| PAM | Pluggable Authentication Modules |
| PBA | Pre Boot Authentication |
| LVM | Logical Volume Manager |
| LTS | Long Term Support |
| LPD | Line Printer Daemon |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| ITSM | IT Service Management |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
| IPP | Internet Printing Protocol |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| GTK | Gnome Tool Kit |
| GPO | Group Policy Object |
| GPL | General Public License |
| FHS | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard |
| REST | Representational State Transfer |
| DFCI | Device Firmware Configuration Interface |
| SyncML | Synchronization Markup Language |
| SCEP | Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol |
| LOB Apps | Line Of Business Apps (critical applications vital to running an enterprise) |
| BSP | Board Support Package. (a low level SDK providing access to the hardware to support bare metal applications by exposing the hardware) |
| HEIF | High Efficiency Image File Format |
| HMAC | Hash-based Message Authentication Code |
| SDLC | Software Development LifeCycle |
| XSS | Cross Site Scripting |
| FFI | Foreign Function Interface |
| DEP | Device Enrollment Program (Apple renamed it to ADE) |
| ADE | Automated Device Enrollment. (Apple) |
| VPP | Volume Purchase Program (Apple) |
| APNS | Apple Push Notification Service |
| GPT | Generative Pre-Trained Transformer |
| DANE | DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities |
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The information provided in this document is intended for your information only. Lubby makes no claims to the validity of this information. Use of this information is at own risk!About the Author
Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 03.07.2022 | Comment: