Obwohl diese Website einen Fokus auf Informationssicherheits-Akronyme hat, sind auch einige allgemeine IT-Akronyme, und bestimmte OT- und Datenschutz-Akronyme, wichtig zu kennen, wenn man versucht, Informationssicherheit zu verstehen. Daher werden auf dieser Seite einige relevante IT-Akronyme aufgeführt. Bitte beachte, dass diese Liste nicht den Anspruch erhebt, eine vollständige Liste aller möglichen IT-Akronyme zu liefern, sondern nur die relevantesten, die in Kontext der Informationssicherheit verwendet werden.
- API = Application Programming Interface
- ARP = Address Resolution Protocol
- BYOD = Bring Your Own Device
- CLI = Command Line Interface
- CPU = Central Processing Unit
- CRC = Cyclic Redundancy Check
- DHCP = Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DNS = Domain Name System
- FIFO = First In First Out
- FTP = File Transfer Protocol
- HTTP = HyperText Transfer Protocol
- IaaS = Infrastructure-as-a-Service
- IANA = Internet Assigned Number Authority
- ICMP = Internet Control Message Protocol
- IMAP = Internet Message Access Protocol
- IP = Internet Protocol
- IPv4 = Internet Protocol, version 4
- IPv6 = Internet Protocol, version 6
- LAN = Local Area Network
- LIFO = Last In First Out
- LILO = Last In Last Out
- MPLS = Multiprotocol Label Switching
- NAT = Network Address Translation
- OS = Operating System
- OSPF = Open Shortest Path First
- PaaS = Platform-as-a-Service
- PDU = Protocol Data Unit
- POP3 = Post Office Protocol, version 3
- RAM = Random Access Memory
- RIP = Routing Information Protocol
- ROM = Read-Only Memory
- RTP = Real-time Transport Protocol
- SaaS = Software-as-a-Service
- SDN = Software-Defined Networking
- SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SNMP = Simple Network Management Protocol
- SSID = Service Set Identifier
- TCP/IP = Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- TFTP = Trivial File Transfer Protocol
- UDP = User Datagram Protocol
- UUID = Universally Unique Identifier
- URI = Uniform Resource Identifier
- URL = Uniform Resource Locator
- URN = Uniform Resource Name
- USB = Universal Serial Bus
- VLAN = Virtual Local Area Network
- VM = Virtual Machine
- WAN = Wide Area Network
- WPA = Wi-Fi Protected Access
- WWW = World Wide Web
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