Re: abbreviation list?

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From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] (mwport_at_no_spam_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:14:45 -0500

No list that I know of:

ACL... Access Control List
ADUC... Active Directory Users and Computers
API... Application Programming Interface
ASP... Active Server Pages
CA... Certificate Authority
CAL... Client Access License
CEICW... Configure Email and Internet Connection Wizard
CLSID... Class ID
DC... Domain Controller
DDNS... Dynamic DNS
DFS... Distributed File System
DHCP... Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DLL... Dynamic Link Library
DNS... Domain Name System
DSN... Data Source Name
ESM... Exchange System Manager
FAT... File Allocation Table
FTP... File Transfer Protocol
GP... Group Policy
GPO... Group Policy Object
IIS...Internet Information Services
IP... Internet Protocol (address)
ISA... Internet Security and Acceleration Server
ISP... Internet Service Provider
L2TP... Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (VPN related)
LAN.. Local Area Network
LDAP... Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
MAPI... Mail or Messaging Application Programming Interface (email related)
NNTP... Network News Transfer Protocol
NTP... Network Time Protocol
NTFS... NT File System
OLE... Object Linking and Embedding
OWA... Outlook Web Access (email related)
POP3... Post Office Protocol 3 (email related)
PPTP... Point to Point Protocol (VPN related)
RAID... Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM... Random Access Memory
RAS... Remote Access Server
RDC... Remote Desktop Connection
RDP... Remote Desktop Protocol
RPC... Remote Procedure Call
RTF... Response Task Force
RWW... Remote Web Workplace
SBS... Small Business Server
SMTP... Simple Mail Transport Protocol (email related)
SNMP... Simple Network Management Protocol
SPI... Stateful Packet Inspection
SQL... Sequel Server (database management)
SSL... Secure Sockets Layer
TCP/IP... Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TLS... Transport Layer Security (encryption)
TS... Terminal Services
VPN... Virtual Private Network
UNC... Universal Naming Convention
URL... Uniform Resource Locator
VSS... Volume Shadow Copy
W3SVC... World Wide Web Publishing Service
WAN... Wide Area Network
WSS... Windows Sharepoint Services (e.g., companyweb)
WMI... Windows Management Instrumentation
WWW... World Wide Web 

-- 
Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
===================================
"Paul Proefrock" <proefrock@NO_heartlandgroup_JUNKMAIL.com> wrote in message
news:OOLwKItmEHA.744@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I am new to the SBS2003 server and one of the most difficult tasks is
> deciphering some of the acronyms and abbreviations
>
> This newsgroup is great but RDP,RAS,OWA,RWW??? Hopefully, some day, I'll
> understand all these but right now, I am getting left in the dust.
>
> Is there a list of abbreviations the group uses?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul P
>
>

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