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IPv4 Version relevant to Internet Protocol V4
IPv6 Version relevant to Internet Protocol V4
MIB Document defines the Management information base (MIB) for the protocol, interface or other network element, usually according to the Structure of Management Information version 2 (SMIv2) MOs Document defines managed objects for the protocol, interface or other network element
V Version number
V1-V2 Covers compatibility issues between different versions of a given function or protocol
 
ABBREVIATION FULL FORM AND REFERENCES
Q
Q Qualifier bit ITU-T X.25 Q3 Interface at q3 reference point (TMN)
qa Qatar
QA Q-interface adaptor (TMN)
QA Quality Assurance
QA Queued Arbitrated (DQDB)
QAF Q-Adaptor Function (TMN)
QAF Queued Arbitrated Function (DQDB)
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (digital modulation)
QCLASS Query CLASS (DNS) RFC 1035
qdu Quantisation Distortion Unit
QNAME Query NAME (DNS) RFC 1035
QOS Quality Of Service
QOS Quality-Of-Service based routing RFC 2386, RFC 2676, RFC 2990, IEEE 802.2p
QPSK Quarternary Phase Shift Keying (digital modulation)
QPSX Queued Packet and Synchronous switch
Q-SIG Q-SIGnalling (inter-PBX ISDN signalling system)
QTYPE Query TYPE (DNS) RFC 1035
QUIT logout (FTP)
QUOTE QUOTE of the day protocol RFC 0865
Qx Proprietary interface between mediation function and network element (TMN)
R
R Receive leads ITU-T X.21
R Requirement
R Resistance
R Record structure (FTP)
R reference point Reference point at the ATM UNI between a B-TA and a B-TE2 (i.e. an X- or V-series interface)
RA Receiver Address IEEE 802.11
RA Registration Authority (PKI) ITU-T X.509
RAC Registration Authority Committee (IEEE)
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service RFC 2058-9, RFC 2138-9, RFC 2548, RFC 2618-21 (MIBs), RFC 2809, RFC 2865-9 RFC 2882, RFC 3162 (IPv6)
RAI Remote Alarm Indication
RAM Random Access Memory
RAP Internet Route Access Protocol RFC 1476}
RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RFC 0903, RFC 1931
RAS Registration/Admission/Status protocol ITU-T H.225
RAS Remote Access Server (Microsoft terminology for NAS) RFC 2367
RATP Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol RFC 0916, RFC 0935
RBB Residential BroadBand
R-bit Reliability (IP type of service)
R-bit Routing bit (GRE) RFC 1701
RBOC Regional Bell Operating Company (USA)
RC Receiver Clock ITU-T V.24
RC Routing Control
RC2 Raw Cipher 2 encryption algorithm RFC 2268, RFC 3217
RC4 Raw Cipher 4 encryption algorithm (proprietary encryption algorithm of RSA)
RC5 Raw Cipher 5 encryption algorithm RFC 2040
RCA Receive-Configure-Acknowledgement RFC 1661 (PPP)
RCN Receive-Configure-Negative-acknowledgement (rejection) RFC 1661 (PPP)
RCPT ReCiPienT (SMTP)
RCR Receive-Configure-Request RFC 1661 (PPP)
Rcwd ReCeiver WinDow (TCP) RFC 2581
RD Routing Descriptor
RD Routing Domain (numbering)
RDA Remote Database Access
RDBMS Relational DataBase Management System RFC 1697 (MIB)
RDI Remote Defect Indication (formerly called FERF, far end receive failure)
RdmsMIB Relational Database objects (mib-2) RFC 1697
RDN Relative Distinguished Name
RDP Reliable Data Protocol RFC 0908, RFC 1151 (v2)
re Reunion Island
RE Reference Equivalent
reconnection Reconnection Protocol RFC 0426
Ref Reference
REIN REINitialise (FTP)
REJ REJect
REQ REQuest
RES REServed
RESP RESPonse
REST RESTart (FTP)
Resv RESerVation request (RSVP) RFC 2205
REsvConf RESerVation CONFirmation (RSVP) RFC 2205
ResvErr RESerVation message ERRor (RSVP) RFC 2205
ResvTear RESerVation TEARdown message (RSVP upstream) RFC 2205
RETR RETRieve (FTP)
REX Remote EXecution service (UNIX)
RF Radio Frequency
RFC Request For Comment (IETF specification document) www.rfc-editor.org
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
RFP Request For Proposal
RFQ Request For Quotation
RFS Ready For Service
RFS Remote File Sharing or remote file system (SUN UNIX)
RG ReGenerator
RI Ring In
RI Ring Indicator ITU-T V.24
RI Routing Information
RID Router Identifier (OSPF)
RID Routing IDentifier
RIF Routing Information File (source route bridging)
RII Routing Information Indicator
RIP Routing Information Protocol RFC 1058 (v1), RFC 1387-9, RFC 1581-2, RFC 1721-4 (v2), RFC 1923, RFC 2082, RFC 2091-2, RFC 2453 (v2)
RIPE R\'{e}seaux IP Europ\'{e}ens (European IP Coordination Centre) RFC 1181, www.ripe.net
RIPng Routing Information Protocol next generation (for IPv6) RFC 2080-1 (IPv6)
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RJE Remote Job Entry RFC 0105, RFC 0217
RJOR Remote Job Output Routine RFC 0105, RFC 0217, RFC 0360, RFC 0407, RFC 0725
RL Return Loss
RLC Radio Link Control
rlogin Remote login (BSD UNIX) RFC 1258
RLP Resource Location Protocol RFC 0887
RM Reference Model
RM Resource Management
RM Routine Maintenance
RMCP Remote Mail Checking Protocol RFC 1339
RMD ReMove Directory (FTP)
RMON Remote network MONitoring RFC 1271, RFC 1757, RFC 2021, RFC 2074, RFC 2613, RFC 2819, RFC 2895-6, RFC 3144, RFC 3273, RFC 3287
RMT Reliable Multicast Transport building blocks RFC 3048, RFC 3269
RNFR ReName FRom (FTP)
RNR Receiver Not Ready
RNTO ReName TO (FTP)
ro Romania
RO Read Only
RO Ring Out
ROA Recognised Operating Agency
ROHC RObust Header Compression RFC 3095-6j RFC 3241-3
ROM Read-Only Memory
RORE Refresh Overhead Reduction Extensions (RSVP) RFC 2961
ROSE Remote Operations Service Element (OSI layer 7)
routed Route-Dee daemon of UNIX Berkeley System Distribution
router alert IP Router Alert Option RFC 2113
RP Rendezvous Point (sparse mode multicasting)
RPC Remote Procedure Call RFC 0674 (v2)j RFC 1050j RFC 1057 (v2)j RFC 1831 (v2)j
RFC 1833j RFC 2695 (ONC RPC)
RPOA Recognised Private Operating Agency (telecommunications operator recognised by ITU)
RPR Resilient Packet Ring
RPS Radio Protection Switching
RPS Routing Policy System RFC 2769
RPSL Routing Policy Specification Language RFC 2280j RFC 2622
RPSL Routing Policy System Replication RFC 2769
RQ ReQuest counter (DQDB)
RR Receiver Ready
RR Resource Record (DNS) RFC 1183, RFC 1637
RR Route Reflector (BGP)
RR Receiver Report (RTCP) RFC 1889
RRE Receiving Reference Equivalent
RRP Registry Registration Protocol RFC 2832 (v1.1.0)
RRQ Read ReQuest (TFTP)
RRR Radio Relay Regenerator
RRT Radio Relay Terminal
Rs Sustainable cell rate
RS Reception Status (AAL3/4 SAR-SDU)
RS Reconciliation Sublayer
RS Regenerator Section (transmission)
RS Record Separator (see ASCII)
RS Repeater Station
RS-232 EIA recommended standard 232 (DTE-to-DCE interface) EIA RS-232
RS-422 EIA recommended standard 422 (DTE-to-DCE interface) EIA RS-422
RS-449 EIA recommended standard 449 (DTE-to-DCE interface) EIA RS-449
RSA Rivest-Shamir-Adleman public key encryption algorithm RFC 2313, RFC 2437, RFC 2792, RFC 3110
RSA RSA security Inc. www.rsasecurity.com
RSE Real system environment
RSET ReSET (SMTP)
Rsh Remote SHell (Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX)
RSOH Regenerator Section OverHead (SDH)
Rsp ReSPonse
RSRVD ReSeRVeD
RSS Route Selection Service
RST ReSeT
RSU Remote Switching Unit
RSVD ReSerVeD
Rsvp ReSerVation Protocol MIB (mib-2) RFC 2206
RSVP Resource reSerVation Protocol RFC 1633 (integrated services), RFC 2205 (architecture), RFC 2206 (MIB), RFC 2207 (IPsec), RFC 2208 (RSVP applicability), RFC 2209 (message rules), RFC 2210 (RSVP with integrated services), RFC 2211 (CLNES), RFC 2212 (QOS spec), RFC 2379-82 (RSVP over ATM), RFC 2745-53 (extensions), RFC 2814 (RSVP on IEEE 802), RFC 2872, RFC 3097 (authentication), RFC 3175 (RSVP aggregation IPv4/IPv6), RFC 3181-2, RFC 3209 (TE- traffic engineering), RFC 3210
RT Real Time
RT Routing Type
RTA Receive-Terminate-Acknowledgement RFC 1661 (PPP)
RTCP Real-time application Transport Control Protocol
RTFM Remote Traffic Flow Measurement RFC 2064, RFC 2720-4
RTO Retransmission TimeOut (TCP)
RTP Real-time application Transport Protocol RFC 1889-90, RFC 2862, RFC 2959 (MIB), RFC 3016, RFC 3119, RFC 3189-90, RFC 3267
RTP Reliable Transport Protocol RFC 3208
RTR Receive-Terminate-Request RFC 1661 (PPP)
RTS Request-To-Send ITU-T V.24
RTS Residual Time Stamp
RTSE Reliable Transfer Service Element (OSI layer 7)
RTSP Real-Time Streaming Protocol RFC 2326
RTT Round Trip Time (TCP)
RTTVAR Round Trip Time VARiance (TCP) RFC 1323, RFC 2988
ru Russian Federation
RU Remote Unit
RUC Receive-Unknown-Code RFC 1661 (PPP)
RUIP finger Remote User Information Protocol RFC 1196, RFC 1288
rw Rwanda
RW Read Write
Rwhois Referral Whois protocol RFC 1714, RFC 2167 (v1.5)
RWP Remote Write Protocol RFC 1756
Rx Receive
RxD Receive Data ITU-T V.24
RXJ Receive-Code-Reject RFC 1661 (PPP)
RXR Receive-Echo-Request RFC 1661 (PPP)
RZ Return-to-Zero (line code)
S
S Stream mode (FTP)
S&F Store and Forward
sa Saudi Arabia
SA Security Association (IPsec) RFC 2402, RFC 2406
SA Source MAC Address
SAA Services And Applications
SAA Systems Applications Architecture (IBM architecture)
SAAL Signalling ATM Adaptation Layer ITU-T Q.2110, ITU-T Q.2130, ITU-T Q.2140
SAB Subnetwork Access Boundary
SABM Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode (HDLC)
SABME Set Asynchronous Balanced ModE (HDLC)
SACK Selective ACKnowledgement (TCP) RFC 2018
SAD Security Association Database (IPsec) RFC 2402, RFC 2406
samba initiative for the extension of the Microsoft Networking Server Message Block
SAML Security Assertion Markup Language
SAML Send And MaiL (SMTP)
SAP Service Access Point
SAP Service Advertising Protocol (Novell Netware)
SAP Session Announcement Protocol RFC 2974
SAPI Service Access Point Identifier
SAR Security Alarm Reporting
SAR Segmentation And Reassembly
SAS Serial Attached SCSI
SAS Single Attached Station (FDDI)
SASL Simple Authentication and Security Layer RFC 2222, RFC 2245, RFC 2444, RFC 2808, RFC 2831, RFC 3163, ISO/IEC 9798-3
SAT Security Audit Trail
SAT Source Address Table
SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SATF Shared Access Transport Facility
sb Solomon Islands
SB Reference point at the User-network interface (UNI) between terminal equipment (B-TE) and B-NT2
SB SuBnegotiation (NVT-ASCII)
s-bit Strict-source-bit (GRE) RFC 1701
S-bit bottom of Stack bit (MPLS) RFC 3032
S-bit Sequence number bit RFC 1701 (GRE), RFC 2661 (L2TP)
SBM Subnet Bandwidth Manager RFC 2814
SBS Selective Broadcast Signalling
SBSVC Selective Broadcast Signalling Virtual Channel
sc Seychelles
SC optical fibre connector type
SC Session Connector (IBM APPN)
sca Send-Configure-Acknowledgement RFC 1661 (PPP)
SCCCN Start-Control-Connection-CoNnected (L2TP) RFC 2661
SCCRP Start-Control-Connection-RePly(L2TP) RFC 2661
SCCRQ Start-Control-Connection-ReQuest (L2TP) RFC 2661
SCE System Control Element (IBM SNA)
scj Send-Code-Reject RFC 1661 (PPP)
scn Send-Configure-Negative-acknowledgement (rejection) RFC 1661 (PPP)
scr Send-Configure-Request RFC 1661 (PPP)
SCR Static Conformance Requirement
SCR Sustainable Cell Rate (ATM)
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SCSP Server Cache Synchronization Protocol RFC 2334-5, RFC 2443
SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol RFC 2960, RFC 3257 (applicability statement), RFC 3286
sd Sudan
SD Starting Delimiter (IBM token ring LAN)
SDCP Serial Data Control Protocol RFC 1963
SDDI Shielded Distributed Data Interface
SDE Submission and Delivery Entity (X.400)
SDES Source DEScription items (RTCP) RFC 1889
SDF Service Data Function
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy ITU-T G.709, RFC 2558 (MOs)
SDL Simple Data Link RFC 2823
SDL Specification and Description Language
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control (IBM SNA)
SDP Session Description Protocol RFC 2327, RFC 2543, RFC 2848, RFC 3108, RFC 3264, RFC 3266
SDR Session Detail Record (Cisco term for accounting record)
SDRP Source Demand Routing Protocol RFC 1940
SDT Structured Data Transfer (AAL1)
SDTP Serial Data Transport Protocol RFC 1963
SDU Service Data Unit
SDXF Structured Data eXchange Format RFC 3072
se Sweden
SE Shared Explicit style (RSVP) RFC 2205
SE Subnegotiation End (NVT-ASCII)
SECB Severely Errored Cell Block
SECBR Severely Errored Cell Block Ratio
SEC-GSS SECurity-General Security Service protocol (RPC) RFC 2203
SECSH SECure Shell (see also SSH) (Internet draft) SecureFast Cabletron's SecureFast VLAN operational model RFC 2643
SecurID A proprietary one-time password system (RSA Security Inc)
SEGV SEGment Violation (POSIX)
SEL SELector (address)
ser Send-Echo-Reply RFC 1661 (PPP)
SERIAL- Serial Number Arithmetic RFC 1982
SES Severely Errored Seconds
SFD Start of Frame Delimiter (HDLC)
s-frame supervisory frame (HDLC, LLC)
SFT System Fault Tolerance (Novell Netware)
sg Singapore
SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language RFC 1874
SGMP Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol RFC 1028
SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
sh Saint Helena
SHA Secure Hash Algorithm RFC 1852, RFC 2841, RFC 3110, RFC 3174
SHDSL Single-pair Highspeed Digital Subscriber Line RFC 3276 (MOs)
SHTTP Secure HyperTest Transfer Protocol RFC 2660
si Slovenia
SI Shift In (see ASCII)
siaddr Server IP ADDRess (BOOTP/DHCP) RFC 0951
Sieve a mail filtering language RFC 3028
SIFT Sender Initiated File Transfer RFC 1440
SIG SIGnature RFC 2931, RFC 3125-6
SIIT Stateless IP/ICMP Translation algorithm RFC 2765
SIM System Identification Module
SIP Session Initiation Protocol RFC 2543, RFC 2848, RFC 2976, RFC 3050, RFC 3087, RFC 3261-5, RFC 3351
SIP Subscriber Interface Protocol (SMDS)
SIPP Simple Internet Protocol Plus RFC 1710
SIR Sustained Information Rate (SMDS)
SITA Soci\'et\'e Internationale de Transports Aeronautiques
SITE SITE parameters (FTP)
sj Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
sk Slovak Republic
S/Key Secure Key one-time password system RFC 1760
SKIP Sun SKIP Firewall RFC 2356
SKIPJACK an encryption algorithm RFC 2773, RFC 2876
SKMP Photuris Session Key Management Protocol RFC 2522-3
sl Sierra Leone
SLA Service Level Agreement RFC 2475, RFC 2917
SLA Site-Level Aggregation identifier (IPv6 address) RFC 2373
SLE SubLayer Entity
SLI Set-Link-Info (L2TP) RFC 2661
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol RFC 1055
SLP Service Location Protocol RFC 2165, RFC 2608 (v2), RFC 2610, RFC 2926, RFC 3059, RFC 3082, RFC 3111 (IPv6), RFC 3224
SLP Single Link Procedure
sm San Marino
SM Scheduling Management
SM Security Management
SM Session Manager
SM Single Mode (monomode) fibre
SM Sparse Mode protocol-independent multicasting (PIM) RFC 2362
SM Streaming Mode (AAL3/4 or AAL5)
SMAE System Management Application Entity
SMASE System Management Application Service Element
SMB Server Message Block (Microsoft Networking)
SMDS Switched Multimegabit Digital Service RFC 1209, RFC 1694 (MOs)
SME Society of Manufacturing Engineering (USA)
SMF Single Mode Fibre (monomode fibre) ITU-T G.652, ITU-T G.653, ITU-T G.654, ITU-T G.655, ITU-T G.657
SMF System Management Function
SMF Single Mode (or monomode) Fibre
SMFS Simple Minded File System RFC 0122, RFC 0217, RFC 0399, RFC 0431
SMI Structure of Management Information RFC 1155 (v1), RFC 1212, RFC 2578-80 (v2), RFC 3216 (SMIng) S/MIME Secure MIME RFC 2311-2 (v2), RFC 2632-4 (v3), RFC 2785, RFC 3156, RFC 3183
SMK Shared Management Knowledge
SML Service Management Layer (ISO management model) ITU-T M.3000
SMNT Structured MouNT (FTP)
SMON Switched network MONitoring RFC 2613
SMP Service Management Point
SMS Short Message Service (GSM)
SMT Station ManagemenT (FDDI)
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol RFC 0788, RFC 0821-2, RFC 0913, RFC 0974, RFC 1425-7, RFC 1651-3, RFC 1854, RFC 1869-70, RFC 1891-4, RFC 1985, RFC 2034, RFC 2197, RFC 2442, RFC 2487, RFC 2554, RFC 2821-2, RFC 2852, RFC 2920, RFC 3030, RFC 3207
SMX Script MIB eXtensibility protocol RFC 2593 (v1.0)
sn Senegal
SN Sequence Number
SN Subarea Node (IBM)
SNA Systems Network Architecture (IBM)
SNACP PPP SNA Control Protocol RFC 2043
sname Server NAME (BOOTP/DHCP) RFC 0951
SNAP Subnetwork Access Protocol IEEE 802.2
SNAP System Network Architecture Protocol (IBM)
SNI SNA Network Interconnection (IBM SNA)
SNI Subscriber Network Interface SNMP extensions Simple Network Management Protocol extensions and uses RFC 1187, RFC 1215, RFC 1270, RFC 1283, RFC 1303, RFC1418-20, RFC 1451 (MIB), RFC 2742 (MOs), RFC 2962
snmpMIB MIB for
SNMPv2 RFC 1907
SNMPv1 Simple Network Management Protocol version 1 RFC 1067, RFC 1098, RFC 1157, RFC 1351-3
SNMPv2 Simple Network Management Protocol version 2 RFC 1441-50, RFC 1901 (SNMPv2c), RFC 1902-4, RFC 1905 (protocol operation), RFC 1906-8, RFC 1909-10 (SNMPv2u)
SNMPv3 Simple Network Management Protocol version 3 RFC 2261-5, RFC 2271-5, RFC 2570, RFC 2671-6
SNMPv3-v2-v1 Simple Network Management Protocol coexistence of different versions RFC 1452 (v2-v1), RFC 1908 (v2-v1), RFC 2089 (v2-v1), RFC 2576 (v3-v2-v1)
SNP Sequence Number Protection (ATM AAL1)
SNPA Sub-Network Point of Attachment
SNPP Simple Network Paging Protocol RFC 1568, RFC 1645 (v2), RFC 1861 (v3)
SNQP Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol RFC 2259
SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol RFC 1361, RFC 1769, RFC 2030 (v4)
so Somalia
SO Shift Out (see ASCII)
SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol in BEEP (Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol) RFC 3288
SOC Start Of Cell
socket synonym for a port and application program interface (API) to TCP/IP RFC 0147, RFC 0349, RFC 2133 (IPv6), RFC 2292 (IPv6), RFC 2553 (IPv6), RFC 3152
SOCKS OSI session layer security technology RFC 1928-9 (v5), RFC 1961, RFC 3089
SOH Section OverHead (SDH)
SOH Start Of Header (see ASCII)
SOIF Summary Object Interchange Format RFC 2655-6
SOML Send Or MaiL (SMTP)
SONET Synchronous Optical NETwork RFC 2558 (MOs)
SP Service Provider
SP Signalling Point
SP Space
SPAM junk email
SPC Signalling Point Code
SPD Security Policy Database (IPsec) RFC 2402, RFC 2406
SPE Synchronous Payload Envelope (SONET)
SPED Service Provider Edge Device RFC 2917
SPF Shortest Path First algorithm (Dijkstra algorithm) RFC 2386
SPI Security Parameters Index (IPsec) RFC 2402, RFC 2406
SPID Service Profile IDentifier
SPIRIT Service Providers' Integrated Requirements for Information Technology
SPIRITS Services in the PSTN/IN Requesting InTernet Services RFC 2995, RFC 3136, RFC 3298
SPKI Simple Public Key Infrastructure RFC 2692-3
SPKM Simple Public Key GSS-API Mechanism RFC 2025, RFC 2847
SPL Service Provider Link
SPM FDDI-to-SONET Physical layer Mapping standard (FDDI)
SPN Subscriber Premises Network
SPNA Service Provider Network Administrator RFC 2917
SPPI Structure of Policy Provisioning Information RFC 3159
SPT Shortest Path Tree
SPX Sequenced Packet eXchange (Novell Netware)
SQL Standard Query Language
sr Suriname
SR Sender Report (RTCP) RFC 1889
SR Source Routing
SRB Source Route Bridging RFC 1525 (MIB)
SRE Sending Reference Equivalent
SREJ Select REJect frame
SRF Specifically Routed Frame
SRI Stanford Research Institute
SRL Simple Ruleset Language RFC 2723
SRP Spatial Re-use Protocol
SRT Source Routing Transparent
srTCM Single Rate Three Colour Marker RFC 2697
SRTS Synchronous Residual Time Stamp (ATM AAL1)
SRTT Smoothed Round-Trip Time (TCP) RFC 1323, RFC 2988
SS Service Specific
SS Start/Stop transmission
SS7 Signalling System number 7
SSAP Source Service Access Point
SSCF Service Specific Coordination Function (ATM)
SSCOP Service Specific Connection-Oriented Protocol (ATM)
SSCP System Services Control Point (IBM SNA)
SSCS Service Specific Convergence Sublayer (ATM)
SSH Secure Shell protocol or program (see also SECSH) (Internet draft)
SSH-ARCH Secure Shell protocol ARCHitecture (Internet draft)
SSH-CONNECT Secure Shell CONNECTion protocol (Internet draft)
ssh-connection Secure Shell CONNECTION service (SSH-TRANS)
SSH-TRANS Secure Shell TRANSport layer protocol (Internet draft)
ssh-userauth Secure Shell USER AUTHentication service (SSH-TRANS)
SSH-USERAUTH Secure Shell USER AUTHentication protocol (Internet draft)
SSI Service Specific Information
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
SSM Single Segment Message
SSM Source-Specific Multicast
SSRC Synchronization SouRCe (RTP) RFC 1889
SSRR Strict Source and Route Record
SSTHRESH Slow Start THRESHold (TCP) RFC 2581
st Sao Tome and Principe
ST Internet Stream Protocol RFC 1190, RFC 1819
ST optical fibre connector type
ST Segment Type (AAL3/4 SAR)
ST Signalling Terminal
S/T S/T interface (ISDN basic rate interface passive bus)
ST2+ Internet Stream Protocol version 2+ RFC 1819, RFC 1946, RFC 2383
sta Send-Terminate-Acknowledgement RFC 1661 (PPP)
STACK STart ACKnowledgement message (DECnet)
STAT maildrop listing (POP)
STAT STATus (FTP)
STD Standard
STD1 Internet Standard number 1---List of current Internet Official Protocol Standards STD1
STDA StreetTalk Directory Assistance
STDL Structured Transaction Definition Language
STE Section Terminating Equipment (SONET)
STE Signalling TErminal
STE Spanning Tree Explorer
STM STation Management
STM Synchronous Transfer Mode
STM Synchronous Transport Module (SDH)
STM-1 Synchronous Transport Module of SDH with bitrate of 155 Mbit/s
STM-4 Synchronous Transport Module of SDH with bitrate of 622 Mbit/s
STM-16 Synchronous Transport Module of SDH with bitrate of 2.5 Gbit/s
STM-64 Synchronous Transport Module of SDH with bitrate of 10 Gbit/s
STM-n Synchronous Transport Module-n StopCCN Stop-Control-CoNnection-reply (L2TP) RFC 2661
STOR STORe (FTP)
STOU STOre Unique (FTP)
STP Shielded Twisted Pair (cable) EIA/TIA 568
STP Signalling Transfer Point
STP Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.1d, IEEE 802.1s (multiple STPs), IEEE 802.1 w (rapid)
str Send-Terminate-Request RFC 1661 (PPP)
STRU file STRUcture (FTP)
STS Synchronous Transport System (SONET)
STS-1 Synchronous Transport System (SONET) with bitrate of 51.84 Mbit/s
STS-3 Synchronous Transport System (SONET) with bitrate of 155.52 Mbit/s
STS-12 Synchronous Transport System (SONET) with bitrate of 622 Mbit/s
STS-48 Synchronous Transport System (SONET) with bitrate of 2.5 Gbit/s
STS-192 Synchronous Transport System (SONET) with bitrate of 10 Gbit/s
STS-n Synchronous Transport Signal level-n (SONET)
STX Start of TeXt
SUB SUBstitute character (see ASCII)
subnetting Internet Protocol subnetting procedure RFC 950
SUPDUP A virtual software display telnet protocol RFC 0734, RFC 0736, RFC 0746, RFC 0749
SUT System Under Test
sv El Salvador
SVC Signalling Virtual Channel
SVC Switched Virtual Circuit or switched virtual channel RFC 3031
SVI SubVector Identifier (Token ring MAC)
SVL SubVector Length (Token ring MAC)
SVP SubVector Parameters (Token ring MAC)
SVP Switched Virtual Path RFC 3031
SWS Silly Window Syndrome (TCP) RFC 0813
SX Short Wave
sy Syrian Arab Republic
SYN SYNchronization character or byte
Syslog System log RFC 3164, RFC 3195
SYST SYSTem (FTP)
sz Swaziland
T
T Telnet format effector (FTP)
T Trailer
T Transmit leads ITU-T X.21
T1 North American TDM hierarchy (1.5 Mbit/s PDH)
T3 North American TDM hierarchy (45 Mbit/s PDH)
TA Terminal Adaptor
TA Transmitter MAC Address IEEE 802.11
TACACS Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (Telnet) RFC 0927, RFC 1492
Tag-switching Cisco Systems Tag-Switching Architecture RFC 2105
TAPI Telephone Application Programming Interface (Microsoft/Intel telephony)
TAR Temporary Alternative Routing
TAT Theoretical Arrival Time (leaky bucket algorithm)
TAT TransAtlantic Telephone cable
TB Reference point at the User-network interface (UNI) on the user side of the B-NT1
TB Transparent Bridging
TBF Temporary Block Flow
T-bit Throughput (IP type of service)
T-bit Transitive bit (BGP)
T-bit Type and quality of service (OSPF) RFC 2676
T-bit Type bit (L2TP) RFC 2661
tc Turks and Caicos Islands
Tc Committed burst duration (frame relay)
TC Transaction Capabilities (SS7)
TC Transmitter Clock ITU-T V.24
TC Transmission Convergence sublayer (ATM)
TCA Traffic Conditioning Agreement (DiffServ) RFC 2475
TCAM TeleCommunication Access Method (IBM)
TCAP Transaction Capabilities Application Part (SS7)
TCE Transmission Connection Element
TCF Transparent Computing Facility
TCN Topology Change Notification
TCP Transmission Control Protocol RFC 0675, RFC 0761, RFC 0793, RFC 1122, RFC 2012 (MIB), RFC 2452 (MIB IPv6) TCP
extensions Transmission Control Protocol extensions and uses RFC 0813 (window), RFC 0879 (max segment), RFC 1072 (long path delay), RFC 1078 (port MUX), RFC 1185 (high speed paths), RFC 1323 (high perf.), RFC 2001 (slow start), RFC 2018 (sel ack), RFC 2140 (ctrl blk), RFC 2147 (over IPv6 jumbograms), RFC 2414 (init. Window), RFC 2488 (satellite), RFC 2581 (congestion), RFC 2582 (fast recovery), RFC 2861 (cong. Window), RFC 2988 (retrans. Timer), RFC 3042 (ltd Xmit), RFC 3360
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet protocol
TcpMIB Transmission Control Protocol MIB (mib-2) RFC 2011
td Chad
TDD Time Division Duplex (radio)
TDM Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TE Terminal Equipment
TE Transfer Extension (HTTP)
TE Traffic Engineering RFC 3209 (RSVP), RFC 3272
TELNET TErminaL-to-NETwork interface and program for accessing remote computers RFC 0097, RFC 0137, RFC 0158, RFC 0215, RFC 0318, RFC 0495, RFC 0562, RFC 0587, RFC 0764, RFC 0854-5, RFC 1408-12, RFC 1416, RFC 2941-53
TERM software TERMinal signal (POSIX)
tf French Southern Territories
TFA Tiny Fragment Attack RFC 3128
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol RFC 0783 (v1), RFC 1350 (v2), RFC 1782-5, RFC 2090, RFC 2347-9
tg Togo
TG Transmission Group (IBM)
th Thailand
TH Transmission Header (IBM SNA)
THT Token Holding Time
TIB Task Information Base
TIC Token ring Interface Coupler
TIFF Tag Image File Format RFC 2302, RFC 2306
TIG Topology Information Group
TIM Traffic Indication Map IEEE 802.11
TIME TIME protocol RFC 0868
TIP Transaction Internet Protocol RFC 2371-2 (v3)
TIPS Terminal Internet Message Processor Service RFC 0283
tj Tajikistan
tk Tokelau
TKEY RR Transaction KEY Resource Record RFC 2930
TLA Top-Level Aggregation identifier (IPv6 address) RFC 2373
TLA Transport Layer Address RFC 2450, RFC 2921 (IPv6), RFC 2928 (IPv6)
TLAP TokenTalk Link Access Protocol (Appletalk layer 2 for token ring LAN)
tld This-Layer-Down RFC 1661 (PPP)
TLD Top-Level Domain
tlf This-Layer-Finished RFC 1661 (PPP)
TLI Transport Layer Interface ISO 8072
Tlr TraiLeR
tls This-Layer-Started RFC 1661 (PPP)
TLS Transport Layer Security RFC 2246 (v1.0), RFC 2487, RFC 2595, RFC 2712, RFC 2716, RFC 2817-8, RFC 2830
tlu This-Layer-Up RFC 1661 (PPP)
TLV Type-Length-Value RFC 2460
tm Turkmenistan
TMN Telecommunications Management Network ITU-T M.3010
TMux Transport Multiplexing protocol RFC 1692
tn Tunisia
TN3270E Telnet Protocol (IBM 3270E) RFC 1041, RFC 1647, RFC 2355, RFC 2562, RFC 3049
TNS Transit Network Selection
TNVIP TelNet Visual Information Projection RFC 1921
to Tonga
TO TimeOut RFC 1661 (PPP)
TOA Type Of Address
TOP Technical and Office Protocol
TOS Type of Service field (IP) RFC 0791, RFC 1349, RFC 2474, RFC 2873
TOSTOP Stop background jobs from output (pseudo-terminal mode)
tp East Timor
TP Termination Point
TP ThroughPut
TP Transaction Processing
TP Transmission Path
TP Transport Protocol RFC 0892, RFC 0905, RFC 0983, ISO 8073
TP Twisted Pair (cable)
TP1 Transport Protocol class~1 ISO 8073
TP2 Transport Protocol class~2 ISO 8073
TP3 Transport Protocol class~3 ISO 8073
TP4 Transport Protocol class~4 ISO 8073
TPE Transmission Path Endpoint
TPI Transport Provider Interface
TPID Tag Protocol Identification (VLAN)
TPM ToPology database Manager
TPON Telephony Passive Optical Network
tr Turkey
TR Technical References
TR Technical Report
TR Token Ring (LAN)
TR Trouble Resolution
TRCC Total Received Cell Count (ATM)
TRIP Telephony Routing over IP RFC 3219
trTCM Two Rate Three Colour Marker RFC 2698
TS Time Slot (PDH transmission)
TS TimeStamp
TS16 Timeslot 16 (of 2 Mbit/s E1 transmission system)
TSB Technical Systems Bulletin
TSF Traffic Synchronization Function IEEE 802.11
TSI Time Slot Interchange
TSIG Transaction SIGnature RFC 2845
TSO Time Sharing Option (IBM operating system)
TSOPT TimeStamp OPTion (TCP) RFC 1323
TSP Time Stamp Protocol RFC 0781, RFC 3161
tspec Traffic SPECification (RSVP) RFC 2205
TSSI Time Slot Sequence Integrity
TSTP TimeSTamP (ATM)
TSWTCM Time Sliding Window Three Colour Marker RFC 2859
tt Trinidad and Tobago
TT Trouble Ticketing
TTC Telecommunication Technology Committee (Japan)
TTL Time-To-Live (field---in seconds) RFC 791
TTP Trail Termination Point
TTR Time To Repair
TTRT Target Token Rotation Time
TTY TeleTYpe
TTY-OP-END Indicates end of options (pseudo-terminal mode)
TTY-OP- ISPEED Specifies the terminal input baud rate in bits per second (pseudo-terminal mode)
TTY-OP- OSPEED Specifies the terminal output baud rate in bits per second (pseudo-terminal mode)
TU Tributary Unit (SDH/SONET)
TUBA TCP and UDP with Bigger Addresses RFC 1347, RFC 1526, RFC 1561
TUG Tributary Unit Group (SDH)
TUID Telnet User Identification RFC 0927
TU-n Tributary Unit of order n (SDH)
TURN SMTP keyword---reverses roles of SMTP server and client
tv TeleVision Internet domain
tv Tuvalu
tw Taiwan
Tx Transmit
TxD Transmit Data ITU-T V.24
tz Tanzania