Cisco Terms and Acronyms
- CAM Table – Content Addressable Memory is a system memory construct used by Ethernet switch logic which stores information
- DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- DHCP –
- FCS – Frame Check Sequence
- IP Address – It’s a unique network address for your computer so the Internet knows where to find you
- IDF – Intermediate Distribution Frame
- Layer 2 – Layer 2 of the OSI model, where packets are sent to a specific switch port based on destination MAC addresses
- Layer 3 – layer 3, where packets are sent to a specific next-hop IP address, based on destination IP address
- MAC Address – A media access control address is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller for use as a network address in communications within a network segment
- MDF – Main Distribution Frame
- OSI Model – The Open Systems Interconnection
- Port Number –
- PDU – Protocol Data Unit
- Routing Protocol – specifies how routers communicate with each other to distribute information that enables them to select routes between any two nodes on a computer network.
- TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- UDP Protocol –
- WAP – Wireless Access Point
Cisco Terms and Acronyms