Cisco Terms and Acronyms

  • CAM Table – Content Addressable Memory is a system memory construct used by Ethernet switch logic which stores information
  • DARPADefense 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
  • IDFIntermediate 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
  • WAPWireless Access Point

Cisco Terms and Acronyms