Windows Terms - Acronyms - Abbreviations

3DES Triple Data Encryption Standard
ACE Access Control Entry
ACL Access Control List
AD Active Directory
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AP Access Point
AS Authentication Service
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
CD Compact Disk
CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIFS Common Internet File System
CIS Center for Internet Security
CS Client/Server
DCOM Distributed Component Object Model
DEP Data Execution Prevention
DES Data Encryption Standard
DESX Extended Data Encryption Standard
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DNS Domain Name System
DoS Denial of Service
DRA Data Recovery Agent
DTC Distributed Transaction Coordinator
ECM Enterprise Configuration Manager
EFS Encrypting File System
e-mail Electronic mail
FAT File Allocation Table
FEK File Encryption Key
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards
FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FUS Fast User Switching
GB Gigabyte
GINA Graphical Identification and Authentication
GPMC Group Policy Management Console
GPO Group Policy Object
GUI Graphical User Interface
HKLM HKEY_Local_Machine
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS HTTP Over SSL
ICF Internet Connection Firewall
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS Internet Connection Sharing
IE Internet Explorer
IIS Internet Information Services
IKE Internet Key Exchange
IM Instant Messaging
IP Internet Protocol
IPsec IP Security
IRC Internet Relay Chat
L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
LAN Local Area Network
LM LanManager
MBSA Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
MMC Microsoft Management Console
MS Microsoft
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
NAI Network Associates
NAT Network Address Translation
NetBT NetBIOS over TCP/IP
NIC Network Interface Card
NLA Network Location Awareness
NSA National Security Agency
NTFS NT File System
NTLM NT LanManager
NTP Network Time Protocol
NVD National Vulnerability Database
NX No Execute
OS Operating System
OU Organizational Unit
P2P Peer-to-peer
PIN Personal Identification Number
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
QoS Quality of ServiceRA Remote Assistance
RC Release Candidate
RCE Route Cache Entry
RDP Remote Desktop Protocol
RFC Request for Comment
RIS Remote Installation Service
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol
SACL System Access Control List
SAM Security Accounts Manager
SID Security Identify
SMB Server Message Block
SMS Systems Management Server
SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SOHO Small Office Home Office
SP Service Pack
SQL Structured Query Language
SR Service Release
SSDP Simple Service Discovery Protocol
SSH Secure Shell
SSID Service Set Identifier
SSL Secure Socket Layer
SUS Software Update Services
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TGS Ticket-Granting Service
TLS Transport Layer Security
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UI User Interface
UPnP Universal Plug and Play
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL Uniform Resource Locator
VBS Visual Basic Script
VoIP Voice over IP
VPN Virtual Private Network
WebDAV Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
WUS Windows Update Services
WSUS Windows Server Update Services