Acronyms And Abbreviations - Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Configuration Manual

Acronyms and Abbreviations

This appendix lists the acronyms and abbreviations used in this document.
For more information on acronyms used in this guide, refer to the Internetworking Terms and Acronyms
guide, which can be viewed online at the following website:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ita/index.htm
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Abbreviation
AAA
ACE
ACK
ACL
AH
ARP
ASA
ASBR
ASCII
BER
BIND
BGP
BOOTP
BPDU
BSD
CA
CDP
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Description
authentication, authorization, and accounting.
access control entry.
acknowledgement notification.
access control list.
Authentication Header.
Address Resolution Protocol—A low-level TCP/IP protocol that maps the
hardware address of a node (called a "MAC" address) to its IP address. Defined in
RFC 826. An example hardware address is 00:00:a6:00:01:ba. (The first three
groups specify the manufacturer, the rest identify the host's motherboard.)
Adaptive Security Algorithm.
Autonomous System Boundary Router.
American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
bit error rate.
Berkeley Internet Name Domain.
Border Gateway Protocol—While the Firewall Services Module (FWSM) does not
support use of this protocol, you can set the routers on either side of the FWSM to
use RIP between them and then run BGP on the rest of the network before the
routers.
Bootstrap Protocol—Lets diskless workstations boot over the network and is
described in RFC 951 and RFC 1542.
bridge protocol data unit.
Berkeley Standard Distribution.
certification authority.
Cisco Discovery Protocol.
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