Appendix K: Acronym List
Acronym List: These terms have been used in this guide.
Acronym |
Definition |
---|---|
ACL |
access control list |
ADAM |
Active Directory Application Mode |
ADSI |
Active Directory Service Interfaces |
API |
application programming interface |
AS |
Authentication Service |
ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASID |
Access, Searching, and Indexing of Directories |
AXFR |
Asynchronous Full Transfer Zone |
BDC |
backup domain controller |
BIND |
Berkeley Internet Name Domain |
CA |
certification authority |
CCITT |
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee |
DAP |
Directory Access Protocol |
DAS |
Directory Access Service |
DCE |
distributed computing environment |
DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DIT |
Directory Information Tree |
DIXIE |
Directory Interface to X.500 Implemented Efficiently |
DN |
distinguished name |
DNS |
Domain Name System |
DNSSEC |
DNS Security |
DSA |
Directory System Agent |
DTD |
Document Type Definition |
DUA |
Directory User Agent |
ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
ESE |
Extensible Storage Engine |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
GECOS |
General Electric Comprehensive Operating System |
GID |
Group Identification |
GINA |
Graphical Identification and Authentication |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GSS-API |
Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface |
GUI |
graphical user interface |
GUID |
globally unique identifier |
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
IANA |
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
IDE |
integrated development environment |
IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
IIS |
Internet Information Services (Internet Information Server for versions earlier than 5.0) |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IPCC |
Interprocess Communication Call |
ISAM |
indexed sequential access method |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
IT |
information technology |
ITIL |
Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
ITU |
International Telecommunications Union |
IXFR |
Incremental zone transfer |
KCC |
Knowledge Consistency Checker |
KDC |
Key Distribution Center |
LAN |
local area network |
LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LADAPv3 |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 3 |
LAM |
Loadable Authentication Module |
LDIF |
LDAP Interchange Format |
LSA |
Local Security Authority |
MAPI |
Messaging Application Programming Interface |
MCIS |
Microsoft Commercial Internet System |
MIB |
management information base |
MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MMC |
Microsoft Management Console |
MOF |
Microsoft Operations Framework |
MOM |
Microsoft Operations Manager |
MSF |
Microsoft Solutions Framework |
MTA |
message transfer agent |
MTU |
Maximum Transmission Unit |
MUA |
Message User Agents |
MUI |
Multilingual User Interface Pack |
NAT |
network address translation |
NDR |
Network Data Representation |
NDS |
Novell Directory Services (formerly NetWare Directory Services) |
NIS |
Network Information Service |
NLB |
Network Load Balancing |
NNTP |
Network News Transport Protocol |
NSCD |
Name Service Cache Daemon |
NSS |
Name Service Switch |
NTFS |
NTFS file system |
NTLM |
Windows NT LAN Manager |
NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
OSI |
Open Systems Interconnection |
OU |
organizational unit |
PAM |
pluggable authentication modules |
PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
PDC |
primary domain controller |
PKCS |
Public-Key Cryptography Standards |
PM |
program manager |
PRNG |
Pseudo-Random Name Generator |
RDN |
relative distinguished name |
RFC |
Request for Comments |
RIS |
Remote Installation Service |
RPC |
remote procedure call |
RR |
Resource Record |
SACL |
system access control list |
SAM |
Security Accounts Manager |
SAS |
Secure Attention Sequence |
SASL |
Simple Authentication and Security Layer |
SID |
security identifier |
SLA |
service level agreement |
SLAPD |
Stand-alone LDAP Directory |
SMB |
server message block |
SMF |
service management function |
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
SNTP |
Simple Network Time Protocol |
SPN |
service principal name |
SRV |
service locator records |
SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
SSP |
security support provider |
SSPI |
Security Support Provider Interface |
TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
TGS |
Ticket Granting Service |
TGT |
Ticket-Granting Ticket |
TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
TSIG |
Transaction Signatures |
TTL |
Time to Live |
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
UI |
user interface |
UID |
User Identification |
UMPG |
UNIX Migration Project Guide |
UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
VAS |
Vintela Authentication Services |
WAN |
wide area network |
WSH |
Windows Script Host |
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