NST Acronyms
The following table list the acronyms used throughout the NST:
| Macro | Acronym | Full Text |
|---|---|---|
| @acroAC() | AC | Alternating Current |
| @acroACL() | ACL | Access Control List |
| @acroADSB() | ADS-B | Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast |
| @acroAES() | AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
| @acroAH() | AH | Authentication Header |
| @acroAIM() | AIM | AOL Instant Messenger |
| @acroAMT() | AMT | Active Management Technology - Intel vPro out of band management feature (like IPMI) |
| @acroALSA() | ALSA | Advanced Linux Sound Architecture |
| @acroANSI() | ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| @acroAOL() | AOL | America OnLine - Global Internet Service |
| @acroAP() | AP | Access Point |
| @acroAPI() | API | Application Programming Interface |
| @acroARM() | ARM | Advanced RISC Machine |
| @acroARP() | ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
| @acroAARP() | AARP | AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol |
| @acroAJAX() | AJAX | Asynchronous JavaScript And XML |
| @acroAS() | AS | Autonomous System |
| @acroASNo() | ASN | Autonomous System Number |
| @acroASCII() | ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| @acroASN() | ASN | Abstract Syntax Notation One |
| @acroATA() | ATA | AT Attachment |
| @acroAUP() | AUP | Acceptable Use Policy |
| @acroBLE() | BLE | Bluetooth Low Energy |
| @acroBIOS() | BIOS | Basic Input/Output System |
| @acroBGP() | BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
| @acroBMC() | BMC | Baseboard Management Controller |
| @acroBOOTP() | BOOTP | Bootstrap Protocol |
| @acroBSS() | BSS | Basic Service Set |
| @acroBSSID() | BSSID | Basic Service Set Identifier |
| @acroBZIP2() | BZIP2 | Lossless Data Compression Algorithm |
| @acroC() | C | Programming Language: C |
| @acroCCM() | CCM | Counter Mode with CBC-MAC (a authenticated encryption algorithm) |
| @acroCD() | CD | Compact Disc |
| @acroCERT() | CERT | Computer Emergency Response Team |
| @acroCFE() | CFE | Common Firmware Environment |
| @acroCGI() | CGI | Common Gateway Interface |
| @acroCIDR() | CIDR | Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
| @acroCIRA() | CIRA | Client Initiated Remote Access |
| @acroCLI() | CLI | Command Line Interface |
| @acroCIFS() | CIFS | Common Internet File System |
| @acroCMOS() | CMOS | Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor |
| @acroCMS() | CMS | Content Management Systems |
| @acroCPU() | CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| @acroCRC() | CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| @acroCRT() | CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
| @acroCSS() | CSS | Cascading Style Sheets |
| @acroCSV() | CSV | Comma Separated Values |
| @acroCTS() | CTS | Clear To Send |
| @acroCUPS() | CUPS | Common UNIX Printing System |
| @acroCVS() | CVS | Concurrent Versions System |
| @acroDC() | DC | Direct Current |
| @acroDCD() | DCD | Data Carrier Detect |
| @acroDCE() | DCE | Data Communications Equipment |
| @acroDHCP() | DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| @acroDMI() | DMI | Desktop Management Interface |
| @acroDMZ() | DMZ | De Militarized Zone |
| @acroDNF() | DNF | Dandified YUM (Yellowdog Updater Modified) |
| @acroDNS() | DNS | Domain Name System |
| @acroDNSSD() | DNS-SD | DNS-based Service Discovery |
| @acroDOM() | DOM | Document Object Model |
| @acroDOCSIS() | DOCSIS | Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification |
| @acroDOS() | DOS | Denial of Service |
| @acroDOT() | DOT | Graph Description Language |
| @acroDPI() | DPI | Dots Per Inch |
| @acroDS() | DS | Datagram Service |
| @acroDSL() | DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
| @acroDSR() | DSR | Data Set Ready |
| @acroDTE() | DTE | Data Terminal Equipment |
| @acroDTR() | DTR | Data Terminal Ready |
| @acroDVD() | DVD | Digital Versatile Disc |
| @acroEAP() | EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| @acroEFI() | EFI | Extensible Firmware Interface |
| @acroESP() | ESP | Encapsulating Security Protocol |
| @acroeLOM() | eLOM | embedded Lights Out Manager |
| @acroFRU() | FRU | Field Replaceable Unit |
| @acroFAQ() | FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| @acroFQDN() | FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name |
| @acroFTP() | FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| @acroGB() | GB | GigaByte |
| @acroGiB() | GiB | GibiByte |
| @acroGBIC() | GBIC | Gigabit Interface Converter |
| @acroGDM() | GDM | GNOME Display Manager |
| @acroGNU() | GNU | GNU's Not Unix |
| @acroGNOME() | GNOME | GNU Network Object Module Environment |
| @acroGPS() | GPS | Global Positioning System |
| @acroGPL() | GPL | GNU General Public License |
| @acroGRE() | GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation |
| @acroGUI() | GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| @acroGIF() | GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
| @acroGS() | GS | GhostScript |
| @acroGSA() | GSA | Greenbone Security Assistant |
| @acroGUID() | GUID | Global Unique IDentifier |
| @acroGVMD() | GVMD | Greenbone Vulnerability Manager |
| @acroGZIP() | GZIP | GNU Data Compression Algorithm |
| @acroHAL() | HAL | Hardware Abstraction Layer |
| @acroHSRP() | HSRP | Hot Standby Router Protocol |
| @acroHTML() | HTML | HyperText Markup Language |
| @acroHTTP() | HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| @acroHTTPS() | HTTPS | HyperText Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer |
| @acroI2C() | I2C | Inter-Integrated Circuit |
| @acroIAB() | IAB | Individual Address Block |
| @acroIBSS() | IBSS | Independent Basic Service Set |
| @acroICMP() | ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
| @acroICMPv4() | ICMPv4 | Internet Control Message Protocol version 4 |
| @acroICMPv6() | ICMPv6 | Internet Control Message Protocol version 6 |
| @acroIDE() | IDE | Integrated Drive Electronics |
| @acroIDER() | IDE-R | AMT Integrated Drive Electronics Redirect |
| @acroIDS() | IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
| @acroIE() | IE | Internet Explorer |
| @acroIEC() | IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| @acroIEEE() | IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| @acroIFTTT() | IFTTT | If This Then That |
| @acroIIS() | IIS | Internet Information Services |
| @acroILOM() | ILOM | Integrated Lights Out Manager |
| @acroIMAP() | IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
| @acroIO() | I/O | Input/Output |
| @acroIP() | IP | Internet Protocol |
| @acroIPC() | IPC | Inter-Process Communication |
| @acroIPMI() | IPMI | Intelligent Platform Management Interface |
| @acroIPP() | IPP | Internet Printing Protocol |
| @acroIPS() | IPS | Intrusion Prevention System |
| @acroIPsec() | IPsec | Internet Protocol Security |
| @acroIPv4() | IPv4 | Internet Protocol version 4 |
| @acroIPv6() | IPv6 | Internet Protocol version 6 |
| @acroIPX() | IPX | Internetwork Packet eXchange |
| @acroIRQ() | IRQ | Interrupt ReQuest |
| @acroISO() | ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| @acroIT() | IT | Information Technology |
| @acroISP() | ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| @acroISO9660() | ISO9660 | ISO File System Format For CD/DVD Media |
| @acroIV() | IV | Initialization Vector |
| @acroJava() | Java | The Java Programming Language |
| @acroJavaScript() | JavaScript | The JavaScript Programming Language |
| @acroJPEG() | JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| @acroJSON() | JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
| @acroKB() | kB | KiloByte |
| @acroKiB() | KiB | KibiByte |
| @acroKML() | KML | Keyhole Markup Language |
| @acroKMZ() | KMZ | Keyhole Markup Language Compressed |
| @acroKVM() | KVM | Keyboard Video and Mouse |
| @acroLAN() | LAN | Local Area Network |
| @acroLinux() | Linux | The Linux Operating System |
| @acroLCD() | LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| @acroLDAP() | LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| @acroLFPT() | LFPT | Link Fault Pass-Through |
| @acroLLC() | LLC | Logical Link Control |
| @acroLVM2() | LVM2 | Logical Volume Management 2 |
| @acroMAC() | MAC | Media Access Control |
| @acroMacOSX() | macOS | The Apple Mac Operating System |
| @acromacOS() | macOS | The Apple Mac Operating System |
| @acroMB() | MB | MegaByte |
| @acroMiB() | MiB | MebiByte |
| @acroMD5() | MD5 | MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm |
| @acromDNS() | mDNS | Multicast Domain Name System |
| @acroMSF() | MSF | Metasploit Framework |
| @acroMIME() | MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| @acroMPLS() | MPLS | MultiProtocol Label Switching |
| @acroMSDOS() | MSDOS | Microsoft Disk Operating System |
| @acroMTA() | MTA | Mail Transport Agent |
| @acroMTR() | MTR | Scapy Multi-Traceroute |
| @acroMUA() | MUA | Mail User Agent |
| @acroNAS() | NAS | Network Attached Storage |
| @acroNAT() | NAT | Network Address Translation |
| @acroNetBIOS() | NetBIOS | Network Basic Input/Output System |
| @acroNFS() | NFS | Network File System |
| @acroNIC() | NIC | Network Interface Card |
| @acroNIS() | NIS | Network Information Service |
| @acroNMB() | NMB | NetBIOS Message Block protocol |
| @acroNodeJS() | NodeJS | Open-Source, Cross-Platform, JavaScript Runtime Environment |
| @acroNPM() | NPM | Node Package Manager |
| @acroNS() | NS | Name Service |
| @acroNSE() | NSE | Nmap Scripting Engine |
| @acroNST() | NST | Network Security Toolkit |
| @acroNSTPro() | NST Pro | Network Security Toolkit Professional |
| @acroNSTUSC() | NST USC | Network Security Toolkit Unified Security Console |
| @acroNSTWIKI() | NST Wiki | Network Security Toolkit Wiki |
| @acroNSTWUI() | NST WUI | Network Security Toolkit Web User Interface |
| @acroNTA() | NTA | Network Traffic Analysis |
| @acronDPI() | nDPI | ntop Deep Packet Inspection Library |
| @acroNTP() | NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| @acroNTFS() | NTFS | New Technology File System |
| @acroNVT() | NVT | OpenVAS Network Vulnerability Test |
| @acroOCI() | OCI | Open Container Initiative |
| @acroOID() | OID | Object IDentifier |
| @acroONC() | ONC | Open Network Computing |
| @acroOMP() | OMP | OpenVAS Management Protocol |
| @acroOS() | OS | Operating System |
| @acroOSINT() | OSINT | Open Source Intelligence |
| @acroOTP() | OTP | OpenVAS Transfer Protocol |
| @acroOUI() | OUI | Organizationally Unique Identifier |
| @acropcap() | pcap | Packet Capture |
| @acroPAT() | PAT | Port Address Translation |
| @acroPATA() | PATA | Parallel ATA |
| @acroPB() | PB | PetaByte |
| @acroPiB() | PiB | PebiByte |
| @acroPC() | PC | Personal Computer |
| @acroPCI() | PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| @acroPCM() | PCM | Pulse-Code Modulation |
| @acroPCS() | PCS | Personal Communications Service |
| @acroPDF() | Portable Document Format | |
| @acroPDML() | PDML | Packet Description Markup Language |
| @acroPGP() | PGP | Pretty Good Privacy |
| @acroPHP() | PHP | PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor |
| @acroPID() | PID | Process IDentifier |
| @acroPNG() | PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
| @acroPOC() | POC | Point Of Contact |
| @acroPOP() | POP | Post Office Protocol |
| @acroPPD() | PPD | PostScript Printer Description |
| @acroPPP() | PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
| @acroPPPoE() | PPPoE | PPP over Ethernet |
| @acroPS() | PS | PostScript |
| @acroPSK() | PSK | Pre-Shared Key |
| @acroPSML() | PSML | Packet Summary Markup Language |
| @acroPTR() | PTR | DNS Pointer Record |
| @acroRI() | RI | Ring Indicator |
| @acroRAM() | RAM | Random Access Memory |
| @acroRAID() | RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks |
| @acroRAMFS() | RAMFS | RAM File System - SYSFS |
| @acroRAR() | RAR | Roshal ARchive - Data Compression And Archival Format |
| @acroRARP() | RARP | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
| @acroRISC() | RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computing |
| @acroRMCP() | RMCP | Remote Management Control Protocol |
| @acroROM() | ROM | Read Only Memory |
| @acroRDC() | RDC | Remote Desktop Connection |
| @acroRDP() | RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
| @acroRFB() | RFB | Remote Frame Buffer |
| @acroRIP() | RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
| @acroRIPng() | RIPng | Routing Information Protocol next generation |
| @acroRPC() | RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
| @acroRPM() | RPM | RPM Package Manager |
| @acroRSS() | RSS | Really Simple Syndication |
| @acroRSVP() | RSVP | Resource Reservation Protocol |
| @acroRTLSDR() | RTL-SDR | Realtek Software Defined Radio Controller |
| @acroRTP() | RTP | Real-Time Transport Protocol |
| @acroRTS() | RTS | Request To Send |
| @acroRTT() | RTT | Round-Trip Time |
| @acroRxD() | RxD | Receive Data |
| @acroSAN() | SAN | Storage Area Network |
| @acroSAS() | SAS | Serial Attached SCSI |
| @acroSAT() | SAT | SCSI-ATA Command Translation |
| @acroSATA() | SATA | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
| @acroSCAP() | SCAP | OpenVAS Security Content Automation Protocol |
| @acroSCSI() | SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
| @acroSDR() | SDR | Software Defined Radio |
| @acroSEO() | SEO | Search Engine Optimization |
| @acroSFP() | SFP | Small Form-Factor Pluggable |
| @acroSGML() | SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language |
| @acroSHA() | SHA | Secure Hash Algorithm |
| @acroSI() | SI | International System of Units |
| @acroSIP() | SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
| @acroSMB() | SMB | Server Message Block protocol |
| @acroSMTP() | SMTP | Simple Mail Transport Protocol |
| @acroSNMP() | SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| @acroSNMPTRAP() | SNMPTRAP | Simple Network Management Protocol Trap Service |
| @acroSOC() | SOC | System On a Chip |
| @acroSOL() | SOL | Serial over LAN |
| @acroSPA() | SPA | Single Packet Authorization |
| @acroSPAN() | SPAN | Switch Port ANalyzer |
| @acroSQL() | SQL | Structured Query Language |
| @acroSSH() | SSH | Secure SHell |
| @acroSSI() | SSI | Server Side Includes |
| @acroSSL() | SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
| @acroSSID() | SSID | Service Set Identifier |
| @acroSSDP() | SSDP | Simple Service Discovery Protocol |
| @acroSTA() | STA | Station |
| @acroSVG() | SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics |
| @acroSVN() | SVN | Subversion |
| @acroSYSFS() | SYSFS | A Linux Virtual File System |
| @acroTACACS() | TACACS | Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System |
| @acroTAP() | TAP | Network Test Access Point |
| @acroTAR() | TAR | Tape ARchive Format |
| @acroTB() | TB | TeraByte |
| @acroTiB() | TiB | TebiByte |
| @acroTCP() | TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| @acroTFTP() | TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| @acroTKIP() | TKIP | Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
| @acroTLS() | TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| @acroTMPFS() | TMPFS | Temporary File System |
| @acroTTL() | TTL | Time To Live (IP Protocol) |
| @acroTxD() | TxD | Transmit Data |
| @acroTXT() | TXT | Intel Trusted Execution Technology |
| @acroUDP() | UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| @acroUEFI() | UEFI | Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
| @acroUNIX() | UNIX | The UNIX Operating System |
| @acroUI() | UI | User Interface |
| @acroUPnP() | UPnP | Universal Plug and Play |
| @acroURI() | URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
| @acroURL() | URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| @acroURN() | URN | Uniform Resource Name |
| @acroURS() | URS | Update Rule Site |
| @acroUSB() | USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| @acroUTC() | UTC | Coordinated Universal Time |
| @acroUSENIX() | USENIX | The Advanced Computing Systems Associations |
| @acroUUID() | UUID | Universally Unique IDentifier |
| @acroVM() | VM | Virtual Machine |
| @acroVNC() | VNC | Virtual Network Computing |
| @acrovPro() | vPro | Intel PC featuring multi-core, out of band management (AMT), security and virtualization |
| @acroWAN() | WAN | Wide Area Network |
| @acroWebDAV() | WebDAV | Web-based Distributed Authoring And Versioning |
| @acroWEP() | WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy |
| @acroWindows() | Windows | The Windows Operating System |
| @acroWPA() | WPA | Wi-Fi Protected Access |
| @acroWPA2() | WPA2 | Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 |
| @acroWS() | WS | WebSocket |
| @acroWSS() | WSS | WebSocket Security |
| @acroWUI() | WUI | Web User Interface |
| @acroWIDS() | WIDS | Wireless Intrusion Detection System |
| @acroWIFI() | WIFI | Wi-Fi Alliance |
| @acroX() | X | X Window |
| @acroXML() | XML | Extensible Markup Language |
| @acroXSL() | XSL | Extensible Stylesheet Language |
| @acroXSLT() | XSLT | Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations |
| @acroYUM() | YUM | Yellowdog Updater Modified |
| @acroYML() | YML | Yet Another Markup Language |
| @acroZIP() | ZIP | A Data Compression And Archival Format |