IT Terminology Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. ISP
   Internet Service Protocol
2. NAP
   Network Access Protection
3. NASDAQ
   National Association for Security Dealers and Automatic Quotation
4. O/S
   Operating System
5. P2P
   Peer to Peer (as in music file sharing systems like KaZaA)
6. PAT
   Performance Acceleration Technology
7. PAT
   Port Address Translation
8. R&D
   Research & Development
9. SAN
   Storage Area Network
10. SAS
    Single Attachment Station
11. SCP
    Secure Copy Protocol
12. SEO
    Search Engine Optimizer
13. SERP
    Search Engine Results Positioning
14. SIU
    smallest installable unit
15. SMT
    System Management protocol
16. SMTP
    Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
17. SOX
    Sarbanes-Oxley
18. SPX
    Sequenced Packet Exchange
19. STP
    Spanning Tree Protocol
20. STP
    Shielded Twisted Pairs

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