PRTG Manual: Abbreviations
See below for a list of abbreviations used in this documentation.
A
ACL |
access control list |
AD |
Active Directory |
ADO |
ActiveX Data Objects |
ADSL |
asymmetric digital subscriber line |
AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
AET |
Application Entity Title |
AIM |
AOL Instant Messenger |
AJAX |
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML |
API |
application programming interface |
ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
ASN.1 |
Abstract Syntax Notation One |
AWS |
Amazon Web Services |
B
BA |
basic authentication |
BMC |
Baseboard Management Controller |
C
CA |
certificate authority |
CBQoS |
Class Based Quality of Service |
CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
CIFS |
Common Internet File System |
CLI |
command-line interface |
CLR |
common language runtime |
CPG |
Common Provisioning Group |
CRC |
cyclic redundancy check |
CSP |
cloud solution provider |
CSV |
comma-separated values |
D
DAE |
disk-array enclosure |
DAG |
Database Availability Group |
DBMS |
database management system |
DC |
domain controller |
DCS |
domain components |
DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DICOM |
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine |
DN |
distinguished name |
DNS |
Domain Name System |
DoS |
denial of service |
DPE |
disk processor enclosure |
DSCP |
Differentiated Services Code Point |
DTU |
Database Transaction Unit |
E
EBS |
Elastic Block Store |
EC2 |
Elastic Compute Cloud |
ECC |
Elliptic Curve Cryptography |
eDTU |
elastic Database Transaction Unit |
ELB |
Elastic Load Balancing |
EVA |
Enterprise Virtual Array |
F
FAT |
file allocation table |
FCP |
Fibre Channel Protocol |
FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
Flow |
Flow (NetFlow, jFlow, sFlow, IPFIX) |
FQDN |
fully qualified domain name |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
FTPS |
FTP over SSL |
G
GID |
global ID |
GUID |
globally unique identifier |
H
HL7 |
Health Level 7 |
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
I
I/O |
input/output |
IAM |
Identity and Access Management |
ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
ICPIF |
Impairment Calculated Planning Impairment Factor |
IDE |
integrated development environment |
iDRAC |
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller |
IIS |
Microsoft Internet Information Services |
IKE |
Internet Key Exchange |
iLO |
HPE Integrated Lights Out |
IMAP |
Internet Message Access Protocol |
IMM |
Integrated Management Module |
IOPS |
input/output operations per second |
IoT |
Internet of Things |
IPC |
Industrial PC |
IPFIX |
Internet Protocol Flow Information Export |
IPMI |
Intelligent Platform Management Interface |
IPsec |
Internet Protocol Security |
IRC |
Internet Relay Chat |
iRMC |
integrated Remote Management Controller |
iSCSI |
Internet Small Computer System Interface |
J
JSON |
JavaScript Object Notation |
JWKS |
JSON Web Key Set |
L
L2L |
LAN-to-LAN |
LCU |
load balancer capacity units |
LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LIF |
logical interface |
LUN |
logical unit number |
M
MD5 |
message-digest algorithm 5 |
MIB |
Management Information Base |
MOID |
managed object identifier |
MOS |
mean opinion score |
MQTT |
Message Queue Telemetry Transport |
ms |
milliseconds |
msec |
milliseconds |
MSH |
message header |
MSMQ |
Microsoft Message Queuing |
MSP |
managed service provider |
mutex |
mutual exclusion |
MWL |
Modality Worklist |
N
NAS |
network-attached storage |
NAT |
network address translation |
NFS |
network file system |
NIC |
network interface card |
Nmap |
Network Mapper |
NSA |
Network Security Appliance |
NTFS |
New Technology File System |
NTLM |
NT LAN Manager |
O
OAuth2 |
Open Authorization 2 |
ODBC |
Open Database Connectivity |
OID |
object identifier |
OLE DB |
Object Linking and Embedding, Database |
OMSA |
OpenManage Server Administrator |
ONTAPI |
DATA ONTAP API |
OPC UA |
OPC Unified Architecture |
OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First |
OU |
organizational unit |
P
P2P |
Peer-to-Peer |
PACS |
picture archiving and communication system |
PAP |
Password Authentication Protocol |
PCRE |
Perl Compatible Regular Expression |
PDV |
packet delay variation |
PEM |
Privacy-Enhanced Mail |
PMPP |
PRTG Mini Probe Protocol |
POP3 |
Post Office Protocol version 3 |
Q
QNAP |
Quality Network Appliance Provider |
QoS |
Quality of Service |
R
RADIUS |
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
RAID |
redundant array of independent disks |
RDP |
Remote Desktop Protocol |
RDS |
Relational Database Service |
Redfish |
Redfish Scalable Platforms Management API |
regex |
regular expression |
REST |
Representational State Transfer |
RMON |
Remote Monitoring |
RODC |
Read-only Domain Controllers |
RPC |
remote procedure call |
RPM |
revolutions per minute |
RST |
number of reset |
RTT |
round-trip time |
RTU |
Remote Terminal Unit |
S
S.M.A.R.T. |
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology |
SaaS |
software as a service |
SAN |
storage area network |
SASL |
Simple Authentication and Security Layer |
SCSI |
Small Computer System Interface |
SHA |
Secure Hash Algorithm |
SID |
Oracle System ID |
SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol |
SMB |
server message block |
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SNI |
Server Name Indication |
SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
SNR |
signal-to-noise ratio |
SNS |
Simple Notification Service |
SNTP |
Simple Network Time Protocol |
SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
SPA |
Single Page Application |
SPAN |
Switched Port Analyzer |
SPN |
Service Principal Name |
SQL |
Structured Query Language |
SRP |
Secure Remote Password |
SSD |
solid-state drive |
SSH |
Secure Shell |
SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
SSO |
single sign-on |
SVC |
switched virtual circuit |
T
TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
ToS |
Type of Service |
TOTP |
Time-based One-time Password algorithm |
U
UAC |
User Account Control |
UCS |
Unified Computing System |
UDF |
User-defined Function |
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
UID |
Unique Identifier |
UNC |
Universal Naming Convention |
UPS |
uninterruptible power supplies |
URI |
uniform resource identifier |
UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
UUID |
universally unique identifier |
V
vCore |
virtual core |
VM |
virtual machine |
VoIP |
Voice over IP |
VPN |
virtual private network |
W
WBEM |
Web-based Enterprise Management |
WMI |
Windows Management Instrumentation |
WQL |
Windows Management Instrumentation Query Language |
WSAPI |
Web Services API |
WSUS |
Windows Server Update Services |
WWN |
World Wide Name |
X
XML |
Extensible Markup Language |