Tech Abbreviations

ADS - Active Directory Services
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber
APIPA - Automatic Private IP (Internet Protocol) Addressing
BSOD - Blue Screen of Death
CAT (5/6) - Category (cables)
CSMA/CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
DC - Domain Controller
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS - Domain Name System
FAT32 - File Allocation Table
FSMO - Flexible Single Master Operator
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
GC - Global Catalog
GPO - Group Policy Object
GUI - Graphical User Interface
GUID - Globally Unique IDentifier
HDD - Hard Disk Drive
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
IP  - Internet Protocol
KCC - Knowledge Consistency Checker
LAN - Local Area Network
LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDS - Lightweight Directory Services
MAC - Media Access Control
NAT - Network Address Translation
NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol
NTFS - New Technology File System
NTLM - NT LAN Manager
OSI - Open Source Initiative
OST - Offline Storage Table
PDC - Primary Domain Controller
POP3 - Post Office Protocol v3
PST - Personal Storage Table / Packet Switching Technology
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAS - Remote Access Service
RIS - Remote Intallation Services
RPC - Remote Procedure Call
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SSL - Secure Socket Layer
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
URL - Universal Resource Locator
USB - Universal Serial Bus
VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network
VPN - Virtual Private Network
WAN - Wide Area Network