full form TC = International Terrestrial Cable POP = point-of-presence FNA = Facebook Network Appliance EPON = Ethernet passive optical network GPON = Gigabit Ethernet passive optical network ONU = Optical Network Unit OLT = Optical Line Terminal ODN =Optical Distribution Network PLOAM = Physical Layer Operation Administration and Maintenance MPCP = Multi-Point Control Protocol OAM = operations, administration and maintenance FIRS = Fibre Integrated Reception Systems CT SCAN = Computed tomography LPG = Liquefied petroleum gas ECG = An electrocardiogram NASA =National Aeronautics and Space Administration POI = Proof of Identity SIS = Security and Intelligence Services SDT = Structural Dynamic Test SNMP = Simple Network Management Protocol QoS = Quality of Service CCNA = Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNP = Cisco Certified Network Professional ERP = Enterprise Resource Planning IMAP =Internet Message Access Protocol APN = Access Point Name BGP = Border Gateway Protocol DSL = Digital Subscriber Line ML = Machine Learning NAT = Network Address Translation SCSI = Small Computer System Interface SLI = Scalable Link Interface WAP = Wireless Application Protocol UNIVAC = Universal Automatic Computer XMPP = Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ACL = Access Control List ACM = Association for Computing Machinery ACPI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACS = Access Control Server AD = Active Directory ADSL = Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port ARP = Address Resolution Protocol ARQ = Automatic Repeat Request ATX = Advanced Technology Extended CFAA = Computer Fraud and Abuse Act CI = Configuration Item CISSP = Certified Information Systems Security Professional CO = Central Office CTO = Chief Technology Officer DCS = Distributed Control System DES = Data Encryption Standard DMP = Dot Matrix Printer EBCDIC = Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code FDDI = Fiber Distributed Data Interface FED = Field Emission Display FET = Field Effect Transistor FPU = Floating Point Unit GB = Gigabyte GDI = Graphics Device Interface GHz = Gigahertz MHz = Megahertz HCL = Hardware Compatibility List NTP = Network Time Protocol OLTP = Online Transaction Processing PAN = Personal Area Network UDP = User Datagram Protocol VLAN = Virtual Local Area Network TLS = Transport Layer Security FM = Frequency Modulation CMS = Content Management System VM = Virtual Machine SD = Secure Digital SIP = Session Initiation Protocol EMI = Electromagnetic Interference VHF = Very High Frequency QAM = Quadrature Amplitude Modulation OLE = Object Linking and Embedding SSH = Secure Shell DLL = Dynamic Link Library IGMP= Internet Group Management Protocol ODBC = Open Database Connectivity BER = Bit Error Rate CLI = Command Line Interface RDBMS = Relational Database Management System RIP = Routing Information Protocol DPI = Dots Per Inch ITU = International Telecommunication Union PDU = Protocol Data Unit WPA = Wi-Fi Protected Access DCOM= Distributed Component Object Model NSA = National Security Agency PSTN = Public Switched Telephone Network IKE = Internet Key Exchange SAN = Storage Area Network OWASP= Open Web Application Security Project