S.No. | Short Form | Full Form | Country | Popularity |
1 |
AAA |
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting |
Worldwide |
|
2 |
APN |
Access Point Name |
Worldwide |
|
3 |
HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
4 |
HTTPS |
HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure |
Worldwide |
|
5 |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
6 |
IPV4 |
Internet Protocol version 4 |
Worldwide |
|
7 |
IPV6 |
Internet Protocol version 6 |
Worldwide |
|
8 |
NCP |
Network Control Program |
Worldwide |
|
9 |
PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
10 |
TAAD |
Triage Assessment for Addictive Disorders |
Worldwide |
|
11 |
TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
12 |
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
13 |
WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
14 |
WPA |
Wi-Fi Protected Access |
Worldwide |
|
15 |
XNS |
Xerox Network Systems |
Worldwide |
|
16 |
SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
17 |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
18 |
PPTP |
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
19 |
NFS |
Network File System |
Worldwide |
|
20 |
IRC |
Internet Relay Chat |
Worldwide |
|
21 |
MIDI |
Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
Worldwide |
|
22 |
SLIP |
The Serial Line Internet Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
23 |
NNTP |
Network News Transfer Protoco |
Worldwide |
|
24 |
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
25 |
POP |
Post Office Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
26 |
NTP |
The Network Time Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
27 |
IPCP |
Internet Protocol Control Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
28 |
LCP |
Link Control Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
29 |
IrDA |
Infrared Data Association |
Worldwide |
|
30 |
DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
31 |
SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
32 |
Gopher |
from the sports team of University of Minnesota called the “Golden Gophers” (Minnesota is known as the “Gopher State” |
Worldwide |
|
33 |
ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
34 |
SPA |
Secure Password Authentication |
Worldwide |
|
35 |
MMS |
Microsoft Media Server |
Worldwide |
|
36 |
SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
37 |
LISP |
Locator Identifier Separation Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
38 |
SRP |
Spatial Reuse Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
39 |
ESP |
Encapsulating Security Payload |
Worldwide |
|
40 |
ASAP |
Aggregate Server Access Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
41 |
RSVP |
Resource Reservation Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
42 |
TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
Worldwide |
|
43 |
STP |
Spanning-Tree Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
44 |
Telnet |
TELecommunication NETwork |
Worldwide |
|
45 |
VoIP |
Voice over Internet Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
46 |
DVR |
Distance Vector Routing |
Worldwide |
|
47 |
IGRP |
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
48 |
ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
49 |
NAT |
Network Address Translation |
Worldwide |
|
50 |
ZIP |
Zone Information Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
51 |
RTS |
Request to Send |
Worldwide |
|
52 |
DCP |
Device Control Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
53 |
SDP |
Session Description Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
54 |
MP |
Multilink Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
55 |
GRE |
Generic Routing Encapsulation |
Worldwide |
|
56 |
IRDP |
ICMP Router Discovery Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
57 |
PGM |
Pragmatic General Multicast |
Worldwide |
|
58 |
ICE |
Information and Content Exchange |
Worldwide |
|
59 |
DTP |
Dynamic Trunking Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
60 |
DPT |
Dynamic Packet Transport |
Worldwide |
|
61 |
IMAP |
Internet Message Access Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
62 |
UAS |
User Agent Server |
Worldwide |
|
63 |
WEP |
Wired Equivalent Privacy |
Worldwide |
|
64 |
IGP |
Interior Gateway Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
65 |
GGP |
Gateway-gateway protocol |
Worldwide |
|
66 |
GDP |
Gateway Discovery Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
67 |
PAP |
Password Authentication Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
68 |
PAP |
Printer Access Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
69 |
PAP |
Push Access Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
70 |
POP3 |
Post Office Protocol 3 |
Worldwide |
|
71 |
SFTP |
Secure File Transfer Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
72 |
DMLT |
Distributed Multi-Link Trunking |
Worldwide |
|
73 |
MNP |
Microcom Networking Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
74 |
AKA |
Authentication and Key Agreement |
Worldwide |
|
75 |
TDS |
Tabular Data Stream |
Worldwide |
|
76 |
TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
77 |
IOTP |
Internet Open Trading Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
78 |
RTP |
Real-time Transport Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
79 |
PPPoE |
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet |
Worldwide |
|
80 |
EPP |
Extensible Provisioning Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
81 |
EoS |
Ethernet over SONET |
Worldwide |
|
82 |
NLSP |
NetWare Link Services Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
83 |
RARP |
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
84 |
RTSP |
Real Time Streaming Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
85 |
CHAP |
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
86 |
NBT |
NetBIOS over TCP/IP |
Worldwide |
|
87 |
RIP |
Routing Information Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
88 |
IPX/SPX |
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange |
Worldwide |
|
89 |
CSMA/CD |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection |
Worldwide |
|
90 |
ALOHA |
an Hawaiian word, meaning ”hello” |
Worldwide |
|
91 |
MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
Worldwide |
|
92 |
HSRP |
Hot Standby Router Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
93 |
ALP |
Appliance Link Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
94 |
BACnet |
Building Automation and Control Networks |
Worldwide |
|
95 |
SST |
Shiva Smart Tunneling |
Worldwide |
|
96 |
CDN |
Call-Disconnect-Notify |
Worldwide |
|
97 |
SRM |
Scalable Reliable Multicast |
Worldwide |
|
98 |
EMI |
External Machine Interface |
Worldwide |
|
99 |
WTP |
Wireless Transaction Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
100 |
SMAC |
Sensor Media Access Control Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
101 |
MSP |
Message Send Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
102 |
ALC |
Asynchronous Layered Coding |
Worldwide |
|
103 |
ABP |
Alternating Bit Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
104 |
CAP |
CAMEL Application Part |
Worldwide |
|
105 |
TDP |
Tag Distribution Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
106 |
AoE |
ATA-over-Ethernet |
Worldwide |
|
107 |
TP |
Transport Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
108 |
HDLC |
High-level Data Link Control |
Worldwide |
|
109 |
TSP |
Tunnel Setup Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
110 |
SMB |
Server Message Block |
Worldwide |
|
111 |
ICA |
Independent Computing Architecture |
Worldwide |
|
112 |
SIGTRAN |
Signaling Transport |
Worldwide |
|
113 |
CSR |
Certificate Signing Request |
Worldwide |
|
114 |
ISIS |
Intermediate System to Intermediate System |
Worldwide |
|
115 |
IS-IS |
Intermediate System to Intermediate System |
Worldwide |
|
116 |
OPeNDAP |
Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
117 |
LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
118 |
GARP |
Generic Attribute Registration Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
119 |
SSLv2 |
Secure Sockets Layer version 2 |
Worldwide |
|
120 |
SSLv3 |
Secure Sockets Layer version 3 |
Worldwide |
|
121 |
WSD |
Web Services for Devices |
Worldwide |
|
122 |
APP |
Atom Publishing Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
123 |
AtomPub |
Atom Publishing Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
124 |
iSCSI |
Internet Small Computer System Interface |
Worldwide |
|
125 |
FR |
Frame Relay |
Worldwide |
|
126 |
FCP |
Fibre Channel Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
127 |
PPPoA |
Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM |
Worldwide |
|
128 |
IPSec |
Internet Protocol Security |
Worldwide |
|
129 |
SPDY |
Speedy |
Worldwide |
|
130 |
AARP |
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
131 |
UPnP |
Universal Plug and Play |
Worldwide |
|
132 |
ISL |
Inter-Switch Link |
Worldwide |
|
133 |
ESI |
Enclosure Services Interface |
Worldwide |
|
134 |
MSRP |
Message Session Relay Protocol |
Worldwide |
|
135 |
SSN |
Subsystem Number |
Worldwide |
|
136 |
WebDAV |
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning |
Worldwide |
|
137 |
QUIC |
Quick UDP Internet Connections |
Worldwide |
|
138 |
MQTT |
Message Queue Telemetry Transport |
Worldwide |
|