Abbrieviations

An abbreviation is when a long set of words is shortened into a few letters. This is a list of abbrieviations and their long format as used in this wiki.

Abbreviation	In Full
AJAX	Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
API	Application Programmable Interface
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
AS	Autonomous System
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASLR	Address Space Layout Randomization
ASM	Assembly
ASN	Autonomous System Number
ASP	Active Server Pages
AST	Abstract Syntax Tree
BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
Bash	Bourne-Again SHell
BIOS	Basic Input Output System
CC	C Compiler
CD	Compact Disk
CEH	Certified Ethical Hacker
CFM	Cold Fusion Markup
CGI	Common Gateway Interface
CIDR	Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CISA	Certified Information Systems Auditor
CISO	Certified Information Security Officer
CISSP	Certified Information Systems Security Professional
CPAN	The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
CPP	C Plus Plus
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CSA	Cisco Security Agent
CSRF	Cross-Site Referral Forgery
CSS	Cascading Style Sheet
DEP	Data Execution Prevention.
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIG	Domain Information Groper
DNS	Domain Name System
FITD	Foot-In-The-Door
FTP	File Transfer protocol
GCIA	GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst
GCIH	GIAC Certified Incident Handler
GIAC	Global Information Assurance Certification
GSEC	GIAC Security Essentials Certification
HIDS	Host-based Intrusion Detection System
HIPS	Host Intrusion Prevention System
HTML	Hyper-Text Markup Language
HTTP	Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS	Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
IDS	Intrusion Detection Systems
ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
IP	Internet Protocol
IPS	Intrusion Prevention System
IR	Intermediate Representation
IRC	Internet Relay Chat
ISACA	Information Systems Audit and Control Association
(ISCA)2	International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium
LAN	Local Area Network
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LFD	Local File Disclosure
LFI	Local File Inclusion
Lisp	Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol
MAC	Media Access Control
MITM attack	Man In The Middle attack
MS-DOS	MicroSoft Disk Operating System
MSSQL	Microsoft Structured Query Language
NGINX	eNGINeX
NIDS	Network layer Intrusion Detection Systems
NIPS	Network-based Intrusion Prevention Systems
PERL	Practical Extraction and Report Language
PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
PHP	PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
POP3	Post Office Protocol version 3
RAT	Remote Administration Tool
RFC	Request For Comment
RFI	Remote File Inclusion
RFID	Radio Frequency IDentification
RIP	Routing Information Protocol
ROP	Return Oriented Programming
RoR	Ruby on Rails
RPC	Remote Procedure Call
RPN	Reverse Polish Notation
SEO	Search Engine Optimization
SIM	Security Infrastructure Management
SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SQL	Structured Query Language
SSH	Secure SHell (protocol)
SSI	Server Side Include
TCL	Tool Command Language
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TLS	Transport Layer Security
UDP	User Datagram Protocol
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
VOIP	Voice Over Internet Protocol
XSCF	Cross-Site Content Forgery
XSRF	Cross-Site Request Forgery
XSS	Cross-Site Scripting