Acronyms
For your reference, here is a brief list of acronyms used in this
book.
- ACL
Access control list
- ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
- ADMT
Active Directory Migration Tool
- ADSI
Active Directory Services Interface
- APIPA
Automatic Private IP Addressing
- ASR
Automatic System Recovery
- ATAPI
AT Attachment Packet Interface
- ATCP
AppleTalk Control Protocol
- BDC
Backup domain controller
- BITS
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
- CAL
Client-access license
- DC
Domain Controller
- DFS
Distributed File System
- DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DNS
Domain Name System
- EFS
Encrypting File System
- EMS
Emergency Management Services
- EULA
End User License Agreement
- FQDN
Fully qualified domain name
- FRS
File Replication Service
- FSMO
Flexible single master of operations
- GPMC
Group Policy Management Console
- GPO
Group Policy Object
- GPOE
Group Policy Object Editor
- GPT
Group Policy Template
- GUID
Globally unique identifier
- HCL
Hardware Compatibility List
- ICF
Internet Connection Firewall
- ICS
Internet Connection Sharing
- IDE
Integrated device electronics
- IIS
Internet Information Services
- IRQ
Interrupt request
- L2TP
Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
- MMC
Microsoft Management Console
- NAT
Network Address Translation
- NC
Naming Context
- NLB
Network Load Balancing
- NT
NT LAN Manager
- OEM
Original equipment manufacturer
- OU
Organizational unit
- PDC
Primary domain controller
- PnP
Plug and Play
- PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
- PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
- RAID
Redundant array of independent disks
- RID
Routing Information Daemon
- RIS
Remote Installation Services
- RRAS
Routing and Remote Access Service
- RSoP
Resultant Set of Policy
- SID
Security identifier
- SUS
Software Update Services
- UDB
Uniqueness database file
- UDMA
Ultra direct memory access
- UPN
User Principal Name
- VPN
Virtual private network
- VSS
Volume Shadow Copy Service
- WFP
Windows File Protection
- WINS
Windows Internet Naming Service
- WMI
Windows Management Instrumentation
- WPA
Windows Product Activation