It could be a Boat
Alex Trebeck
Can I buy a Vowel?
WHAT YEAR IS IT
I you aren't first, you're last
MORE PYLONS
That feeling of someone watching you
Categories are hard
Brain Melted
Make it stop
It could be another boat?
Second to last column
That one
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AAA

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

100

SLA

Service-level Agreement

100

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

100

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

100

AMD

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

100

SaaS

Software as a Service

100

NTFS

New Technology File System

100

ONT

Optical Network Terminal

100

PUP

Potentially Unwanted Program

100

UAC

User Account Control

100

VRAM

Video Random-access Memory

100

SCSI

Small Computer System Interface

100

WAN

Wide Area Network

200

ACL

Access Control List

200

PAM

Privileged Access Management

200

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

200

KVM

Keyboard-Video-Mouse

200

EOL

End-of-life

200

LAN

Local Area Network

200

APFS

Apple File System

200

SSID

Service Set Identifier

200

RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial-in User Server

200

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

200

DDR

Double Data Rate

200

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

200

WLAN

Wireless LAN [Local Area Network]

300

VPN

Virtual Private Network

300

IAM

Identity and Access Management

300

GPT

GUID [Globally Unique Identifier] Partition Table

300

PCIe

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express

300

EFS

Encrypting File System

300

DKIM

DomainKeys Identified Mail

300

exFAT

Extended File Allocation Table

300

MX

Mail Exchange

300

DDOS

Distributed Denial of Service

300

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

300

DIMM

Dual In-line Memory Module

300

SATA

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

300

VDI

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

400

VoIP

Voice over Internet Protocol

400

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device

400

DB-9

Serial Communications D-Shell Connector, 9 pins

400

UPnP

Universal Plug and Play

400

RDP

Remote Desktop Protocol

400

SPF

Sender Policy Framework

400

FAT32

32-bit File Allocation Table

400

CNAME

Canonical Name

400

XSS

Cross-site Scripting

400

SQL

Structured Query Language

400

RAM

Random-access Memory

400

SSD

Solid-state Drive

400

WISP

Wireless Internet Service Provider

500

SAML

Security Assertions Markup Language

500

MDM

Mobile Device Management

500

PC

Personal Computer

500

WPA

Wi-Fi Protected Access

500

SAS

Serial Attached SCSI [Small Computer System Interface]

500

DMARC

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance

500

MBR

Master Boot Record

500

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

500

SSO

Single Sign-on

500

OLED

Organic Light-emitting Diode

500

CPU

Central Processing Unit

500

OS

Operating System

500

SOHO

Small Office/Home Office

600

NTP

Network Time Protocol

600

BEC

Business Email Compromise

600

HSM

Hardware Security Module

600

eSATA

External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

600

SODIMM

Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module

600

SC

Subscriber Connector

600

XFS

Extended File System

600

SMS

Short Message Service

600

POST

Power-on Self-test

600

VA

Vertical Alignment

600

ATX

Advanced Technology Extended

600

NIC

Network Interface Card

600

VLAN

Virtual LAN [Local Area Network]

700

RMM

Remote Monitoring and Management

700

ADF

Automatic Document Feeder

700

GFS

Grandfather-Father-Son

700

DVI

Digital Visual Interface

700

EULA

End-user License Agreement

700

MAC

Media Access Control

700

ReFS

Resilient File System

700

SSH

Secure Shell

700

TACACS

Terminal Access Controller Access-control System

700

VGA

Video Graphics Array

700

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

700

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

700

APIPA

Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

800

CIFS

Common Internet File System

800

DLP

Data Loss Prevention

800

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

800

ESD

Electrostatic Discharge

800

ARM

Advanced RISC [Reduced Instruction Set Computer] Machine

800

IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service

800

PoE

Power over Ethernet

800

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

800

SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

800

TN

Twisted Nematic

800

BSOD

Blue Screen of Death

800

NDA

Non-disclosure Agreement

800

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

900

XDR

Extended Detection and Response

900

MFA

Multifactor Authentication

900

DNS

Domain Name System

900

POP

Post Office Protocol

900

ITX

Information Technology eXtended

900

PaaS

Platform as a Service

900

TPM

Trusted Platform Module

900

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

900

RSR

Rapid Security Response

900

IPS

In-Plane Switching

900

S.M.A.R.T.

Self-monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology

900

TKIP

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

900

WWAN

Wireless Wide Area Network

1000

IoT

Internet of Things

1000

MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheet

1000

GPS

Global Positioning System

1000

TOTP

Time-based One-time Password

1000

IOPS

Input/Output Operations Per Second

1000

IMAP

Internet Mail Access Protocol

1000

NFC

Near-field Communication

1000

SMB

Server Message Block

1000

RFID

Radio-frequency Identification

1000

HDMI

High-definition Media Interface

1000

NVMe

Non-volatile Memory Express

1000

LC

Lucent Connector

1000

IP

Internet Protocol

1100

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

1100

MMC

Microsoft Management Console

1100

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

1100

OTP

One-time Password (or Passcode)

1100

EDR

Endpoint Detection and Response

1100

MDR

Managed Detection and Response

1100

ECC

Error-correcting Code

1100

VNC

Virtual Network Computer

1100

SAN

Storage Area Network

1100

USB

Universal Serial Bus

1100

UEFI

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

1100

ST

Straight Tip

1100

PAN

Personal Area Network