Acronyms
Definitions
Functions
100

This is what UI stands for.

What is User Interface?

100

This is how a user interacts with a software or technology.

What is UI or User Interface?

100

A keyboard could be used as an example of this type of interface.

What is User Interface? or UI?

200

This is what API stands for.

What is Application Program Interface?

200

This is a file or record containing information about activities in a computer system?

What is a log?

200

This log management tool is exclusive to the SolarWinds Observability.

What is Log Analyzer?

300

This is what DNS stands for.

What is Domain Name System?

300

This is a piece of hardware or software that controls what data is and isn't allowed to flow between devices or ports on a specific network.

What is a Firewall?

300

A LAN connects devices within a small geographic area such as a home, office, school, or campus. This, on the other hand, spans large geographic areas—from cities to countries or continents—often connecting multiple LANs.

What is a WAN or Wide Area Network?

400

This is what IP stands for.

What is Internet Protocol?

400

This is a hardware device that connects multiple devices within a local network (LAN) and forwards data directly to the intended recipient.

What is a Network Switch.

400

This SolarWinds product monitors Network Switches.

What is NPM?

500

This is what SNMP stands for.

What is Simple Network Management Protocol?

500

This is a Protocol used for the management and monitoring of network-connected devices.

What is SNMP or Simple Network Management Protocol?

500

The apple weather app gathering data from weather.com to display on their app is an example of this.

What is API? or Application Program Interface?