MN-MIMO

Mobile Networked Multiple Input Multiple Output, advanced wireless communication technology

RISC

Reduced Instruction set computer

GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679),[1] abbreviated GDPR, is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA)

KPI

Key Performance Indicators

SHA-256

Secure Hash Algorithm, Cryptographic Hash Algoritym, sometimes called "digest", encrypting for data in transit, used in Blockchain

VRA

Vendor Risk Assessment

CORS

Cross-Origin Resource sharing, using header information sharing resources from other sites

TLS

Transport Layer Security

XSS

Cross-Site Scripting

CBC

Cipher Block Chaining

POODLE

Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption

2FA

Two factor authentication

SHA

Secure Hash Algorithm

SOC2

Systems and Organizational Controls - versions 1, 2, 3 - normally produced by Accounting firms, normally associated with AICPA, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

FEP

Front End Processor, deals with routers and ensuring "network traffic" doesn't get "stuck"

MPLS

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a routing technique in telecommunications networks that directs data from one node to the next based on labels rather than network addresses.

SVOD

Subscription Video on Demand

AVOD

Advertising Supported Video on Demand

FAST

Free Advertising Supported TV

DOCSIS

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification. Used to deliver internet access over cable network

HFC

Hybrid Fiber-coaxial infrastructure

DAA

Distributed acess Architecture

CRL

Certificate Revocation List - list of digital certificates that have been revoked by the issuing Certificate Authority. Can result in blocking a website that is not correctly configured with TLS or SSL.

SERPS

Search Engine Results Pages

UX

User Experience

RSS

Rich Site summary

Regex

Regular expressions

TPSP

Third Party Service Provider

NIST

NIST’s portfolio of services for measurements, standards, and legal metrology provide solutions that ensure measurement traceability, enable quality assurance, and harmonize documentary standards and regulatory practices.

CART

Communication Access Realtime Translation - stenographer (real person, not AI) captioning

CTV

Connected TV, refers to devices connected to your television, generally streaming from an internet connection. Devices include Roku, Chromecast, Amazon Fire Stick.

MANRS

Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security - similar to SOC2 security ratings, Implex is compliant to MANRS protocol, MANRS part of isoc.org - Internet Society

IRR

Internet Routing Registry - there are over 24 IRR databases that comprise the IRR ecosystem. There were a non-auth IRR and an authenticated IRR. Many non-auth systems were retired in early 2022. Networks need to adhere to the authentication system for their "routes" to be recognized.

ARIN

American Registry for Internet Numbers

ESG

Environment, Social and Governance issues

SWaM

Small, Women and Minority-owned business

UCaas

Unified Communications as a Service

CCaas

Contact Center as a Service

CGEM

Corporate, government, education and medical sectors

GPT

Generative Pre-trained Transformer

SPF

A sender policy framework (SPF) record is a type of DNS TXT record that lists all the servers authorized to send emails from a particular domain.

DKIM

DomainKeys Identified Mail Record Lookup is a tool that allows you to check the validity of a domain name and selector for a published DKIM key record

DMARC

Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance, Check is a diagnostic tool that will parse the DMARC Record for the queried domain name, display the DMARC Record, and run a series of diagnostic checks against the record