| A | B |
| TCP | Transmission protocol used when reliablity is more important than speed. |
| UDP | Transmission protocol used when speed is more important than reliability. |
| DHCP | The 4 phases of this protocol are abbreviated "DORA" |
| RDP | Provides a grapical interface to connect to another computer over a network connection. |
| IPsec | VPNs use this protocol. |
| RIP | Port 520 is reserved for this protocol. |
| FTP | Ports 20 and 21 are reserved for data and control (respectively). |
| CSMA/CA | Provides rules for collision avoidance in OSI Layer 2. |
| POP3 | This protocol has been superceded by IMAP |
| SNTP | This protocol - in contrast with NTP - is used in embedded devices and when high-accuracy timing is not required. |
| EGP | Routing protocol used outside autonomous networks. |
| IGRP | A proprietary protocol developed by Cisco. |
| IPv4 | This routing protocol does not guarantee delivery, proper sequencing, or duplicate delivery. |
| IPv6 | Provides 2^128 (or about 340 million trillion trillion) logical network addresses. |
| SSL | Provides privacy and data integrity between two communicating computer applications. |