Asia-Pacific Network Information Center
(APNIC) The regional organization that manages IP
address assignment and allocation for the Asia-Pacific
region.
asynchronous API An API that does not wait until a
response is received but that can continue to function as
an application and process other aspects of data.
B
Bidirectional-streams Over Synchronous HTTP
(BOSH) A transport protocol that emulates the
semantics of a long-lived, bidirectional TCP connection
between two entities.
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) A wireless personal-
area network technology.
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) The routing
protocol for the Internet.
C
campus-area network (CAN) A network that consists
of two or more LANs within a limited area.
Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) An
open, extensible, and software-driven architecture for
enterprise networks.
Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) A Cisco-
proprietary packet-switching technique used in Cisco
routers used to enhance network performance.
Cisco Software Defined-WAN (SD-WAN) A secure,
scalable, open, and programmable network architecture
for WANs.
classless interdomain routing (CIDR) A way of
specifying the subnet mask for an IP address that goes
beyond the default class address mask.
computer telephony integration (CTI) Technology
that enables computers to interact with telephones.