| English | German |
| Address Resolution Protocol | Address Resolution-Protokoll (In TCP/IP, a protocol that uses broadcast traffic on the local network to resolve a logically assigned Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address to its physical hardware or media access control (MAC layer address). In asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), ARP is used two different ways. For classical IPv4 over ATM (CLIP), ARP is used to resolve addresses to ATM hardware addreses. For ATM LAN emulation (LANE), ARP is used to resolve Ethernet/802.3 or Token Ring addresses to ATM hardware addresses) |
| Advanced Program-to-Program Communication File Transfer Protocol | Advanced Program-to-Program Communication File Transfer-Protokoll (A file transfer protocol used in IBM host systems, the IBM Advanced Program-to-Program Communications equivalent to the TCP/IP File Transfer Protocol) |
| air interface protocol | Luftschnittstellenprotokoll (A protocol that defines the mechanism for communication between an antenna and an RFID tag) |
| air protocol | Luftschnittstellenprotokoll (A protocol that defines the mechanism for communication between an antenna and an RFID tag) |
| AppleTalk Protocol suite | AppleTalk-Protokollsuite (The set of network protocols on which AppleTalk network architecture is based. The AppleTalk Protocol is installed with Services for Macintosh to help users access resources on a network) |
| Authenticated Internet Protocol | Authentifiziertes Internetprotokoll (A protocol extension to Internet Key Exchange (IKE) that supports additional authentication mechanisms and the combination of user and computer authentication requirements) |
| bandwidth allocation protocol | Bandwidth Allocation-Protokoll (A Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) control protocol that is used on a multiprocessing connection to dynamically add and remove links) |
| bootstrap protocol | Bootstrapprotokoll (A protocol used primarily on TCP/IP networks to configure diskless workstations. RFCs 951 and 1542 define this protocol. DHCP is a later boot configuration protocol that uses this protocol. The Microsoft DHCP service provides limited support for BOOTP service) |
| Callback Control Protocol | Callback Control-Protokoll (The Network Control Protocol that negotiates the use of callback over PPP links) |
| Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol | Challenge Handshake Authentication-Protokoll (A challenge-response authentication protocol for Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connections described in RFC 1994. It uses the industry-standard MD5 hashing algorithm to hash the combination of a challenge string issued by the authenticating server and the user's password in the response) |
| communications protocol | Kommunikationsprotokoll (A set of rules or standards designed to enable computers to connect with one another and to exchange information with as little error as possible. The protocol generally accepted for standardizing overall computer communications is a seven-layer set of hardware and software guidelines known as the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model. A somewhat different standard, widely used before the OSI model was developed, is IBM's SNA (Systems Network Architecture). The word protocol is often used, sometimes confusingly, in reference to a multitude of standards affecting different aspects of communication, such as file transfer (for example, XMODEM and ZMODEM), handshaking (for example, XON/XOFF), and network transmissions (for example, CSMA/CD)) |
| control protocol plug-in | Steuerungsprotokoll-Plug-In (A type of plug-in that enables a Windows Media server to communicate with clients and other servers through different network protocols) |
| Data Center Transmission Control Protocol | Data Center Transmission Control-Protokoll (A TCP-like protocol for data center networks which leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts) |
| delivery protocol | Übermittlungsprotokoll (The set of communication rules used to route notification messages to external delivery systems) |
| Digest Access protocol | Digest Access-Protokoll (A lightweight authentication protocol for parties involved in communications that are based on Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)) |
| distance vector multicast routing protocol | Distance Vector Multicast Routing-Protokoll (An Internet routing protocol that provides an efficient mechanism for connectionless datagram delivery to a group of hosts across an Internet network. It is a distributed protocol that dynamically generates IP multicast delivery trees using a technique called Reverse Path Multicasting (RPM)) |
| DRT protocol | DRT-Protokoll (The protocol used to exchange cache information and find routes in the DRT mesh) |
| Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol | Dynamic Host Configuration-Protokoll (A TCP/IP service protocol that offers dynamic leased configuration of host IP addresses and distributes other configuration parameters to eligible network clients. DHCP provides safe, reliable, and simple TCP/IP network configuration, prevents address conflicts, and helps conserve the use of client IP addresses on the network) |
| encoding protocol | Codierungsprotokoll (A protocol that governs the structure and content of a business-to-business message. The encoding protocol settings for a business profile define the encoding protocol that a business division uses to send and receive business-to-business messages. Some examples of encoding protocols are X12, EDIFACT, HIPAA, and EANCOM) |
| Encryption Control Protocol | Encryption Control-Protokoll (The Network Control Protocol for negotiating the use of encryption over PPP links. ECP is defined in RFC 1968) |
| File Transfer Protocol | Dateiübertragungsprotokoll, File Transfer Protocol (A member of the TCP/IP suite of protocols, used to copy files between two computers on the Internet. Both computers must support their respective FTP roles: one must be an FTP client and the other an FTP server) |
| Health Certificate Enrollment Protocol | Health Certificate Enrollment-Protokoll (The protocol used by the NAP agent to request health certificates from the Health Registration Authority (HRA) and to prove the health of a client computer) |
| Host Credentials Authorization Protocol | Host Credentials Authorization-Protokoll (A protocol used by Access Control Server (ACS) to send and receive statements of health to and from other NAP infrastructure components. HCAP is installed on NPS so that it can function with Access Control Server (ACS)) |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol | Hypertext Transfer-Protokoll (The Internet protocol used to deliver information over the World Wide Web) |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer | Hypertext Transfer-Protokoll Secure, HTTP über SSL (A message transfer protocol used by the World Wide Web to service page requests, and which adds a security layer using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology) |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure | Hypertext Transfer-Protokoll Secure (A message transfer protocol used by the World Wide Web to service page requests, and which adds a security layer using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology) |
| IEEE Standard Protocol for Authentication in Host Attachments of Transient Storage Devices | IEEE 1667 (The IEEE industry standard that defines methods for authenticating transient removable storage devices (e.g. USB flash drives, memory cards, and portable hard disks) when they are mounted to host computers in corporate, government, academic, and other environments) |
| Internet Control Message Protocol | Internet Control Message-Protokoll (A required maintenance protocol in the TCP/IP suite that reports errors and allows simple connectivity. ICMP is used by the Ping tool to perform TCP/IP troubleshooting) |
| Internet Group Management Protocol | Internet Group Management-Protokoll (A protocol used by Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) hosts to report their multicast group memberships to any immediately neighboring multicast routers) |
| Internet Message Access Protocol 4 | Internet Message Access-Protokoll 4 (A standard client/server protocol for receiving e-mail. The user (or the user's e-mail client) can view just the heading and the sender of the letter and then decide whether to download the mail) |
| Internet Protocol | Internetprotokoll (A routable protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite that is responsible for IP addressing, routing, and the fragmentation and reassembly of IP packets) |
| Internet Protocol | Internetprotokoll (A routable protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite that is responsible for IP addressing, routing, and the fragmentation and reassembly of IP packets) |
| Internet Protocol multicasting | IP-Multicasting (The extension of local area network multicasting technology to a TCP/IP network. Hosts send and receive multicast datagrams, the destination fields of which specify IP host group addresses rather than individual IP addresses. A host indicates that it is a member of a group by means of the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)) |
| Internet Protocol security | Internetprotokollsicherheit (A set of industry-standard, cryptography-based services and protocols that help to protect data over a network) |
| Internet Protocol version 4 | Internetprotokoll, Version 4 (An Internet Protocol that has 32-bit source and destination addresses. IPv4 is the predecessor of IPv6) |
| Kerberos V5 authentication protocol | Kerberos V5-Authentifizierungsprotokoll (An authentication mechanism used to verify user or host identity. The Kerberos V5 authentication protocol is the default authentication service. Internet Protocol security (IPsec) can use the Kerberos protocol for authentication) |
| Layer Two Tunneling Protocol | Layer Two Tunneling-Protokoll (An industry-standard Internet tunneling protocol that provides encapsulation for sending Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) frames across packet-oriented media. For IP networks, L2TP traffic is sent as User Datagram Protocol (UDP) messages. In Microsoft operating systems, L2TP is used in conjunction with Internet Protocol security (IPSec) as a virtual private network (VPN) technology to provide remote access or router-to-router VPN connections. L2TP is described in RFC 2661) |
| Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | Lightweight Directory Access-Protokoll (The primary access protocol for Active Directory. LDAP is an industry-standard protocol, established by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), that allows users to query and update information in a directory service. Active Directory supports both LDAP version 2 and LDAP version 3) |
| Link Control Protocol | Link Control-Protokoll (A PPP control protocol that negotiates link and PPP parameters to dynamically configure the data-link layer of a PPP connection) |
| logical link control and adaptation protocol | Logical Link Control and Adaptation-Protokoll (A protocol used in personal wireless network applications that provides connection-oriented and connectionless data services to upper layer protocols with protocol multiplexing capability, segmentation and reassembly operation, and group abstractions) |
| Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol | Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation-Protokoll (An extension to the DHCP protocol standard used to support dynamic assignment and configuration of IP multicast addresses on TCP/IP-based networks) |
| Network News Transfer Protocol | Network News Transfer-Protokoll (A member of the TCP/IP suite of protocols used to distribute network news messages to NNTP servers and clients (newsreaders) on the Internet. NNTP is designed so that news articles are stored on a server in a central database, thus enabling a user to select specific items to read) |
| network protocol | Netzwerkprotokoll (A set of rules and parameters that defines and enables communication through a network) |
| NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol | NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS-kompatibles Transportprotokoll (The Microsoft implementation of the Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange (IPX/SPX) protocol used on NetWare networks. NWLink allows connectivity between Windows-based computers and NetWare networks running IPX/SPX. NWLink also provides network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) functionality and the Routing Information Protocol (RIP)) |
| Online Certificate Status Protocol | Online Certificate Status-Protokoll (A protocol that allows real-time validation of a certificate's status by having the CryptoAPI make a call to an OCSP responder and the OCSP responder providing an immediate validation of the revocation status for the presented certificate. Typically, an OCSP responder responds with the revocation status check request based on the certificate revocation list (CRL) or other forms of revocation status it retrieves from the certification authorities) |
| Online Certificate Status Protocol responder | Online Certificate Status-Protokoll-Responder (A computer on which the Online Responder service and Online Responder web proxy are running) |
| Peer Name Resolution Protocol | Peer Name Resolution-Protokoll (A standard set of formats and procedures which enables secure and dynamic publication, registration and resolution of computer names and IP addresses including the ability to register multiple names on a single computer, multiple computers to a single name, and have names registered by applications) |
| Point-to-Point Protocol | Point-to-Point-Protokoll (A set of industry-standard framing and authentication protocols that are included with Windows to ensure interoperability with other remote access software. PPP negotiates configuration parameters for multiple layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. The Internet standard for serial communications, PPP defines how data packets are exchanged with other Internet-based systems using a modem connection. PPP is documented in RFC 1661) |
| Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet | Point-to-Point-Protokoll über Ethernet (A specification for connecting users on an Ethernet network to the Internet through a broadband connection, such as a single DSL line, wireless device, or cable modem. Using PPPoE and a broadband modem, LAN users can gain individual authenticated access to high-speed data networks. By combining Ethernet and Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), PPPoE provides an efficient way to create a separate connection for each user to a remote server) |
| Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol | Point-to-Point-Tunneling-Protokoll (Networking technology that supports multiprotocol virtual private networks (VPNs), enabling remote users to access corporate networks securely across the Internet or other networks by dialing into an Internet service provider (ISP) or by connecting directly to the Internet. PPTP tunnels, or encapsulates, Internet Protocol (IP) or Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) traffic inside IP packets. This means that users can remotely run applications that depend on particular network protocols. PPTP is described in RFC 2637) |
| Post Office Protocol version 3 | POP3 (An Internet standard protocol that allows a user to download e-mail from his or her inbox on a server to the client computer where messages are managed. This protocol works well for computers that are unable to maintain a continuous connection to a server) |
| protocol setting | Protokolleinstellung (A setting that defines how business transactions are to be supported for a specific business-to-business protocol. Each business profile defines the various settings for processing messages (encoding) or transmitting messages (transport) for each of the business-to-business protocols over which the partner can communicate. A protocol setting can be for encoding protocols or for a transport protocol) |
| PXE protocol | PXE-Protokoll (An extension to the DHCP protocol that enables information to be sent to network-bootable systems and enables these systems to find RIS servers) |
| Real-Time Control Protocol | Real-Time Control-Protokoll (A scalable transport control protocol that works with the Real-Time Protocol (RTP) to monitor real-time transmissions to multiple participants over a network-for example, during videoconferencing. The Real-Time Control Protocol, or RTCP, transmits packets of control information at regular intervals and is used to determine how well information is being delivered to recipients) |
| Real-Time Streaming Protocol | Real-Time Streaming-Protokoll (A network protocol, defined in RFC 2326, for controlling one or more digital media streams or a presentation (the aggregate of related media streams)) |
| Real-Time Transport Protocol | Real-Time Transport-Protokoll (An Internet-standard network transport protocol used in delivering real-time data, including audio and video. The Real-Time Protocol, or RTP, works with both unicast (single sender, single recipient) and multicast (single sender, multiple recipients) services. RTP is often used in conjunction with the Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP), which monitors delivery) |
| Remote Desktop Protocol | Remotedesktopprotokoll (A proprietary protocol to provide remote display and input capabilities over network connections for Windows®-based applications between two computers) |
| routable protocol | routingfähiges Protokoll (A communications protocol that is used to route data from one network to another by means of a network address and a device address. TCP/IP is an example of a routable protocol) |
| Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol | Secure Hypertext Transfer-Protokoll (A protocol that provides a secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) connection) |
| security protocol | Sicherheitsprotokoll (A specification that defines security-related data objects and rules about how the objects are used to maintain security on a computer system) |
| server-to-server protocol | Server-zu-Server-Protokoll (An authentication protocol between two servers or services) |
| Session Initiation Protocol | Session Initiation-Protokoll (A standard signaling protocol for establishing multi-media communications sessions between two or more users over an IP network) |
| Session Initiation Protocol trunking A mechanism for connecting the voice network of an enterprise to a service provider that offers public switched telephone network (PSTN) origination, termination, and emergency services without deploying PSTN gateways | SIP-Trunking (Session Initiation-Protokoll) |
| Simple Network Management Protocol | Simple Network Management-Protokoll (A network protocol used to manage TCP/IP networks. In Windows, the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) service is used to provide status information about a host on a TCP/IP network) |
| Simple Network Management Protocol trap | Simple Network Management-Protokolltrap (An unsolicited Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) packet sent from one SNMP entity to another usually in response to a stimulus or an event on the sending entity) |
| Simple Object Access Protocol | Simple Object Access-Protokoll (A simple, XML-based protocol for exchanging structured data and type information on the World Wide Web. The protocol is currently the de facto standard for XML messaging) |
| S2S protocol | S2S-Protokoll (An authentication protocol between two servers or services) |
| Transmission Control Protocol | Transmission Control-Protokoll (The protocol within TCP/IP that governs the breakup of data messages into packets to be sent via IP, and the reassembly and verification of the complete messages from packets received by IP) |
| transport protocol | Transportprotokoll (A protocol that governs the transport channel used for sending messages back and forth between two partners. With respect to trading partner management (TPM), only the AS2 protocol is supported) |
| User Datagram Protocol | User Datagram-Protokoll (A connectionless transport protocol in the TCP/IP protocol stack that is used in cases where some packet loss is acceptable, for example, with digital media streams) |
| Voice over Internet Protocol | Voice over IP, VoIP (The use of the Internet Protocol (IP) for transmitting voice communications. VoIP delivers digitized audio in packet form and can be used to transmit over intranets, extranets, and the Internet. It is essentially an inexpensive alternative to traditional telephone communication over the circuit-switched Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). VoIP covers computer-to-computer, computer-to-telephone, and telephone-based communications. For the sake of compatibility and interoperability, a group called the VoIP Forum promotes product development based on the ITU-T H.323 standard to transmit multimedia over the Internet) |
| Web Server protocol | Webserverprotokoll (A language or protocol used by all Web servers to communicate with Web browsers) |
| WebSocket protocol | WebSocket-Protokoll (A feature of Internet Information Services (IIS) that lets the server establish a long-running, full-duplex, bidirectional TCP connection to the client and that lets the server push data to the client) |
| Wireless Application Protocol | Wireless Application-Protokoll (A standard protocol for providing Internet communications and advanced telephony services on phones, pagers, PDAs, and other wireless terminals) |
