648 Acronyms and Abbreviations

Term

Definition

 

 

 

 

TLS

Transport Layer Security

 

 

Tx

Transmit

 

 

WEP

Wired Equivalent Privacy. A security protocol for WLANs defined in the

 

802.11b standard.

 

 

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

 

 

WPA

Security standard proposed by the Wi-Fi Alliance that uses additional algo-

 

rithms to further enhance wireless connectivity.

 

 

WPA-PSK

Wi-Fi Protected Access-Preshared Key