IOS (Cisco)

acronym

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Stands for: Internetwork Operating System

Cisco's long-standing operating system for routers and switches.

Internetwork Operating System is Cisco's classic network OS and command-line style. Its conventions (`enable`, `configure terminal`) are so widespread that many other vendors offer an IOS-like CLI mode for familiarity. Not to be confused with Apple's iOS.

Also known as: ios, Cisco IOS

Sources

Cisco IOS documentation

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