Computer and Internet Acronym

Acronym		Meaning
ACL		Access Control List
ADC		Analog-to-Digital Converter
ADF		Automatic Document Feeder
ADSL		Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP		Accelerated Graphics Port
AIFF		Audio Interchange File Format
AIX		Advanced Interactive Executive
ALU		Arithmetic Logic Unit
ANSI		American National Standards Institute
API		Application Program Interface
APU		Accelerated Processing Unit
ARP		Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII		American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP		Active Server Page or Application Service Provider
ATA		Advanced Technology Attachment
ATM		Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Bash		Bourne-Again Shell
BASIC		Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
Bcc		Blind Carbon Copy
BIOS		Basic Input/Output System
Blob		Binary Large Object
BMP		Bitmap
BSOD		Blue Screen of Death
CAD		Computer-Aided Design
Cc		Carbon Copy
CCD		Charged Coupled Device
CD		Compact Disc
CD-R		Compact Disc Recordable
CD-ROM		Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CD-RW		Compact Disc Re-Writable
CDFS		Compact Disc File System
CDMA		Code Division Multiple Access
CDN		Content Delivery Network
CGI		Common Gateway Interface
CISC		Complex Instruction Set Computing
CLOB		Character Large Object
CMOS		Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS		Content Management System
CMYK		Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
CPA		Cost Per Action
CPC		Cost Per Click
CPL		Cost Per Lead
CPM		Cost Per 1,000 Impressions
CPS		Classroom Performance System
CPU		Central Processing Unit
CRM		Customer Relationship Management
CRT		Cathode Ray Tube
CSS		Cascading Style Sheet
CTP		Composite Theoretical Performance
CTR		Click-Through Rate
DAC		Digital-to-Analog Converter
DAW		Digital Audio Workstation
DBMS		Database Management System
DCIM		Digital Camera IMages
DDL		Data Definition Language
DDR		Double Data Rate
DDR2		Double Data Rate 2
DDR3		Double Data Rate Type 3
DFS		Distributed File System
DHCP		Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIMM		Dual In-Line Memory Module
DLC		Downloadable Content
DLL		Dynamic Link Library
DMA		Direct Memory Access
DNS		Domain Name System
DOS		Disk Operating System
DPI		Dots Per Inch
DRAM		Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRM		Digital Rights Management
DSL		Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM		Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DTD		Document Type Definition
DV		Digital Video
DVD		Digital Versatile Disc
DVD+R		Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD+RW		Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVD-R		Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD-RAM		Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
DVD-RW		Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVI		Digital Video Interface
DVR		Digital Video Recorder
ECC		Error Correction Code
EDI		Electronic Data Interchange
EIDE		Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EPS		Encapsulated PostScript
EUP		Enterprise Unified Process
EXIF		Exchangeable Image File Format
FAQ		Frequently Asked Questions
FDDI		Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FIFO		First In, First Out
FiOS		Fiber Optic Service
FLOPS		Floating Point Operations Per Second
FPU		Floating Point Unit
FSB		Frontside Bus
FTP		File Transfer Protocol
Gbps		Gigabits Per Second
GIF		Graphics Interchange Format
GIGO		Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIS		Geographic Information Systems
GPS		Global Positioning System
GPU		Graphics Processing Unit
GUI		Graphical User Interface
GUID		Globally Unique Identifier
HDD		Hard Disk Drive
HDMI		High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDTV		High Definition Televsion
HDV		High-Definition Video
HFS		Hierarchical File System
HSF		Heat Sink and Fan
HTML		Hyper-Text Markup Language
HTTP		HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS		HyperText Transport Protocol Secure
I/O		Input/Output
ICANN		Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers
ICF		Internet Connection Firewall
ICMP		Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS		Internet Connection Sharing
ICT		Information and Communication Technologies
IDE		Integrated Device Electronics or Integrated Development Environment
IEEE		Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGP		Integrated Graphics Processor
IM		Instant Message
IMAP		Internet Message Access Protocol
InterNIC		Internet Network Information Center
IP		Internet Protocol
IPX		Internetwork Packet Exchange
IRC		Internet Relay Chat
IRQ		Interrupt Request
ISA		Industry Standard Architecture
iSCSI		Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
ISDN		Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO		International Organization for Standardization
ISP		Internet Service Provider
IT		Information Technology
IVR		Interactive Voice Response
JFS		Journaled File System
JPEG		Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE		Java Runtime Environment
JSF		JavaServer Faces
JSON		JavaScript Object Notation
JSP		Java Server Page
Kbps		Kilobits Per Second
KDE		K Desktop Environment
KVM Switch		Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Switch
LAMP		Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
LAN		Local Area Network
LCD		Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP		Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LED		Light-Emitting Diode
LIFO		Last In, First Out
LPI		Lines Per Inch
LTE		Long Term Evolution
LUN		Logical Unit Number
MAC Address		Media Access Control Address
MAMP		Mac OS X, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
MANET		Mobile Ad Hoc Network
Mbps		Megabits Per Second
MBR		Master Boot Record
MCA		Micro Channel Architecture
MIDI		Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIPS		Million Instructions Per Second
MMS		Multimedia Messaging Service
MP3		MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
MPEG		Moving Picture Experts Group
MTU		Maximum Transmission Unit
NAT		Network Address Translation
NetBIOS		Network Basic Input/Output System
NIC		Network Interface Card
NNTP		Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC		Network Operations Center
NTFS		New Technology File System
NUI		Natural User Interface
NVRAM		Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
OASIS		Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OCR		Optical Character Recognition
ODBC		Open Database Connectivity
OEM		Original Equipment Manufacturer
OLAP		Online Analytical Processing
OLE		Object Linking and Embedding
OOP		Object-Oriented Programming
OSD		On Screen Display
OSPF		Open Shortest Path First
P2P		Peer To Peer
PC		Personal Computer
PCB		Printed Circuit Board
PCI		Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI-X		Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
PCMCIA		Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA		Personal Digital Assistant
PDF		Portable Document Format
PHP		Hypertext Preprocessor
PIM		Personal Information Manager
PMU		Power Management Unit
PNG		Portable Network Graphic
POP3		Post Office Protocol
POST		Power On Self Test
PPC		Pay Per Click
PPGA		Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPI		Pixels Per Inch
PPL		Pay Per Lead
PPM		Pages Per Minute
PPP		Point to Point Protocol
PPPoE		Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPTP		Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PRAM		Parameter Random Access Memory
PROM		Programmable Read-Only Memory
PS/2		Personal System/2
PUM		Potentially Unwanted Modification
PUP		Potentially Unwanted Program
QBE		Query By Example
RAID		Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM		Random Access Memory
RDF		Resource Description Framework
RDRAM		Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RFID		Radio-Frequency Identification
RGB		Red Green Blue
RISC		Reduced Instruction Set Computing
ROM		Read-Only Memory
RPC		Remote Procedure Call
RPM		Revenue Per 1,000 Impressions
RSS		RDF Site Summary
RTE		Runtime Environment
RTF		Rich Text Format
RUP		Rational Unified Process
SaaS		Software as a Service
SAN		Storage Area Network
SATA		Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SCSI		Small Computer System Interface
SD		Secure Digital
SDK		Software Development Kit
SDRAM		Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDSL		Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SEO		Search Engine Optimization
SERP		Search Engine Results Page
SIMM		Single In-Line Memory Module
SIP		Session Initiation Protocol
SKU		Stock Keeping Unit
SLA		Software License or Service Level Agreement
SLI		Scalable Link Interface
SMART		Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
SMB		Server Message Block
SMM		Social Media Marketing
SMS		Short Message Service
SMTP		Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP		Simple Network Management Protocol
SO-DIMM		Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module
SOA		Service Oriented Architecture
SOAP		Simple Object Access Protocol
SQL		Structured Query Language
SRAM		Static Random Access Memory
sRGB		Standard Red Green Blue
SSD		Solid State Drive
SSH		Secure Shell
SSID		Service Set Identifier
SSL		Secure Sockets Layer
TCP/IP		Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TFT		Thin-Film Transistor
TIFF		Tagged Image File Format
TTL		Time To Live
TWAIN		Toolkit Without An Informative Name
UAT		User Acceptance Testing
UDDI		Universal Description Discovery and Integration
UDP		User Datagram Protocol
UGC		User Generated Content
UML		Unified Modeling Language
UNC		Universal Naming Convention
UPnP		Universal Plug and Play
UPS		Uninterruptible Power Supply
URI		Uniform Resource Identifier
URL		Uniform Resource Locator
USB		Universal Serial Bus
UTF		Unicode Transformation Format
VCI		Virtual Channel Identifier
VDSL		Very High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line
VDU		Visual Display Unit
VFAT		Virtual File Allocation Table
VGA		Video Graphics Array
VLB		VESA Local Bus
VLE		Virtual Learning Environment
VoIP		Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPI		Virtual Path Identifier
VPN		Virtual Private Network
VRAM		Video Random Access Memory
VRML		Virtual Reality Modeling Language
W3C		World Wide Web Consortium
WAIS		Wide Area Information Server
WAMP		Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
WAN		Wide Area Network
WDDM		Windows Display Driver Model
WEP		Wired Equivalent Privacy
Wi-Fi		Wireless Fidelity
WINS		Windows Internet Name Service
WPA		Wi-Fi Protected Access
WWW		World Wide Web
XHTML		Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML		Extensible Markup Language
XMP		Extensible Metadata Platform
XSLT		Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation
Y2K		Year 2000
ZIF	Zero Insertion Force