Acronyms
The computing world is full of acronyms; indeed, the joke goes that TLA is a Three Letter Acronym.
This is a page of some of the acronyms I am familiar with (not all by any means) ... just click the lettered buttons. Think of it as a simple way to get a vague idea of what those danged computer people are wittering on about.
[ A ]
- ACL: Access Control List
- AD: Active Directory
- ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
[ B ]
- BASH: Bourne-again shell (Linux usually)
- BASIC: Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
- BBS: Bulletin Board System
- BIOS: Basic Input Output System
- BPS: bits per second
- BSOD: Blue Screen of Death
[ C ]
- CAD: Computer-Aided Design
- CD-ROM: CD Read-Only Memory
- CD-RW: CD-Rewritable
- CPU: Central Processing Unit
- CRLF: Carriage Return Line Feed
- CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
- CSV: Comma-Separated Values
[ D ]
- DB: Database
- DBA: Database Administrator
- DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DIMM: Dual Inline Memory Module
- DLL: Dynamic Link Library
- DNS: Domain Name System
- DOA: Dead on Arrival
- DOS: Denial of Service
- DRM: Digital Rights Management
- DTP: Desktop Publishing
- DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
- DVD-R: DVD-Recordable
- DVD-RW: DVD-Rewritable
[ E ]
- E-MAIL: Electronic mail
- EULA: End User License Agreement
- EXT: EXTended file system
[ F ]
- FAT: File Allocation Table
- FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
- FDD: Floppy Disk Drive
- FLOPS: Floating-Point Operations Per Second
- FTP: File Transfer Protocol
- FYI: For Your Information
[ G ]
- Gb: Gigabit
- GB: Gigabyte
- GIF: Graphics Interchange Format
- GIMP: GNU Image Manipulation Program
- GNU: GNU's Not Unix
- GPL: General Public License
- GUI: Graphical User Interface
[ H ]
- HDD: Hard Disk Drive
- HCL: Hardware Compatibility List
- HDMI: High-Definition Multimedia Interface
- HP: Hewlett-Packard
- HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
- HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- HTTPS: HTTP Secure
- HZ: Hertz
[ I ]
- IBM: International Business Machines
- ICT: Information and Communication Technology
- IDE: Integrated Drive Electronics
- IIS: Internet Information Services
- IM: Instant Messaging
- IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol
- I/O: Input/output
- IoT: Internet of Things
- IP: Internet Protocol
- IPv4: Internet Protocol version 4
- IPv6: Internet Protocol version 6
- I/F: Interface
- ISO: International Organization for Standardization
- ISP: Internet Service Provider
- IT: Information Technology
[ J ]
- JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
- JS: JavaScript
- JSE: Java Standard Edition
[ K ]
- Kb: Kilobit
- KB: Kilobyte
- KDE: K Desktop Environment
- kHz: Kilohertz
- KVM: Keyboard, Video, Mouse
[ L ]
- LAMP: Linux Apache MySQL PHP
- LAN: Local Area Network
- LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
- LED: Light-Emitting Diode
- LFS: Linux From Scratch
- LGA: Land Grid Array
[ M ]
- MAC: Media Access Control
- Mb: Megabit
- MB: Megabyte
- MBR: Master Boot Record
- MHz: Megahertz
- MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface
- MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
- MMC: Microsoft Management Console
- MOV: Apple QuickTime Multimedia File
- MPEG: Motion Pictures Experts Group
- MS: Microsoft
- MSN: Microsoft Network
- MS-DOS: Microsoft DOS
[ N ]
- NAS: Network-Attached Storage
- NAT: Network Address Translation
- NFS: Network File System
- NIC: Network Interface Controller
- NTFS: NT Filesystem
- NTP: Network Time Protocol
[ O ]
- OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OS: Operating System
[ P ]
- P2P: Peer-To-Peer
- PC: Personal Computer
- PCIe: PCI Express
- PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
- PD: Public Domain
- PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
- PDF: Portable Document Format
- PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
- PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
- PNG: Portable Network Graphics
- PnP: Plug-and-Play
- POP3: Post Office Protocol v3
- POST: Power-On Self Test
- PPC: PowerPC
- PPI: Pixels Per Inch
- PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol
- PPPoA: PPP over ATM
- PPPoE: PPP over Ethernet
- PPTP: Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
- PSU: Power Supply Unit
[ Q ]
- QA: Quality Assurance
- QoS: Quality of Service
[ R ]
- RAID: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
- RAM: Random Access Memory
- RDP: Remote Desktop Protocol
- RFC: Request For Comments
- RGB: Red, Green, Blue
[ S ]
- SATA: Serial ATA
- SD: Secure Digital
- SEO: Search Engine Optimization
- SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol
- SOHO: Small Office/Home Office
- SP: Service Pack
- SQL: Structured Query Language
- SSD: Solid-State Drive
- SSH: Secure Shell
- SWF: Shock Wave Flash
[ T ]
- TB: TeraByte
- TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- TSR: Terminate and Stay Resident
- TTF: TrueType Font
- TWAIN: Technology Without An Interesting Name
[ U ]
- UAC: User Account Control
- UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply
- URL: Uniform Resource Locator
- USB: Universal Serial Bus
[ V ]
- VB: Visual Basic
- VBA: Visual Basic for Applications
- VBS: Visual Basic Script
- VESA: Video Electronics Standards Association
- VGA: Video Graphics Adapter
- VHF: Very High Frequency
- VLF: Very Low Frequency
- VM: Virtual Machine
- VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol
- VPN: Virtual Private Network
[ W ]
- W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
- WAN: Wide Area Network
- WAP: Wireless Access Point
- WiFi: Wireless Fidelity
- WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
- WMA: Windows Media Audio
- WMV: Windows Media Video
- WWW: World Wide Web
- WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get
[ X ]
- XML: eXtensible Markup Language
[ Y ]
- N/A: Not Applicable
[ Z ]
- N/A: Not Applicable
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