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Acronym
Acronym is an abbreviation of a multiple word term by usually appending the starting letters of each word to form a new word.
Here is a list of some acronyms:
- AA (anti aliasing)
- AC (alternating current, air conditioning)
- ACID (atomicity consistency isolation durability)
- ACK (acknowledgement)
- ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line)
- AF (as fuck)
- AFAIK (as far as I know)
- AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
- AFK (away from keyboard)
- ALU (arithmetic logic unit)
- AM (amplitude modulation)
- ANCAP (anarcho capitalist)
- ANPAC (anarcho pacifist)
- ANSI (american national standards institute)
- AO (ambient occlusion)
- API (application programming interface)
- ARM (advanced RISC machines)
- ARPANET (advanced research projects agency network)
- ASAP (as soon as possible)
- ASCII (American standard code for information interchange)
- ASM (assembly)
- ATM (at the moment, automated teller machine)
- B (byte, bit)
- B4 (before)
- BASH (bourne again shell)
- BASIC (beginner all purpose symbolic instruction code)
- BBS (bulletin board system)
- BC (bytecode)
- BCD (binary coded decimal)
- BDFL (benevolent dictator for life)
- BF (brainfuck)
- BG (background, bad game)
- BGR (blue green red)
- BIOS (basic input/output system)
- BJ (blow job)
- BJT (bipolar junction transistor)
- BS (bullshit)
- BTFO (blown the fuck out)
- CAD (computer aided design)
- CAPTCHA (completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart)
- CC (creative commons)
- CC0 (creative commons zero)
- CD (compact disc, change directory)
- CEO (chief executive officer)
- CGI (computer generated imagery)
- CISC (complex instruction set computer)
- CLI (command line interface)
- CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor)
- CMS (content management system)
- CMYK (cyan magenta yellow key)
- COMPSCI (computer science)
- CP (child porn, copy)
- CPU (central processing unit)
- CRC (cyclic redundancy check)
- CRT (cathode ray tube)
- CSG (constructive solid geometry)
- CSS (cascading style sheet)
- CSV (comma separated values)
- DAC (digital analog converter)
- DB (database)
- DC (direct current)
- DDOS (distributed denial of service)
- DDR (double data rate)
- DE (desktop environment)
- DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol)
- DL (download)
- DMA (direct memory access)
- DMCA (digital millennium copyright act)
- DND (dungeons & dragons, do not disturb)
- DNS (domain name system)
- DOM (document object model)
- DOS (disk operating system, denial of service)
- DPI (dots per inch)
- DRAM (dynamic RAM)
- DRM (digital restrictions management)
- DRY (don't repeat yourself)
- DVD (digital versatile disc)
- EEPROM (electronically erasable programmable ROM)
- ELF (executable and linkable format)
- EMCAS (editor macros)
- ENIAC (electronic numerical integrator and computer)
- EOF (end of file)
- EOL (end of line, end of life)
- ESR (Erik Steven Raymond)
- EULA (end user license agreement)
- FAQ (frequently asked questions)
- FE (frontend)
- FET (field effect transistor)
- FFS (for fuck's sake)
- FIFO (first in first out)
- FLAC (free lossless audio codec)
- FLOSS (free libre open source software)
- FM (frequency modulation)
- FML (fuck my life)
- FORTRAN (formula translation)
- FOSH (free and open source hardware)
- FOSS (free and open source software)
- FSF (free software foundation)
- FP (floating point)
- FPGA (field programmable gate array)
- FPS (frames per second, first person shooter)
- FQA (frequently questioned answers)
- FS (file system)
- FTP (file transfer protocol)
- FU (fuck you)
- FXAA (full screen anti aliasing)
- FYI (for your information)
- GB (gigabyte/gigabit, GameBoy)
- GBPS (GB per second)
- GCC (GNU compiler collection)
- GDB (GNU debugger)
- GI (global illumination)
- GIB (gibibyte)
- GIF (graphics interchange format)
- GIGO (garbage in garbage out)
- GIMP (GNU image manipulation program)
- GLUT (OpenGL utility toolkit)
- GNOME (GNU network object model environment)
- GNU (GNU's Not Unix)
- GPG (GNU privacy guard)
- GPGPU (general purpose GPU)
- GPL (GNU General Public License)
- GPLv2 (GPL version 2)
- GPLv3 (GPL version 3)
- GPS (global positioning system)
- GPU (graphics processing unit)
- GRUB (grand unified boot loader)
- GSM (global system for mobile communication)
- GTK+ (GIMP toolking)
- GUI (graphical user interface)
- H8 (hate)
- HD (high definition)
- HDD (hard disc drive)
- HDMI (HD multimedia interface)
- HW (hardware)
- HTML (hypertext markup language)
- HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
- HTTPS (HTTP secure)
- HURD (hird of unix replacing demons)
- HQ (high quality)
- HZ (hertz)
- IANA (internet assigned number authority)
- IANAL (I am not a lawyer)
- ICMP (internet control message protocol)
- IDC (I don't care)
- IDE (integrated development environment)
- IEEE (institute for electrical and electronic
- IM (instant messaging)
- IMAP (internet message access protocol)
- IMHO (in my honest opinion)
- IMO (in my opinion)
- INB4 (in before)
- IO (input/output)
- IOT (internet of things)
- IPS (instructions per second)
- IP (internet protocol, intellectual property)
- IPV4 (IP version 4)
- IPV6 (IP version 6)
- IRC (internet relay chat)
- IRL (in real life)
- ISA (instruction set architecture)
- ISO (international organization for standardization)
- ISP (internet service provider)
- ISS (international space station)
- IS (information system)
- IT (information technology)
- J2ME (java 2 micro edition)
- JB (jailbait)
- JDK (java development kit)
- JIT (just in time)
- JK (just kidding)
- JPEG/JPG (joint photographic expert group)
- JS (JavaScript)
- JSON (JavaScript object notation)
- K&R (Kernighan and Ritchie)
- KB (kilobyte/kilobit)
- KBPS (KB per second)
- KDE (K desktop environment)
- KEK (a meme version of LOL coming from World Of Warcraft)
- KHZ (kilohertz)
- KIB (kibibyte)
- KILL (keep it Linux loser)
- KISS (keep it simple stupid)
- KLOC (kilo LOC)
- KKK (ku klux klan)
- KYS (kill yourself)
- LAMP (linux apache mysql php)
- LAN (local area network)
- LCD (liquid crystal display)
- LED (light emitting diode)
- LGBT (lesbian gay bisexual trans)
- LGBTQ (lesbian gay bisexual trans queer)
- LGPL (lesser GPL)
- LIFO (last in first out)
- LISP (list processing)
- LMAO (laughing my ass off)
- LOC (lines of code)
- LOL (laughing out loud)
- LQ (low quality)
- LRS (less retarded software/society)
- LSB (least significant bit)
- LUT (lookup table)
- MBR (master boot record)
- MHZ (megahertz)
- MIB (mebibyte)
- MIME (multipurpose internet mail extension)
- MIP (multum in parvo)
- MIPS (millions of instructions per second)
- MBPS (MB per second)
- MCU (microcontroller unit)
- MD (markdown)
- MFW (my face when)
- MMO (massively multiplayer online)
- MMX (multimedia extension)
- MMORPG (MMO RPG)
- MOSFET (metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor)
- MPEG (motion pictures experts group)
- MR (merge request)
- MS/M$ (Micro$oft)
- MSB (most significant bit)
- MSC (master of science)
- MSG (message)
- MUD (multi user dungeon)
- NAN (not a number)
- NASA (national aeronautic and space administration)
- NAT (network address translation)
- NC (non commercial)
- NGL (not gonna lie)
- NOP (no operation)
- NP (nondeterministic polynomial)
- NTFS (NT file system)
- OEM (original equipment manufacturers)
- OGL (OpenGL)
- OMG (oh my god)
- OO (object oriented)
- OOP (object oriented/obsessed programming)
- OS (operating system, open source)
- OSS (open source software)
- OSI (open source initiative)
- P2P (peer to peer)
- PB (petabyte, petabit, personal best)
- PBR (physically based rendering)
- PC (personal computer, political correctness)
- PD (public domain)
- PDF (portable document format)
- PCM (pulse code modulation)
- PGP (pretty good privacy)
- PHD (doctor of philosophy)
- PID (process ID)
- PIN (personal identification number)
- PNG (portable network graphics)
- POP3 (post office protocol version 3)
- POSIX (portable operating system interface)
- PPC (power PC)
- PR (pull request)
- PS (Photoshop, Postscript, PlayStation)
- PS2 (personal system 2)
- PTHC (preteen hardcore)
- QOS (quality of service)
- RAID (redundant array of inexpensive discs)
- RAM (random access memory)
- RC (release candidate)
- RCL (raycastlib)
- REGEX (regular expression)
- RFC (request for comments)
- RGB (red green blue)
- RGBA (red green blue alpha)
- RISC (reduced instruction set computer)
- RIP (rest in piece)
- RLE (run length encoding)
- RMS (Richard Matthew Stallman)
- RN (right now)
- ROFL (rolling on floor laughing)
- ROM (read-only memory)
- RPG (role playing game)
- RT (real time)
- RTFM (read the fucking manual)
- RTOS (real time operating system)
- S3L (small3dlib)
- SAAS (software as a service)
- SAASS (service as a software substitute)
- SAF (smallabstractfish)
- SCL (smallchesslib)
- SD (standard definition, secure digital)
- SDF (signed distance function)
- SDK (software development kit)
- SDL (simple directmedia layer)
- SEO (search engine optimization)
- SFX (sound effects)
- SGML (standard generalized markup language)
- SHA (secure hash algorithm)
- SIG (special interest group)
- SIM (subscriber identity module)
- SIMD (single instruction multiple data)
- SLOC (source lines of code)
- SMS (short message service)
- SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol)
- SNTP (simple network time protocol)
- SOC (system on chip)
- SQL (structured query language)
- SRAM (static RAM)
- SSAO (screen space ambient occlusion)
- SSD (solid state drive)
- SSH (secure shell)
- SSL (secure socket layer)
- STFU (shut the fuck up)
- SVG (scalable vector graphics)
- SW (software)
- TAS (tool assisted speedrun)
- TB (terabyte, terabit)
- TCC (tiny C compiler)
- TCP (transmission control protocol)
- TFT (thin filter transistor)
- TFW (that face when)
- TLA (three letter acronym)
- TM (trademark, Turing machine)
- TOS (terms of service)
- TTY (teletype)
- TUI (text user interface)
- UBI (universal basic income)
- UDP (user datagram protocol)
- UI (user interface)
- UML (unified modeling language)
- URI (uniform resource identifier)
- URL (uniform resource locator)
- USA (united states of america)
- USB (universal serial bus)
- UTC (coordinated universal time)
- UTF (unicode transformation format)
- UX (user experience)
- VCS (version control system)
- VOD (video on demand)
- VHS (video home system)
- VIM (vi improved)
- VFX (visual effects)
- VLAN (virtual LAN)
- VLIW (very long instruction word)
- VM (virtual machine)
- VPN (virtual private network)
- VPS (virtual private server)
- VRAM (video RAM)
- W3C (world wide web consortium)
- WAN (wide area network)
- WAP (wireless application protocol)
- WIFI (wireless fidelity)
- WOW (World Of Warcraft)
- WPA (WIFI protected access)
- WTF (what the fuck)
- WTFPL (do what the fuck you want to public license)
- WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)
- WM (window manager)
- WWW (world wide web)
- XAML (extensible application markup language)
- XHTML (extensible HTML)
- XML (extensible markup language)
- YOLO (you only live once)
- ZOMG (when you want to write OMG but accidentally also hit Z)
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