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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)
• AD (anno domini)
• 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)
• BAI (bienvenido a internet)
• BASH (bourne again shell)
• BASIC (beginner all purpose symbolic instruction code)
• BBC (big black cock)
• BBS (bulletin board system)
• BC (bytecode, before Christ)
• BCD (binary coded decimal)
• BDFL (benevolent dictator for life)
• BDSM (bondage domination sadism masochism)
• BF (brainfuck)
• BG (background, bad game)
• BGR (blue green red)
• BIOS (basic input/output system)
• BJ (blow job)
• BJT (bipolar junction transistor)
• BS (bullshit)
• BSD (Berkeley software distribution)
• BTFO (blown the fuck out)
• CAD (computer aided design)
• CAPTCHA (completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart)
• CC (creative commons, C compiler)
• 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)
• DOTADIW (do one thing and do it well)
• 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)
• ERP (erotic role play)
• 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)
• FTL (faster than light)
• 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)
• GNG (GNG's Not GNU)
• GNU (GNU's Not Unix)
• GOAT (greatest of all time)
• 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)
• KISP (keep it simple perfect)
• KLOC (kilo LOC)
• KKK (ku klux klan)
• KYS (kill yourself)
• LAMP (linux apache mysql php)
• LARP (live action role play)
• LAN (local area network)
• LCD (liquid crystal display)
• LED (light emitting diode)
• LER (light emitting resistor)
• 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)
• MOTD (message of the day)
• 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)
• NEET (not in education, employment or training)
• NFT (non-fungible token)
• 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, object obsessed, object obfuscated)
• 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)
• RPI (Raspberry Pi)
• 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)
• SBC (single board computer)
• SCL (smallchesslib)
• SD (standard definition, secure digital)
• SDF (signed distance function)
• SDK (software development kit)
• SDL (simple directmedia layer)
• SED (smoke emitting diode)
• 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 a 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)

See Also

• LRS dictionary