Acronym Definitions

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Magical Acronyms

Acronym	Description	URL	Identified URL
IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force	​http://www.ietf.org/
RFC	IETF Request For Comment $1	​http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html	​http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc$1.txt

Technical Acronyms

Acronym	Description
ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP	Accelerated Graphics Port
AIFF	Audio Interchange File Format
AIX	Advanced Interactive Executive
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
API	Application Program Interface
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP	Active Server Page or Application Service Provider
ATA	Advanced Technology Attachment
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BASIC	Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
BMP	Bitmap
BTS	Bug Tracking System
CAD	Computer-Aided Design
CCD	Charged Coupled Device
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
CDROM	Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CDRW	Compact Disc Re-Writable
CDR	Compact Disc Recordable
CD	Compact Disc
CGI	Common Gateway Interface
CISC	Complex Instruction Set Computing
CMOS	Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMYK	Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
CPA	Cost Per Action
CPC	Cost Per Click
CPL	Cost Per Lead
CPM	Cost Per 1,000 Impressions
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CRT	Cathode Ray Tube
CRUD	Create, Read, Update, and Delete
CSS	Cascading Style Sheet
CTP	Composite Theoretical Performance
CTR	Click-Through Rate
DBMS	Database Management System
DDR2	Double Data Rate 2
DDR	Double Data Rate
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIMM	Dual In-Line Memory Module
DLL	Dynamic Link Library
DMA	Direct Memory Access
DNS	Domain Name System
DRM	Digital Rights Management
DSLAM	Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
DTD	Document Type Definition
DVDRAM	Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
DVDRW	Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVDRW	Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVDR	Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVDR	Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD	Digital Versatile Disc
DVI	Digital Video Interface
DVR	Digital Video Recorder
DV	Digital Video
EPS	Encapsulated PostScript
EUP	Enterprise Unified Process
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions
FPU	Floating Point Unit
FSB	Frontside Bus
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
FiOS	Fiber Optic Service
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
HDTV	High Definition Televsion
HDV	High-Definition Video
HFS	Hierarchical File System
HTML	Hyper-Text Markup Language
HTTP	HyperText Transfer Protocol
ICF	Internet Connection Firewall
ICS	Internet Connection Sharing
IDE	Integrated Device Electronics
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IMAP	Internet Message Access Protocol
IM	Instant Message
IO	Input/Output
IPX	Internetwork Packet Exchange
IP	Internet Protocol
IRC	Internet Relay Chat
IRQ	Interrupt Request
ISA	Industry Standard Architecture
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
ISP	Internet Service Provider
IT	Information Technology
IVR	Interactive Voice Response
InterNIC	Internet Network Information Center
JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSP	Java Server Page
Kbps	Kilobits Per Second
LAN	Local Area Network
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LPI	Lines Per Inch
MAC	Address Media Access Control Address
MCA	Micro Channel Architecture
MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIPS	Million Instructions Per Second
MP3	MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
MPEG	Moving Picture Experts Group
Mbps	Megabits Per Second
NAT	Network Address Translation
NIC	Network Interface Card
NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC	Network Operations Center
NTFS	New Technology File System
NetBIOS	Network Basic Input/Output System
OCR	Optical Character Recognition
ODBC	Open Database Connectivity
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
OLAP	Online Analytical Processing
OLE	Object Linking and Embedding
OSPF	Open Shortest Path First
P2P	Peer To Peer
PCB	Printed Circuit Board
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA	Personal Digital Assistant
PDF	Portable Document Format
PHP	Hypertext Preprocessor
PIM	Personal Information Manager
PNG	Portable Network Graphic
POD	Plain Old Document (Perl)
POP3	Post Office Protocol
PPC	Pay Per Click
PPGA	Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPP	Point to Point Protocol
PRAM	Parameter Random Access Memory
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM	Random Access Memory
RDF	Resource Description Framework
RDRAM	Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
REST	Representational State Transfer
RGB	Red Green Blue
RISC	Reduced Instruction Set Computing
ROM	Read-Only Memory
RPC	Remote Procedure Call
RSS	RDF Site Summary
RTF	Rich Text Fomat
RUP	Rational Unified Process
SATA	Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM	Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDSL	Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SD	Secure Digital
SEO	Search Engine Optimization
SIMM	Single In-Line Memory Module
SMART	Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
SMS	Short Message Service
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
SQL	Structured Query Language
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer
TCPIP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TFT	Thin-Film Transistor
TIFF	Tagged Image File Format
TTL	Time To Live
TWAIN	Toolkit Without An Informative Name
UDP	User Datagram Protocol
UML	Unified Modeling Language
UNC	Universal Naming Convention
URI	Universal Resource Identifier
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
USB	Universal Serial Bus
VCI	Virtual Channel Identifier
VCS	Version Control System
VFAT	Virtual File Allocation Table
VGA	Video Graphics Array
VLB	VESA Local Bus
VPI	Virtual Path Identifier
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VRAM	Video Random Access Memory
VRML	Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VoIP	Voice Over Internet Protocol
WAIS	Wide Area Information Server
WAN	Wide Area Network
WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
WWW	World Wide Web
WiFi	Wireless Fidelity
XHTML	Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML	Extensible Markup Language
Y2K	Year 2000
ZIF	Zero Insertion Force
sRGB	Standard Red Green Blue

Colourful Acronyms

Acronym	Description
AAMOF	As a matter of fact...
AFAICR	As far as I can remember...
AFAIK	As far as I know...
AFK	Away from keyboard.
AKA	Also known as...
AOL	America On Line
BAK	Back at keyboard.
BBFN	Bye bye for now
BBIAB	Be back in a bit.
BBIAFM	Be back in a few minutes.
BBIAF	Be back in a few.
BBIAM	Be back in a minute.
BBL	Be back later.
BBS	Be back soon.
BFN	Bye for now
BRB	Be right back.
BTW	By the way...
BYKT	But you knew that
CMIIW	Correct me if I'm wrong
CUL8R	See you later.
CUL	See you later.
CU	See you.
DIIK	Damned if I know||
EOL	End of line/lecture
ETLA	Extended Three Letter Acronym
FITB	Fill in the blank
FOAD	Fk off and die||
FOAF	Friend of a friend.
FOTCL	Falling out the chair laughing||
FTF	Face-to-face.
FUBAR	Fked up beyond all recognition
FWIW	For what it's worth...
FYA	For your amusement...
FYI	For your information...
GFY	Go fk yourself||
GMTA	Great minds think alike||
GTG	Got to go.
HHOJ	Ha-ha, only joking||
HHOK	Ha-ha, only kidding||
HTH	Hope this helps
IAC	In any case...
IAE	In any event...
ICL	In Christian love
IMAO	In my arrogant opinion...
IMCO	In my considered opinion
IMHO	In my humble opinion...
IMNSHO	In my not-so-humble opinion...
IMO	In my opinion...
IOW	In other words...
IRL	In real life.
L8R	Later
LMAO	Laughing my arse off||
LOL	Laughing out loud||
LTNS	Long time no see||
LTNT	Long time no type||
MGB	May God bless
MHOTY	My hat's off to you
MOTAS	Member of the appropriate sex.
MOTD	Message of the day.
MOTOS	Member of the opposite sex.
MOTSS	Member of the same sex.
NBD	No big deal||
NM	Nevermind.
NP	No problem.
NRN	No response necessary.
NTMK	Not to My Knowledge
OIC	Oh, I see.
OTB	Oh, to bed.
OTOH	On the other hand...
OTW	On the way.
PITA	Pain in the arse.
PMJ	Pardon my jumping in.
POV	Point of view.
RL	Real life.
ROFLMAO	Rolling on the floor laughing my arse off||
ROFL	Rolling on the floor laughing||
ROF	Rolling on the floor
ROTFL	Rolling on the floor laughing
RSN	Real soon now.
RTFM	Read the fking manual||
RTM	Read the manual||
SIFOTCN	Sitting in front of the computer naked.
SITD	Still in the dark.
TANSTAAFL	There ain't no such thing as a free lunch||
TIA	Thanks in advance.
TIC	Tongue in cheek.
TLA	Three Letter Acronym
TTFN	Ta-ta for now||
TTYL	Talk to you later||
TYVM	Thank you very much
WB	Welcome back||
WTF	What the fk?
WTG	Way to go||
WTH	What the hell?
WYSIWYG	what you see is what you get
YMMV	Your mileage may vary

Examples

RFC 1630, RFC, IETF, ROFL WTG