HomeTermsAcronyms Computer and Internet Acronyms Term Meaning Tech Factor ACIDAtomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability9 ACLAccess Control List8 ADCAnalog-to-Digital Converter8 ADFAutomatic Document Feeder8 ADSLAsymmetric Digital Subscriber Line7 AFPApple Filing Protocol8 AGPAccelerated Graphics Port6 AIFFAudio Interchange File Format6 AIXAdvanced Interactive Executive9 ALUArithmetic Logic Unit9 ANRApplication Not Responding7 ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute8 APIApplication Program Interface6 APMActions Per Minute8 APUAccelerated Processing Unit8 ARPAddress Resolution Protocol8 ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange7 ASOApp Store Optimization7 ASPActive Server Page or Application Service Provider7 ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment6 ATMAsynchronous Transfer Mode5 ATXAdvanced Technology eXtended8 AUPAcceptable Use Policy4 AVRAudio/Video Receiver5 BashBourne-Again Shell9 BASICBeginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code6 BccBlind Carbon Copy4 BGPBorder Gateway Protocol9 BIOSBasic Input/Output System6 BLEBluetooth Low Energy7 BLOBBinary Large Object8 BMPBitmap5 BSODBlue Screen of Death6 CADComputer-Aided Design4 CANCampus Area Network7 CcCarbon Copy4 CCDCharged Coupled Device7 CDCompact Disc1 CD-RCompact Disc Recordable3 CD-ROMCompact Disc Read-Only Memory2 CD-RWCompact Disc Re-Writable3 CDFSCompact Disc File System8 CDMACode Division Multiple Access9 CDNContent Delivery Network7 CGICommon Gateway Interface8 CISCComplex Instruction Set Computing9 CLOBCharacter Large Object9 CMOSComplementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor10 CMPConsent Management Platform9 CMSContent Management System7 CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Black5 Control UnitCU10 CORSCross-Origin Resource Sharing10 CPACost Per Action8 CPCCost Per Click8 CPLCost Per Lead8 CPMCost Per 1,000 Impressions8 CPSClassroom Performance System5 CPUCentral Processing Unit3 CRMCustomer Relationship Management6 CRTCathode Ray Tube5 CSSCascading Style Sheet5 CSVComma-Separated Values7 CTPComposite Theoretical Performance10 CTRClick-Through Rate8 CTVConnected TV8 CUDACompute Unified Device Architecture8 CVECommon Vulnerabilities and Exposures9 DACDigital-to-Analog Converter7 DAWDigital Audio Workstation5 DBMSDatabase Management System7 DCIMDigital Camera Images7 DDLData Definition Language8 DDRDouble Data Rate7 DDR2Double Data Rate 27 DDR3Double Data Rate Type 38 DDR4Double Data Rate 47 DDR5Double Data Rate 57 DFSDistributed File System8 DHCPDynamic Host Configuration Protocol7 DIMMDual In-Line Memory Module7 DKIMDomainKeys Identified Mail9 DLCDownloadable Content5 DLLDynamic Link Library5 DMADirect Memory Access8 DNSDomain Name System6 DOMDocument Object Model7 DOSDisk Operating System3 DPIDots Per Inch4 DRAMDynamic Random Access Memory6 DRMDigital Rights Management7 DSLDigital Subscriber Line2 DSLAMDigital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer9 DTDDocument Type Definition8 DUTDevice Under Test5 DVDigital Video4 DVDDigital Versatile Disc1 DVD+RDigital Versatile Disc Recordable3 DVD+RWDigital Versatile Disk Rewritable4 DVD-RDigital Versatile Disc Recordable3 DVD-RAMDigital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory8 DVD-RWDigital Versatile Disk Rewritable4 DVIDigital Visual Interface5 DVRDigital Video Recorder4 ECCError Correction Code9 EDIElectronic Data Interchange9 eGPUExternal Graphics Processing Unit7 EIDEEnhanced Integrated Drive Electronics7 EOLEnd Of Life5 EPSEncapsulated PostScript7 ERPEnterprise Resource Planning8 eSATAExternal Serial Advanced Technology Attachment7 EUPEnterprise Unified Process10 exFATExtensible File Allocation Table6 EXIFExchangeable Image File Format7 FAQFrequently Asked Questions3 FAT32File Allocation Table 32-bit6 FDDIFiber Distributed Data Interface10 FIFOFirst In, First Out6 FILOFirst In, Last Out8 FiosFiber Optic Service8 FLOPSFloating Point Operations Per Second8 FPGAField-Programmable Gate Array9 FPSFrames Per Second5 FPUFloating Point Unit8 FQDNFully Qualified Domain Name9 FSBFrontside Bus8 FTPFile Transfer Protocol5 GbpsGigabits Per Second5 GIFGraphics Interchange Format2 GIGOGarbage In, Garbage Out7 GISGeographic Information Systems8 GPGPUGeneral-Purpose Computation on Graphics Processing Units8 GPIOGeneral Purpose Input/Output10 GPSGlobal Positioning System7 GPUGraphics Processing Unit6 GUIGraphical User Interface6 GUIDGlobally Unique Identifier9 HANHome Area Network6 HDHigh Definition2 HDDHard Disk Drive4 HDMIHigh-Definition Multimedia Interface5 HDRHigh Dynamic Range4 HDTVHigh Definition Televsion3 HDVHigh-Definition Video5 HEIFHigh Efficiency Image File Format4 HFSHierarchical File System7 HMDHead-Mounted Display5 HSBHue, Saturation, Brightness6 HSFHeat Sink and Fan8 HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness6 HTMLHyper-Text Markup Language3 HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol5 HTTPSHyperText Transport Protocol Secure7 HWBHue, Whiteness, Blackness6 I/OInput/Output4 IaaSInfrastructure as a Service8 IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority8 ICANNInternet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers7 ICCIDIntegrated Circuit Card Identifier8 ICFInternet Connection Firewall9 ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol9 ICSInternet Connection Sharing8 ICTInformation and Communication Technologies7 IDEIntegrated Device Electronics or Integrated Development Environment8 IDSIntrusion Detection System7 IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers8 IGPIntegrated Graphics Processor7 IISInternet Information Services7 IMInstant Message5 IMAPInternet Message Access Protocol6 IMEIInternational Mobile Equipment Identity8 InterNICInternet Network Information Center7 IOPSInput/Output Operations Per Second8 IPInternet Protocol5 IPCInterprocess Communication9 IPSIntrusion Prevention System8 IPXInternetwork Packet Exchange9 IRCInternet Relay Chat7 IRQInterrupt Request6 ISAIndustry Standard Architecture7 iSCSIInternet Small Computer Systems Interface10 ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network8 ISOInternational Organization for Standardization7 ISPInternet Service Provider3 ISRInterrupt Service Routine10 ITInformation Technology3 ITILInformation Technology Infrastructure Library10 ITSMInformation Technology Service Management8 IVRInteractive Voice Response9 JDBCJava Database Connectivity9 JFSJournaled File System10 JPEGJoint Photographic Experts Group2 JREJava Runtime Environment8 JSFJavaServer Faces10 JSONJavaScript Object Notation8 JSPJakarta Server Page7 JVMJava Virtual Machine8 JWTJSON Web Token8 KbpsKilobits Per Second5 KDEK Desktop Environment7 KVM SwitchKeyboard, Video, and Mouse Switch6 LAMPLinux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP7 LANLocal Area Network6 LCDLiquid Crystal Display3 LDAPLightweight Directory Access Protocol8 LEDLight-Emitting Diode4 LFNLong Filename9 LGALand Grid Array7 LIFOLast In, First Out6 LPILines Per Inch5 LTELong Term Evolution6 LUNLogical Unit Number10 MAC AddressMedia Access Control Address7 MAMPMac OS X, Apache, MySQL, and PHP8 MANETMobile Ad Hoc Network10 MbpsMegabits Per Second4 MBRMaster Boot Record10 MCAMicro Channel Architecture9 MDIMedium Dependent Interface8 MDMMobile Device Management7 MicroLEDMicro Light Emitting Diode6 MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface4 MIPSMillion Instructions Per Second8 MISManagement Information System8 MMSMultimedia Messaging Service5 MoCAMultimedia over Coax Alliance6 MP3MPEG-1 Audio Layer-33 MPEGMoving Picture Experts Group4 MSPManaged Service Provider8 MTUMaximum Transmission Unit6 MVCModel-View-Controller9 NATNetwork Address Translation7 NetBIOSNetwork Basic Input/Output System8 NFCNear Field Communication5 NFTNon-Fungible Token7 NICNetwork Interface Card7 NINONothing In, Nothing Out8 NMSNetwork Management System9 NNTPNetwork News Transfer Protocol10 NOCNetwork Operations Center8 NOSNetwork Operating System9 NSPNetwork Service Provider7 NTFSNew Technology File System7 NTPNetwork Time Protocol9 NUINatural User Interface7 NVMeNon-Volatile Memory Express8 NVRAMNon-Volatile Random Access Memory9 OASISOrganization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards6 OCROptical Character Recognition5 ODBCOpen Database Connectivity6 OEMOriginal Equipment Manufacturer7 OLAPOnline Analytical Processing10 OLEObject Linking and Embedding8 OLEDOrganic Light Emitting Diode6 ONTOptical Network Terminal6 OOPObject-Oriented Programming8 OSDOn Screen Display7 OSPFOpen Shortest Path First10 OTAOver-The-Air8 OTTOver-the-top8 P2PPeer To Peer5 PaaSPlatform as a Service8 PCPersonal Computer2 PCAPPacket Capture8 PCBPrinted Circuit Board8 PCIPeripheral Component Interconnect7 PCI-XPeripheral Component Interconnect Extended8 PCMPulse-Code Modulation6 PCMCIAPersonal Computer Memory Card International Association9 PDAPersonal Digital Assistant4 PDFPortable Document Format3 PDUProtocol Data Unit10 PHPHypertext Preprocessor5 PIMPersonal Information Manager7 PMUPower Management Unit8 PNGPortable Network Graphic7 PoEPower over Ethernet8 PONPassive Optical Network9 POP3Post Office Protocol6 POSTPower On Self Test8 POTSPlain Old Telephone Service6 PPCPay Per Click8 PPGAPlastic Pin Grid Array10 PPIPixels Per Inch6 PPLPay Per Lead7 PPMPages Per Minute4 PPPPoint to Point Protocol6 PPPoEPoint-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet6 PPSPay Per Sale6 PPTPPoint-to-Point Tunneling Protocol8 PRAMParameter Random Access Memory9 PROMProgrammable Read-Only Memory8 PS/2Personal System/26 PUMPotentially Unwanted Modification8 PUPPotentially Unwanted Program7 PXEPreboot Execution Environment8 QBEQuery By Example8 QoSQuality of Service7 RAIDRedundant Array of Independent Disks8 RAMRandom Access Memory3 RCSRich Communication Services6 RDBMSRelational Database Management System8 RDFResource Description Framework8 RDRAMRambus Dynamic Random Access Memory9 ReFSResilient File System9 RESTRepresentational State Transfer9 RFIDRadio-Frequency Identification7 RGBRed Green Blue4 RIPRouting Information Protocol10 RISCReduced Instruction Set Computing9 ROMRead-Only Memory6 RPCRemote Procedure Call9 RPMRevenue Per 1,000 Impressions7 RSSReally Simple Syndication4 RTERuntime Environment9 RTFRich Text Format5 RUPRational Unified Process10 SaaSSoftware as a Service8 SANStorage Area Network8 SassSyntactically Awesome Style Sheets7 SATASerial Advanced Technology Attachment6 SCSISmall Computer System Interface7 SDSecure Digital4 SDKSoftware Development Kit7 SDLCSystem Development Lifecycle8 SDNSoftware-Defined Networking8 SDRAMSynchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory6 SDSSoftware-Defined Storage9 SDSLSymmetric Digital Subscriber Line8 SEOSearch Engine Optimization6 SERPSearch Engine Results Page6 SIM CardSubscriber Identification Module Card6 SIMMSingle In-Line Memory Module7 SIPSession Initiation Protocol9 SKUStock Keeping Unit5 SLASoftware License or Service Level Agreement4 SLIScalable Link Interface9 SMARTSelf-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology9 SMBServer Message Block9 SMMSocial Media Marketing6 SMSShort Message Service6 SMTPSimple Mail Transfer Protocol6 SNMPSimple Network Management Protocol8 SO-DIMMSmall Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module7 SOAService Oriented Architecture9 SOAPSimple Object Access Protocol9 SoCSystem On a Chip8 SPXSequenced Packet Exchange10 SQLStructured Query Language7 SRAMStatic Random Access Memory7 SRESite Reliability Engineering9 sRGBStandard Red Green Blue8 SSDSolid State Drive4 SSHSecure Shell7 SSIDService Set Identifier9 SSLSecure Sockets Layer6 SSOSingle Sign-On4 TCFTransparency and Consent Framework9 TCPTransmission Control Protocol7 TCP/IPTransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol7 TFTThin-Film Transistor9 TIFFTagged Image File Format7 TLSTransport Layer Security8 TPMTrusted Platform Module7 TTLTime To Live9 UATUser Acceptance Testing8 UDDIUniversal Description Discovery and Integration10 UDPUser Datagram Protocol7 UEFIUnified Extensible Firmware Interface8 UGCUser Generated Content4 UICCUniversal Integrated Circuit Card8 UMLUnified Modeling Language9 UNCUniversal Naming Convention8 UPnPUniversal Plug and Play8 UPSUninterruptible Power Supply7 URIUniform Resource Identifier7 URLUniform Resource Locator3 USBUniversal Serial Bus2 UTFUnicode Transformation Format8 UUIDUniversally Unique Identifier7 UWPUniversal Windows Platform7 VCIVirtual Channel Identifier10 VDSLVery High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line7 VDUVisual Display Unit8 VFATVirtual File Allocation Table8 VGAVideo Graphics Array4 VIPVirtual IP Address8 VLANVirtual Local Area Network8 VLBVESA Local Bus10 VLEVirtual Learning Environment7 VoIPVoice Over Internet Protocol6 VPIVirtual Path Identifier10 VPNVirtual Private Network8 VPSVirtual Private Server8 VRAMVideo Random Access Memory7 VRMLVirtual Reality Modeling Language8 W3CWorld Wide Web Consortium7 WAISWide Area Information Server10 WAMPWindows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP8 WANWide Area Network5 WDDMWindows Display Driver Model9 WEPWired Equivalent Privacy7 WIMPWindows, Icons, Menus, Pointer8 WINSWindows Internet Name Service9 WLANWireless Local Area Network6 WPAWi-Fi Protected Access8 WPA2Wi-Fi Protected Access 28 WWWWorld Wide Web2 WYSIWYGWhat You See Is What You Get6 XAMLExtensible Application Markup Language8 XHTMLExtensible Hypertext Markup Language6 XMLExtensible Markup Language6 XMPExtensible Metadata Platform8 XSLTExtensible Style Sheet Language Transformation8 Y2KYear 20006 ZIFZero Insertion Force8
