Common digital acronyms
A
ADSL
A type of internet connection (Asymmetric digital subscriber line)
AI
Artificial Intelligence
API
Application Program Interface
AR
Augmented reality
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
B
B2B
Business to business
B2C
Business to customer / consumer
BASH
Bourne-Again Shell
BASIC
Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BBS
Bulletin Board System
BSD
Berkeley Software Distribution
C
CAD
Computer-Aided Design
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
CD
Compact Disc
CD-R
Compact Disc - Recordable
CD-ROM
Compact Disc - Read Only Memory
CD-RW
Compact Disc - Rewritable
CMS
Content Management System
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CSS
Cascading Style Sheet
CRM
Customer Relationship Management
CTA
Call to action
CX
Customer Experience
D
DB
Database
DL
Download
DNS
Domain Name System
DPA
Data Protection Act
DVD
Digital Versatile Disc
DVD-R
Digital Versatile Disc - Recordable
DVD-ROM
Digital Versatile Disc - Read Only Memory
DVD-RW
Digital Versatile Disc - Rewritable
E
EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Mail
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
ESP
Email Service Provider
EULA
End User License Agreement
F
FAT
File Allocation Table
FB
FLAC
Free Lossless Audio Codec
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FOSS
Free and Open Source Software
FS
File System
G
GA
Google Analytics
Gb
Gigabit(s)
GB
Gigabyte(s)
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulations
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
GPS
Global Positioning System
GUI
Graphical User Interface
H
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
HFS
Hierarchical File System
HTTPS
HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
I
ID
Identification
ICT
Information and Communication Technologies
IM
Instant Messaging
IP
Internet protocol
IRC
Internet Relay Chat
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP
internet Service Provider
J
JDK
Java Development Kit
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE
Java Runtime Environment
JS
JavaScript
JVM
Java Virtual Machine
K
Kb
Kilobit(s)
KB
Kilobyte(s), Keyboard, or Knowledge Base
kHZ
Kilohertz
KM
Knowledge Machine
KVM
Keyboard, Video, Mouse
L
LAMP
Linux Apache MySQL Perl / Linux Apache MySQL PHP / Linux Apache MySQL Python
LAN
Local Area Network
LISP
LISt Processing
LV
Logical Volume
LVM
Logical Volume Management
M
Mb
Megabit(s)
MB
Megabyte(s)
MBR
Master Boot Record
Mbps
Megabits per second
MOTD
Message Of The Day
MS
Microsoft
MSN
Microsoft Network
N
NaN
Not a Number
NAS
Network-Attached Storage
NFS
Network File System
NIC
Network Interface Card
NTFS
New Technology File System
O
OO
Object-Oriented / Open Office
OS
Operating system / Open Source
OSDN
Open Source Development Network
OSE
Open Site Explorer
OSS
Open-Source Software / Open Sound System
P
P2P
Peer-to-Peer
PC
Personal Computer
Portable Document Format
PNG
Portable Network Graphics
POS
Point of sale
PR
Page Rank or Press Release
Q
QA
Quality Assurance
QoS
Quality of Service
QOTD
Quote of the Day
QT
Quasar Toolkit
QTAM
Queued Teleprocessing Access Method
R
RT
Retweet
RAM
Random Access Memory
RHL
Red Hat Linux
RHEL
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
ROM
Read-Only memory
S
SEO
Search Engine Optimisation
SERP
Search Engine Results Page
SMP
Social Media Platform
SMS
Short Message Service
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SSID
Service set identifier (Wi-Fi Name)
T
TB
Terrabye(s)
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format
TLD
Top Level Domain
TTS
Text-to-Speech
U
UGC
User Generated Content
UI
User Interface
USB
Universal Serial Bus
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
UX
User Experience
V
VPN
Virtual private network
VHD
Virtual Hard Drive
VFS
Virtual File System
VM
Virtual Memory / Virtual Machine
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
W
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WAN
Wide Area Network
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
Wi-Fi
IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi Alliance)
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
WWW
World Wide Web
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
X
XDM
X Window Display Manager
XHTML
eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XMS
Extended Memory Specification
XMMS
X Multimedia System
Y
Y2K
Year Two Thousand (Associated with the Y2K bug)
Z
ZIP
Zipped (compressed) file format