Acronym/Abbr. | Stands For/Full Form/Meaning
|
ACL
| Access
Control List |
AD
| Anno
Domini = In year of our Lord |
ADC | Analog-to-Digital Converter |
Ag | Symbol for Silver |
a.k.a. | Also
known as |
AM
| Ante
Meridiem = Before noon |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment
|
ATM | Automated Teller Machine |
B2 | Riboflavin vitamin |
B2B | Business to Business |
B6 | Pyridoxine vitamin
|
BC
| Before
Christ |
Bcc | Blind carbon copy |
BCE | Before Common
Era |
BIOS
| Basic
Input/Output System |
BTC
| Better
type carefully |
BYO
| Bring
your own |
c.
| Circa
(Latin) meaning about |
CBL | Check back later |
CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
CE | Common Era |
CP | Chat Post |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
Ct. | Carat; Court
|
DDL
| Data
Definition Language |
DDR
| Double
Data Layer |
DGT
| Don’t
go there |
DHCP
| Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol |
DIY | Do it yourself |
DNS | Domain Name System |
DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
E123 | Easy as one,
two, three |
ECC
| Error
Correction Code |
e.g.
| Exempli
gratia = for example |
et
al. | Et
alii = and all |
etc.
| Et
cetera = and so forth |
FFA | Free for all |
FiOS | Fiber Optic Service |
FM | Frequency Modulation |
Fn | Footnote |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
FYI | For your information
|
G9
| Genius
|
GGP
| Got
to go pee |
GIF
| Graphics
Interchange Format |
GMT
| Greenwich
Mean Time |
GNP
| Gross
National Product |
GSM
| Global
System for Mobile Communications |
HAND | Have a nice day |
HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HOAS | Hold on a second |
HRD | Human Resource Department |
HTML | Hyper-Text Markup
Language |
HTTP
| Hyper-Text
Transfer Protocol |
i.e.
| Id
est = that is |
In
loc. cit |
In the place cited |
ILU | I love you |
IMS | I’m sorry |
IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
JAM | Just a minute |
JJA | Just joking around |
JPEG | Joint
Photographic Experts Group |
JSP | Java Server Page |
Kbsp | Kilobits Per Second |
KFY | Kiss
for you |
KIT
| Keep
in touch |
KOS
| Kid
over shoulder |
Kw
| Kilowatt
|
Lb.
| Libra
= Pound |
LCD
| Liquid
Crystal Display |
LED | Light Emitting Diode |
LH6 | Lets have sex |
LLD | Doctor
of Laws |
LOL
| Laughing
out loud |
LOLO
| Lots
of love |
MIDI
| Music
Instrument Digital Interface |
MGB | May God Bless |
Mp3 | MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 |
MPEG | Moving
Picture Experts Group |
MYOB | Mind your own business |
NASA | National Aeronautic and Space Administration
|
NATO
| North
Atlantic Treaty Organization |
N.B | Nota Bene = Mark Well |
NBD | No big deal |
Non seq | Non sequitur
= It does not follow |
O | Hug |
O4U | Only for you |
OAS | Organization of American States |
OOP |
Object
Oriented Programming |
Oz. | Onza = Ounce |
PCB | Printed Circuit Board |
PCI | Peripheral
Component Interconnect |
PDF | Portable Document Format |
PL | Profit & Loss |
Pop | Popular
music; Dad |
Porn
| Pornography
|
PRT
| Please
Retweet |
PTL
| Praise
The Lord |
QBE
| Query
By Example |
QQ
| Means
crying eyes |
Qt.
| Quater
|
QV
| Quod
Vide = See Which; Queen Victoria |
R & B | Rhythm and Blues |
RAP | Rhythm and Poetry |
RDRAM |
Rambus
Dynamic Random Access Memory |
RPM | Revolutions Per Minute |
RRSP | Registered Retirement Saving Plan
|
RSVP
| French—Respondez
s’il vous plait = Please respond or reply |
RTF | Rich Text Format |
Rx | Prescription. R--recipe (Latin) = take
& x means pray or ask God’s blessing). |
RYS | Are you single? |
SATA | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
|
SEC
| Securities
and Exchange Commission |
SFI | Six-Figure Income |
(sic) | (Latin) meaning exactly as quoted
|
SMS
| Short
Message Service |
SS | So sorry |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
T+ | Think positive |
TAU |
Thinking
about you |
TC
| Take
care |
TCP/IP
| Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
TIA | Thanks in advance |
TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
UFN | Until
further notice |
UNA | Use no acronyms |
UNO | United Nations Organization |
URH |
You
are hot |
UV
| Ultraviolet
|
viz.
| Vide
licet = Namely |
Vox. pop | Vox populi = Voice of people |
v.s. | Vide
supra = See Above |
Vs. | Versus or Against |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
Wi-Fi | Wireless
Fidelity |
WOW
| World
Of Warcraft |
WPA
| Wi-Fi
Protected Access |
WPM | Words per minute |
X | Kiss |
XML | Extensible Markup Language
|
XOXO
| Hugs
and Kisses |
XX
| Lots
of kisses |
XYZ
| Examine
your zipper |
Y2K
| Year
2000 |
YABA
| Yet
another bloody acronym |
YMCA | Young Men Christian Association |
YW | You’re
welcome |
ZIF
| Zero
Insertion Force |
ZIP | Zone Improvement Plan (Postal) |
ZOT | Zero tolerance |
Zn | Symbol
for Zinc |
ZZZZ
| Sleeping;
Bored |