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IQ
— Intelligence Quotient
LAN
— Local Area Network
USA
— United States of America
IYKWIM
— If You Know What I Mean
BB
— Bulletin Board
DOB
— Date Of Birth
PST
— Please Send Tell
FCFS
— First Come First Served
ITR
— Internet Talk Radio
AAA
— American Automobile Association
EOF
— End Of File
IT
— Information Technology
VIP
— Very Important Person
LIFO
— Last In, First Out
ESA
— European Space Agency
ASAP
— As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
UFO
— Unidentified Flying Object
ACU
— Army Combat Uniform
AD
— Air Defense
ARPANET
— Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet)
BTDT
— Been There, Done That
MSG
— Message
VM
— Voice Mail
DDOS
— Distributed Denial of Service
ACE
— Access Control Entry
CD
— Compact Disc
MC
— Master of Ceremonies
ATTN
— Attention
APB
— All Points Bulletin
BLK
— Black
BTR
— Better
AC
— Alternating Current
ACLU
— American Civil Liberties Union
CEO
— Chief Executive Officer
SP
— Service Provider
CPU
— Central Processing Unit
AMP
— Ampere
DWI
— Driving While Intoxicated
BAK
— Back At Keyboard
Y/N
— Yes/No
TQM
— Total Quality Management
FDR
— Franklin Delano Roosevelt
TOC
— Table of Contents
ELO
— Electric Light Orchestra
CMOS
— Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
IOW
— In Other Words
CDR
— Compact Disc Recordable
IP
— Internet Protocol
BO
— Body Odor
DJ
— Disc Jockey
R&D
— Research & Development
SFMJI
— Sorry For My Jumping In
RFC
— Request For Comment
DZ
— Drop Zone
BBS
— Bulletin Board Service
POV
— Point Of View
COA
— Course Of Action
UGC
— User Generated Content
NAVY
— Never Again Volunteer Yourself
LA
— Los Angeles
POC
— Point Of Contact
NPI
— No Pun Intended
AMP
— Amplifier
SQ
— Square
YACC
— Yet Another Compiler-Compiler
CR
— Carriage Return
DA
— District Attorney
OT
— Overtime
BTU
— British Thermal Unit
SF
— Science Fiction
WILCO
— Will Comply
NRN
— No Reply Necessary
UAV
— Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
CTR
— Center
TBC
— To Be Confirmed
ARPA
— Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet)
MG
— Machine Gun
BLOG
— Web Log
DM
— Dungeon Master
EQ
— Emotional Quotient
WX
— Weather
DHCP
— Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
ACCT
— Account
NMN
— No Middle Name
CAPTCHA
— Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
ACME
— A Company that Makes Everything :-)
COA
— Certificate Of Authenticity
APP
— Application
ISS
— International Space Station
YABSA
— Yet Another Bloody Stupid Acronym
PW
— Password
COD
— Cash On Delivery
AM
— Amplitude Modulation
FFT
— Fast Fourier Transform
CTRL
— Control
TCO
— Taken Care Of
DAW
— Digital Audio Workstation
AGP
— Accelerated Graphics Port
ATC
— Air traffic control
AM
— Ante Meridian
WOW
— World of Warcraft
NMI
— No Middle Initial
ONNA
— Oh No Not Again
MIMO
— Multiple Input, Multiple Output
SME
— Subject Matter Expert
XFER
— Transfer
DOA
— dead on arrival
PVT
— Private
N/A
— Not Applicable
SWAK
— Sealed With A Kiss
BT
— British Telecommunications
AV
— Anti-Virus
THD
— Total Harmonic Distortion
NG
— No Good
NL
— New Line
DBR
— Damaged Beyond Repair
EOC
— End Of Conversion
MTBF
— Mean Time Before Failure
EST
— Eastern Standard Time
UAE
— Unrecoverable Application Error
KBD
— Keyboard
UCE
— Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail
FBW
— Fly By Wire
API
— Application Programming Interface
AGC
— Automatic Gain Control
RMB
— Right Mouse Button
ALCON
— All Concerned
RPG
— Role Playing Game
BMT
— Basic Military Training
OBTW
— Oh By the Way
CFL
— Canadian Football League
TBD
— To Be Determined
OTP
— One Time Password
BBS
— Bulletin Board System
PS
— PostScript
PC
— Player Character
BT
— BitTorrent
LTO
— Linear Tape-Open
SLR
— Single Lens Reflex
CIA
— Central Intelligence Agency
ALU
— Arithmetic Logic Unit
MODEM
— Modulator-Demodulator
RTS
— Ready To Send
ADSL
— Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
LTR
— Letter
NCO
— Non-Commissioned Officer
DVD
— Digital Versatile Disc
ED
— Erase Display
PSP
— PlayStation Portable
AK
— Alaska
WAB
— Windows Address Book
DL
— Download
SWAG
— Scientific Wild Ass Guess
CO
— Company
PLMK
— Please Let Me Know. An example of an abbreviation designed with the aim of saving time for the writer, but which often turns out to be a false economy when the reader doesn't understand the request. (Ack B Butcher)
ETC
— Et Cetera
SNAFU
— Situation Normal All Fouled Up
ATK
— Attack
N/A
— Not Available
DST
— Daylight Saving Time
ACK
— Acknowledge (telecommunications; Cf. NAK)
EOE
— Equal Opportunity Employer
DVR
— Digital Video Recorder
TM
— Trademark
OP
— Operator
WNOHGB
— Where No One Has Gone Before
NA
— Not Available
NOP
— No Operation
TTS
— Text To Speech
SYT
— Sweet Young Thing
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
NPV
— Net Present Value {economics}
EDD
— Estimated Delivery Date
SWALK
— Sealed With A Loving Kiss
EP
— Extended Play
DVI
— Digital Visual Interface
SYSOP
— System Operator
DUPE
— Duplicate
ESRB
— Entertainment Software Rating Board
BYOD
— Bring Your Own Device
PGP
— Pretty Good Privacy (encryption)
AT&T
— American Telephone & Telegraph
BRS
— Big Red Switch
ISTR
— I Seem To Recall
CRT
— Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
POV
— Privately Owned Vehicle
AWOL
— Absent Without Leave
LEP
— Light Emitting Polymer
ISDN
— Integrated Services Digital Network
NPC
— Non-Player Character
NX
— No Execute (Microsoft)
SOHO
— Small Office Home Office
NIMH
— Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni Is The Chemical Symbol For Nickel)
BO
— Back Off
CCTV
— Closed-circuit television
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
CIR
— Committed Information Rate (Frame Relay)
ADN
— Advanced Digital Network
NAND
— Not And
RC
— Remote Control
N/A
— Not Acceptable
PTB
— Powers That Be
EOL
— End Of Life
BIT
— Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
CO
— Commanding officer
OTOH
— On The Other Hand
POTS
— Plain Old Telephone System
KIA
— Killed in Action
LE
— Law Enforcement
ALT
— Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres
SF
— San Francisco
DARPA
— Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
FIFO
— First In, First Out
MHS
— Message Handling System (electronic)
DCOM
— Distributed Component Object Model
WYSIWYG
— What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
KISS
— Keep It Simple Stupid
DSL
— Digital Subscriber Line
SLP
— Super Long Play
AC
— annual closing
SOW
— Statement Of Work
FBI
— Federal Bureau of Investigation
CAD
— Computer Aided Designer
CRM
— Customer Relationship Management
ACRONYM
— Abbreviation by CROping Names that Yield Meaning
DOS
— Disk Operating System
NNTP
— Network News Transfer Protocol
BWQ
— Buzz Word Quotient
WRT
— "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
JIT
— Just in time
AMD
— Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (producer of computer chips)
WT
— Without Thinking
OBEX
— Object Exchange Protocol
DOS
— Denial Of Service
CHK
— Check
CDC
— Cult of the Dead Cow (hacker group)
PNP
— Plug aNd Play
CDT
— Central Daylight Time
PM
— post meridian
CYA
— Cover Your Associates
SW
— Software (SFTWE Preferred)
TANSTAAFL
— There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined By Author Robert A. Heinlein In His The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress)
CLI
— Command line Interface (Cabletron)
WIP
— Work in Process
DLL
— Dynamic Link Library (computer file)
ONNTA
— Oh No, Not This Again
CTP
— Computer to plate
OBTWIAVBP
— Obligatory the World Is A Very Big Place
MS
— The Company Microsoft
MUSH
— Multi-User Shared Hallucination
DRM
— Digital Rights Management
MIPS
— Millions of Instructions Per Second
DEPT
— Department
CMS
— Content Management System
MOO
— MUD Object Oriented
CST
— Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
CPC
— Cost Per Click-through
AIM
— AOL Institutent Messenger
PDQ
— Pretty Damn Quick
LRU
— Least Recently Used
PPN
— Programmer Project Number
JBOD
— Just a Bunch Of Disks/Drives
CNN
— Cable News Network's
OOTB
— Out Of The Box
BCP
— Best Current Practice
OJT
— On the Job Training
ACPT
— Accept
PVC
— Permanent Virtual Circuit (ATM)
AA
— Automobile Association (UK)
BIOS
— Basic Input Output System
ISWYM
— I See What You Mean
BI
— Breidbart Index
MIN
— Minute
MUD
— Multi-User Dungeon (gaming)
BER
— Beyond Economical Repair
YT
— YouTube
BMW
— Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)
2
— Too Add
B2B
— Business to Businesse
UFN
— Until Further Notice
CUA
— Commonly Used Acronym
AIM
— Aol Instant Messege
MOTD
— Message of the Day
ATA
— Actual Time of Arrival
EOT
— End Of Transmission
QOTD
— Quote of the Day
P2P
— Peer to Peer (as in music file sharing systems like KaZaA)
UOM
— Unit Of Measure
VC
— Venture Capital
PPL
— Pay Per Lead
AIW
— As It Were
LBL
— Label
NDA
— Non-Disclosure Agreement
RTV
— Return To Vendor
CC
— Crowd Control (gaming)
SFF
— Small-Form-Factor
DEA
— Drug Enforcement Administration (U.S. Department of Justice)
BOOTP
— Bootstrap Protocol
UBE
— Unsolicited Bulk Email
LUN
— Logical Unit Number
OTTH
— On the Third Hand
SITD
— Still In The Dark
D/L
— Download
DNS
— Domain Name Service
CES
— Consumer Electronics Show
TIA
— Thanks in advance
MIA
— Missing In Action
TRATEOTU
— The Restaurant At the End of the Universe
UART
— Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
MGMT
— Management
TEL
— Telephone
CMD
— Command
OOO
— Out Of Order
IP
— Intellectual Property
SSID
— Service set identifier (Wi-Fi)
ESP
— Extra Sensory Perception
DBCS
— Double-Byte Character Set
VBR
— Variable Bit Rate (ATM)
XC
— Cross Connect
BOF
— Birds of a Feather
MMORPG
— Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
TTL
— Time To Live
DPI
— Dots per inch.
UDIAGS
— Und Das Ist Auch Gut So
DAU
— Dumb Ass User
PMFJI
— Pardon Me For Jumping In (same As Above)
CIL
— critical items list
WORM
— Write-Once, Read-Many
AV
— Audio/Video
RTFI
— Read The Fucking Instructions
RL
— Rocket Launcher
TMTOWTDI
— There's More Than One Way To Do It (from Perl)
WYSBYGI
— What You See Before You Get It
PSA
— Public Service Announcement (radio/TV Term)
MBM
— Magnetic Bubble Memory
MRU
— Most Recently Used
CC
— Country Code
PMPO
— Peak Music Power Output
DOF
— degree of freedom
BY
— Busy
DAU
— Dümmster Anzunehmender User
OOAD
— Object Oriented Analysis and Design
ATK
— Attack Tool Kit
EAD
— Encoded Archival Description
EOL
— End Of Line
IWFM
— It Works for Me
AP
— Associated Press
LTR
— Letter ruling
SFAIAA
— So Far As I Am Aware
ROFLMAO
— Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off
ETD
— Estimated Time of Departure
OOI
— Out of Interest
TWAIN
— Technology Without An Interesting Name
DMCA
— Digital Millennium Copyright Act
BBC
— British Broadcasting Corporation
EMP
— Electro Magnetic Pulse
CSS
— Cascade Style Sheet
LBL
— Labour Behind the Label
LIU
— LAN Interface Unit
CCNA
— Cisco Certified Network Associated
PHAT
— Pretty Hot And Tempting (warning To Others)
M2M
— Machine to Machine, Mobile
DMV
— Department of Motor Vehicles
AIW
— As It Was
JAM
— Just A Minute
DEMMS
— DEMM'S is an acronym for Daniel Ellis, Melissa Meddaugh's
SEP
— Someone Else's Problem
MORF
— Male Or Female ?
DWIM
— Do What I Mean
APC
— Armoured personnel carrier
TEI
— Total Economic Impact
EA
— Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ Stock Exchange [NASDAQ])
WTC
— World Trade Center
LC
— Landing Craft
BAD
— Broken as designed
BO
— Back Office
TNPP
— Telocator Network Paging Protocol
CPI
— characters per inch
MFT
— Master File Table
BB
— Big Brother
BBEG
— Big Bad Evil Guy
SERP
— Search Engine Results Positioning
ETX
— End of Text
TTFF
— Time To First Fix
AOM
— Age of Mythology
DCF
— Department of Children and Families
ATLA
— Another Three-Letter Acronym
BIO
— Biological
CG
— Computer Graphics
DMY
— Day Month Year
IRA
— Irish Republican Army see PIRA
NTK
— Nice to Know
LKG
— Last Known Good
DLTM
— Digital Line Termination Module
OTA
— Over The Air
NYCTMI
— Now You Come to Mention It
TBA
— To Be Announcede
RT
— Real Time (R/T Preferred)
IRMFI
— I Reply Merely for Information
SOTA
— State Of The Art
CTF
— Capture The Flag
AGP
— Advanced Graphics Port
LBL
— Large Box Label
ISDN
— It Still Does Nothing
WTTM
— Without Thinking Too Much
AFAIR
— As Far As I Recall
SHTSI
— Somebody Had to Say It
CHK
— Checkpoint kinase
MUD
— Multi-User Dimension
LWB
— Long wheel base
EMS
— Emergency medical service
MOSPF
— Multicast Open Shortest Path First
BING
— But It's Not Google
ITSM
— IT Service Management
BC
— Before Christmas
CC
— Courtesy Copy (email; for those who never used carbon paper)
SEP
— Signalling End Point
CE
— Common Era (substitute for AD)
TXT
— Text File (filename extension)
LTUAE
— Life, the Universe and Everything
UTSL
— Use The Source, Luke
BET
— Black Entertainment Television
SPAM
— Send Phenomenal Amounts of Mail
SPKR
— Speaker
RTT
— Round Trip Timer
CDMA
— Code Divisionsion Multiple Access
TRT
— The Right Thing
LFS
— Large File Support
CBC
— Canadian Broadcasting Corporationration
BIO
— Biological Industry Organization
WINDOWS
— Will Install Needless Data On Whole System. Classic ironic 'backronym'. Perhaps a little unfair, but need we say more?...
Q
— Queue
TNG
— The Next Generation (Star Trek)
SIMMS
— Single Inline Memory Modules
PG
— Parental Guidance
RTFF
— Read The Fine Faq
ROTFLBTC
— Rolling On The Floor Laughing and Biting The Carpet
EST
— Established
ANC
— African National Congress
CS
— Counter-Strike (game)
U/L
— Upload
ROFLGO
— Rolling On the Floor Laughing Guts Out
LTR
— Letters to Rob
CC
— Credit Card
SDK
— Software Developer's Kit
BIO
— Biological Informatics Office
AMD
— An Air Movement Device
TOT
— Totally Off-Topic
SMOP
— Small Matter of Programming
ROFLASTC
— Rolling On the Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat
TERAC
— Trained Educated Responsible Armed Citizen
AFOT
— Ass Fucked on Tinder
NTK
— Need-To-Know
VLAN-XC
— VLAN Cross Connect
SPAM
— Spiced Pork and hAM
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