List of acronyms and initialisms

Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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A

B

  • BASIC - Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
  • BIOS - Basic Input/Output System

C

D

  • DVD - Digital Versatile Disc and Digital Video Disc

E

F

  • FTP - File Transfer Protocol
  • FPS - First Person Shooter, Frames Per Second
  • FORTRAN - FORmula TRANslator
  • FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation

H

  • HTTP - Hyper Text Transport Protocol
  • HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

I

L

  • LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

M

  • Maser - Molecular Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiations
  • MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
  • MOSFET - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor

N

  • NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
  • NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

P

R

  • Radar - Radio detection and ranging
  • RAM - Random Access Memory
  • ROM - Read Only Memory
  • RPG - Role Playing Game
  • RTFM - Read The Fine ( or Flippin' ) Manual
  • RTS - Real Time Strategy

S

  • SCUBA - Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
  • Sitcom/SITCOM - SITuation COMedy
  • SKU - Stock Keeping Unit (bar code on products)
  • SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  • Sonar - Sound navigation and ranging
  • SWAT - Special Weapons And Tactics

T

U

  • USB - Universal Serial Bus

W

  • W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
  • WWW - World Wide Web
  • WWE - World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWF - World Wrestling Federation

X

XWD - Cross Wheel Drive