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• AI – Artificial Intelligence
• API – Application Programming Interface
• ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• AES – Advanced Encryption Standard
• AMD – Advanced Micro Devices
• ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
• AMOLED – Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• ACPI – Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
• ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
• AJAX – Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
• ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• APM – Advanced Power Management
• ASP – Active Server Pages
• ASP.NET – Active Server Pages .NET
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• BIOS – Basic Input/Output System
• BPS – Bits Per Second
• BSSID – Basic Service Set Identifier
• BLOB – Binary Large Object
• BUS – System Bus
• BSD – Berkeley Software Distribution
• BYOD – Bring Your Own Device
• BYOT – Bring Your Own Technology

• CPU – Central Processing Unit
• CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
• CUI – Character User Interface
• CDN – Content Delivery Network
• CLI – Command Line Interface
• CRM – Customer Relationship Management
• CAD – Computer-Aided Design
• CISC – Complex Instruction Set Computing
• CMS – Content Management System
• CRUD – Create, Read, Update, Delete
• CBT – Computer-Based Training
• CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
• CGI – Common Gateway Interface
• CNC – Computer Numerical Control
• CASE – Computer-Aided Software Engineering

• DNS – Domain Name System
• DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• DSL – Digital Subscriber Line
• DDR – Double Data Rate
• DVD – Digital Versatile Disc
• DVI – Digital Visual Interface
• DOS – Disk Operating System
• DTP – Desktop Publishing
• DRM – Digital Rights Management
• DBMS – Database Management System
• DDoS – Distributed Denial-of-Service
• DPI – Dots Per Inch
• DSP – Digital Signal Processor
• DAW – Digital Audio Workstation

• EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• ECC – Error Correction Code
• ECU – Electronic Control Unit
• EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
• EFI – Extensible Firmware Interface
• EFS – Encrypting File System
• EIDE – Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
• EMM386 – Expanded Memory Manager 386
• EULA – End-User License Agreement
• EXE – Executable
• ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning
• ESD – Electrostatic Discharge
• ETL – Extract, Transform, Load
• EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• EVDO – Evolution-Data Optimized
• EGP – Exterior Gateway Protocol
• EAI – Enterprise Application Integration
• ELMAH – Error Logging Modules and Handlers
• EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• EMR – Electronic Medical Record

• FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
• FTP – File Transfer Protocol
• FLOPS – Floating Point Operations Per Second
• FPGA – Field-Programmable Gate Array
• FAT – File Allocation Table
• FDD – Floppy Disk Drive
• FDM – Frequency Division Multiplexing
• FPS – Frames Per Second
• FQDN – Fully Qualified Domain Name
• FLOP – Floating Point Operation
• FIFO – First-In, First-Out
• FW – Firewall
• FDM – Frequency Division Multiplexing
• FQDN – Fully Qualified Domain Name
• FaaS – Function as a Service
• FPGA – Field-Programmable Gate Array
• FAT – File Allocation Table
• FTP – File Transfer Protocol
• FPS – Frames Per Second
• FDD – Floppy Disk Drive

• GUI – Graphical User Interface
• GPU – Graphics Processing Unit
• GPS – Global Positioning System
• GIF – Graphics Interchange Format
• Gbps – Gigabits Per Second
• GB – Gigabyte
• GHz – Gigahertz
• GIGO – Garbage In, Garbage Out
• GUI – Graphical User Interface
• GPU – Graphics Processing Unit
• GPS – Global Positioning System
• GIF – Graphics Interchange Format
• Gbps – Gigabits Per Second
• GB – Gigabyte
• GHz – Gigahertz
• GIGO – Garbage In, Garbage Out
• GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications
• GUI – Graphical User Interface
• GNU – GNU’s Not Unix
• GPG – GNU Privacy Guard

• HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
• HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
• HDD – Hard Disk Drive
• HDMI – High-Definition Multimedia Interface
• HMI – Human-Machine Interface
• HDTV – High-Definition Television

• IP – Internet Protocol
• ISP – Internet Service Provider
• IoT – Internet of Things
• IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IDE – Integrated Development Environment
• ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol
• IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol
• IDE – Integrated Drive Electronics
• IRC – Internet Relay Chat
• ISA – Industry Standard Architecture
• ISO – International Organization for Standardization
• IT – Information Technology
• IVR – Interactive Voice Response
• IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service
• IDE – Integrated Development Environment
• ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol
• IP – Intellectual Property
• IPS – Intrusion Prevention System
• IDS – Intrusion Detection System
• I/O – Input/Output

• JVM – Java Virtual Machine
• JSON – JavaScript Object Notation
• JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group
• JIT – Just-in-Time
• JRE – Java Runtime Environment
• JDK – Java Development Kit
• JavaScript – JS
• JSP – JavaServer Pages
• JDBC – Java Database Connectivity
• JPG – Joint Photographic Group

• KB – Kilobyte
• KBPS – Kilobits Per Second
• Kbps – Kilobits Per Second
• KVM – Keyboard, Video, and Mouse
• KDE – K Desktop Environment
• KPI – Key Performance Indicator
• KLOC – Kilo Lines of Code
• KVM – Kernel-based Virtual Machine
• Kbps – Kilobits Per Second

• LAN – Local Area Network
• LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
• LED – Light-Emitting Diode
• LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
• LTE – Long-Term Evolution
• LAMP – Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP

• MAC – Media Access Control
• Mbps – Megabits Per Second
• MHz – Megahertz

• NIC – Network Interface Card
• NAT – Network Address Translation
• NVRAM – Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
• NAND – NOT AND (logic gate)
• NAS – Network-Attached Storage
• NFS – Network File System
• NTP – Network Time Protocol
• NTFS – New Technology File System

• OS – Operating System
• OCR – Optical Character Recognition
• OOP – Object-Oriented Programming
• ODBC – Open Database Connectivity
• OLED – Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• OTP – One-Time Password

• PC – Personal Computer
• CPU – Central Processing Unit
• PSU – Power Supply Unit
• PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
• PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
• PNG – Portable Network Graphics
• PDF – Portable Document Format
• POST – Power-On Self-Test
• PMU – Power Management Unit
• PaaS – Platform as a Service
• PCB – Printed Circuit Board
• PRAM – Parameter Random Access Memory
• PKI – Public Key Infrastructure
• POP – Post Office Protocol
• P2P – Peer-to-Peer

• QA – Quality Assurance
• QoS – Quality of Service
• QR Code – Quick Response Code
• QWERTY – Keyboard layout commonly used in English-speaking countries
• QBE – Query By Example
• QEMU – Quick Emulator
• QPI – Quick Path Interconnect
• QAM – Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
• QPSK – Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
• QKD – Quantum Key Distribution

• RAM – Random Access Memory
• ROM – Read-Only Memory
• RAID – Redundant Array of Independent Disks
• RGB – Red Green Blue

• SSD – Solid State Drive
• SATA – Serial ATA
• SQL – Structured Query Language
• SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• SSL – Secure Sockets Layer
• SDK – Software Development Kit
• SMB – Server Message Block
• SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

• TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
• TLS – Transport Layer Security
• TTL – Time to Live

• UI – User Interface
• URL – Uniform Resource Locator
• USB – Universal Serial Bus
• UTF – Unicode Transformation Format
• UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair
• UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply
• UART – Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
• UAC – User Account Control
• UEFI – Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
• UDP – User Datagram Protocol
• UI – User Interface
• URL – Uniform Resource Locator
• USB – Universal Serial Bus
• UTF – Unicode Transformation Format
• UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair
• UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply
• UART – Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
• UAC – User Account Control
• UEFI – Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
• UDP – User Datagram Protocol

• VPN – Virtual Private Network
• VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network
• VM – Virtual Machine
• VDI – Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
• VPS – Virtual Private Server
• VGA – Video Graphics Array
• VR – Virtual Reality

• WAN – Wide Area Network
• WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
• WAP – Wireless Access Point
• Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity
• WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy
• WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access
• WWW – World Wide Web
• WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get

• XML – Extensible Markup Language
• XHTML – Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
• XSL – Extensible Stylesheet Language
• XSD – XML Schema Definition
• XHR – XMLHttpRequest
• XaaS – Anything as a Service (e.g., SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
• XSS – Cross-Site Scripting
• XSRF – Cross-Site Request Forgery
• X.509 – ITU-T standard for public key infrastructure certificates
• XPS – XML Paper Specification
• XSS – Cross-Site Scripting
• XHR – XMLHttpRequest

• YAML – Yet Another Markup Language
• Y2K – Year 2000
• YUV – YCbCr Color Space
• YACC – Yet Another Compiler Compiler
• YUM – Yellowdog Updater, Modified (Package Manager)

• ZIP – Zone Information Protocol or Compressed File Archive Format
• ZFS – Zettabyte File System
• ZPL – Zebra Programming Language
• ZIF – Zero Insertion Force
• ZIF – ZigBee Interoperability Framework
• ZCS – Zimbra Collaboration Suite
• ZOS – z/OS (Operating System)
• ZIF – Zero Insertion Force
• ZPL – Zebra Programming Language