Common Computer Related Acronyms

    A
  • ANSI - American National Standards Institute
  • AON - All Optical Network
  • API - Application Programming Interface
  • ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
  • ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
  • ATM -Asynchronous Transfer Mode


  • B
  • BGP - Border Gateway Protocol
  • BRI - Basic Rate Interface (ISDN)


  • C
  • CO - Central Office
  • CSU - Channel Service Unit


  • D
  • DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • DNS - Domain Name System
  • DSU - Digital Service Unit


  • E
  • EMI - Electromagnetic Interference


  • F
  • FAT - File Allocation Table (FAT16, FAT32)
  • FCC - Federal Communications Commission
  • FTP - File Transfer Protocol (Port: 21)


  • G
  • GSM - Global System for Mobile (telecommunications)


  • H
  • HDLC - High (level) Data Link Control
  • HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
  • HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (Port: 80)


  • I
  • ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
  • IIS - Internet Information Server
  • ISO - International Organization for Standards
  • IP - Internet Protocol
  • IPSec - Internet Protocol Security
  • IPv6 - Internet Protocol Version 6
  • ISAPI - Internet Server API
  • ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
  • ISP - Internet Service Provider


  • J

    K

    L
  • LAN - Local Area Network


  • M
  • MAC - Media Access Control
  • MAN - Metropolitan Area Network


  • N
  • NAT - Network Address Translation
  • NTFS - New Technology File System


  • O
  • OS - Operations System
  • OSI - Open System Interconnection
  • OSI - Open System Interface


  • P
  • PCI - Protocol Control Information
  • PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
  • POP - Post Office Protocol (Port: 110)
  • PPP - Point to Point Protocol
  • PRI - Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)


  • Q
  • QoS - Quality of Service


  • R
  • RAS - Remote Access Server
  • RAS - Remote Access Service


  • S
  • SDCU - Synchronous Data Channel Unit
  • SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SONET)
  • SDLC - Synchronous Data Link Control
  • SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  • SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
  • SOHO - Small Office/Home Office
  • SONET -Synchronous Optical Network
  • SSL - Secure Socket Layer (Port: 443)


  • T
  • TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
  • TCP - Transport Control Protocol


  • U
  • UDP - User Datagram Protocol
  • UTP - Universal Twisted Pair


  • V
  • VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network
  • VPN - Virtual Private Network
  • VXML - Voice Extensible Markup Language


  • W
  • WAN - Wide Area Network
  • WAP - Wireless Application Protocol


  • X
  • XML - Extensible Markup Language


  • Y

    Z


Chat Acronyms
  • YW - Your Welcome
  • LOL - Laugh Out Loud
  • ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
  • JK - Just kidding
  • IMO - In my opinion
  • BRB - Be Right Back
  • BBL - Be Back Later
  • BBS - Be Back Soon
  • WB - Welcome Back
  • TY - Thank You
  • HB - Hurry Back
  • BTW - By The Way