Alphabetical Listing of Computer Acronyms
- ACL — Access Control List
- ADC — Analog-to-Digital Converter
- ADF — Automatic Document Feeder
- ADSL — Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
- AGP — Accelerated Graphics Port
- AIFF — Audio Interchange File Format
- AIX — Advanced Interactive Executive
- ANSI — American National Standards Institute
- API — Application Program Interface
- ARP — Address Resolution Protocol
- ASCII — American Standard Code For Information Interchange
- ASP — Active Server Page
- ASP — Application Service Provider
- ATA — Advanced Technology Attachment
- ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- BASIC — Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
- BCC — Blind Carbon Copy
- BIOS — Basic Input/Output System
- BLOB — Binary Large Object
- BMP — Bitmap
- CAD — Computer-Aided Design
- CC — Carbon Copy
- CCD — Charged Coupled Device
- CD — Compact Disc
- CD-R — Compact Disc Recordable
- CD-ROM — Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
- CD-RW — Compact Disc Re-Writable
- CDMA — Code Division Multiple Access
- CGI — Common Gateway Interface
- CISC — Complex Instruction Set Computing
- CMOS — Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- CMYK — Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
- CPA — Cost Per Action
- CPC — Cost Per Click
- CPL — Cost Per Lead
- CPM — Cost Per 1,000 Impressions
- CPS — Classroom Performance System
- CPU — Central Processing Unit
- CRM — Customer Relationship Management
- CRT — Cathode Ray Tube
- CSS — Cascading Style Sheet
- CTP — Composite Theoretical Performance
- CTR — Click-Through Rate
- DAC — Digital-to-Analog Converter
- DBMS — Database Management System
- DDR — Double Data Rate
- DDR2 — Double Data Rate 2
- DHCP — Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DIMM — Dual In-Line Memory Module
- DLL — Dynamic Link Library
- DMA — Direct Memory Access
- DNS — Domain Name System
- DOS — Disk Operating System
- DPI — Dots Per Inch
- DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory
- DRM — Digital Rights Management
- DSL — Digital Subscriber Line
- DSLAM — Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
- DTD — Document Type Definition
- DV — Digital Video
- DVD — Digital Versatile Disc
- DVD+R — Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
- DVD+RW — Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
- DVD-R — Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
- DVD-RAM — Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
- DVD-RW — Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
- DVI — Digital Video Interface
- DVR — Digital Video Recorder
- ECC — Error Correction Code
- EDI — Electronic Data Interchange
- EPS — Encapsulated PostScript
- EUP — Enterprise Unified Process
- FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions
- FIFO — First In, First Out
- FIOS — Fiber Optic Service
- FLOPS — Floating Point Operations Per Second
- FPU — Floating Point Unit
- FSB — Frontside Bus
- FTP — File Transfer Protocol
- GIF — Graphics Interchange Format; Applied To Image Format As .gif
- GIGO — Garbage In, Garbage Out
- GIS — Geographic Information Systems
- GPS — Global Positioning System
- GPU — Graphics Processing Unit
- GUI — Graphical User Interface
- GUID — Globally Unique Identifier
- HDMI — High-Definition Multimedia Interface
- HDTV — High Definition Televsion
- HDV — High-Definition Video
- HFS — Hierarchical File System
- HSF — Heat Sink And Fan
- HTML — Hyper-Text Markup Language
- HTTP — HyperText Transfer Protocol
- HTTPS — HyperText Transport Protocol Secure
- I/O — Input/Output
- ICANN — Internet Corporation For Assigned Names And Numbers
- ICF — Internet Connection Firewall
- ICMP — Internet Control Message Protocol
- ICS — Internet Connection Sharing
- IDE — Integrated Device Electronics