AAC = Advanced Audio Coding
ACL = Access Control List
ADC = Analog/Digital Converter
ADF = Automatic Document Feeder
ADFS = Active Directory Federation Service
ADSL = Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AES = Advanced Encryption System
AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port
AIFF = Audio Interchange File Format
AIX = Advanced Interactive Executive
ALU = Arithmetic Logic Unit
ANR = Application Not Responding
ANSI = American National Standards Institute
AP = Access Point
API = Application Programming Interface
APU = Accelerated Processing Unit
ARP = Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASN = Autonomous System Number
ASP = Active Server Page
ATA = Advanced Technology Attachment
ATM = Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATX = Advanced Technology Extended
AU = Activation Unit
AUP = Acceptable Use Policy
AVR = Audio/Video Receiver
AVX = Advanced Vector Extensions
BASIC = Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BGP = Border Gateway Protocol
BIOS = Basic Input/Output System
BLE = Bluetooth Low Energy
BLOB = Binary Large Object
BMP = Bitmap
BPO = Business Process Outsourcing
BSOD = Blue Screen of Death
BSS = Basic Service Set
CAD = Computer-Aided Design
CAN = Campus Area Network
CBSP = Cloud-Based Security Providers
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
CDFS = Compact Disc File System
CDMA = Code Division Multiple Access
CDN = Content Delivery Network
CGI = Common Gateway Interface
CHAP = Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CI/CD = Continous Integration/Continous Deployment
CIDR = Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CIR = Committed Information Rate
CIS = Computer Information Systems
CISC = Complex Instruction Set Computing
CLI = Command Line Interface
CLOB = Character Large Object
CMOS = Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS = Content Management System
CMYK = Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
CORS = Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
CPA = Cost Per Action
CPC = Cost Per Click
CPL = Cost Per Lead
CPS = Classroom Performance System
CPU = Central Processing Unit
CRC = Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRT = Cathode Ray Tube
CSMA/CA = Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD = Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
CSP = Content Security Policy
CSRF = Cross-Site Request Forgery
CSS = Cascading Style Sheet
CTP = Composite Theoretical Performance
CTR = Click-Through Rate
CUDA = Compute Unified Device Architecture
CVSS = Common Vulnerability Scoring System
CWE = Common Weakness Enumeration
D2D = Device to Device
DAAS = Desktop As A Service
DAC = Digital/Analog Converter
DAM = Database Activity Monitoring
DAM = Digital Asset Management
DAST = Dynamic Application Security Testing
DAW = Digital Audio Workstation
DBMS = Database Management System
DC = Data Center
DCE = Data Communications Equipment
DCIM = Digital Camera IMages
DDL = Data Definition Language
DDoS = Distributed Denial Of Services
DDR = Double Data Rate
DDR2 = Double Data Rate 2
DDR3 = Double Data Rate 3
DDR4 = Double Data Rate 4
DEC = Digital Equipment Corporation
DES = Data Encryption Standard
DFS = Distributed File System
DHCP = Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIMM = Dual In-Line Memory Module
DKIM = Domain Keys Identified Mail
DLC = Downloadable Content
DLL = Dynamic Link Library
DM = Direct Message
DMA = Direct Memory Access
DMARC = Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance
DMI = Desktop Management Interface
DML = Data Manipulation Language
DMS = Database Migration Service
DNS = Domain Name System
DNSSEC = Domain Name System Security Extensions
DOM = Document Object Model
DOS = Disk Operating System
DOS = Denial of Services
DPI = Dots Per Inch
DQL = Data Query Language
DRAM = Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRDA = Distributed Relational Database Architecture
DRM = Digital Rights Management
DRS = Distributed Resource Scheduler
DSA = Digital Signature Algorithm
DSL = Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM = Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DT = Directory Traversal
DTD = Document Type Definition
DTE = Data Terminal Equipment
DUT = Device Under Test
DV = Digital Video
DVD = Digital Versatile Disc
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
DW = Data Warehouse
ECC = Error Correction Code
EDI = Electronic Data Interchange
eGPU = External Graphics Processing Unit
EHA = Ethernet Hardware Address
EIA = Electronics Industry Alliance
EIDE = Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EIGRP = Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
EOF = End Of File
EPS = Encapsulated PostScript
ERP = Enterprise Resource Planning
eSATA = External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
ESS = Extended Service Set
EUP = Enterprise Unified Process
EXIF = Exchangeable Image File Format
FCC = Federal Communications Commission
FCS = Frame Check Sequence
FDDI = Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FLOPS = Floating Point Operations Per Second
FOSS = Free and Open-Source Software
FPGA = Field-Programmable Gate Array
FPS = Frames Per Second
FPU = Floating Point Unit
FQDN = Fully Qualified Domain Name
FSB = Front Side Bus
FTP = File Transfer Protocol
FUD = Fully Undetectable
GBIC = Gigabit Interface Converter
Gbps = Gigabits Per Second
GEPOF = Gigabit Ethernet Plastic Optical Fiber
GIF = Graphics Interchange Format
GIS = Geographic Information Systems
GPGPU = General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit
GPIO = General Purpose Input/Output
GPS = Global Positioning System
GPU = Graphics Processing Unit
GUI = Graphical User Interface
HA = High Availability
HAC = High-availability Clusters
HDD = Hard Disk Drive
HDLC = High-level Data Link Control
HDMI = High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDR = High Dynamic Range
HDTV = High Definition Televsion
HDV = High Definition Video
HFS = Hierarchical File System
HSF = Heat Sink and Fan
HTML = Hyper-Text Markup Language
HTTP = Hyper-Text Transport Protocol
HTTPS = Hyper-Text Transport Protocol Secure
I/O = Input/Output
IAM = Identity & Access Management
IANA = Internet Assigned Number Authority
ICaaS = Integration Capability as a Service
ICANN = Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers
ICF = Internet Connection Firewall
ICMP = Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS = Internet Connection Sharing
ICT = Information and Communication Technologies
IDE = Integrated Device Electronics
IDE = Integrated Development Environment
IDS = Intrusion Detection System
IE = Internet Explorer
IEEE = Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF = Internet Engineering Task Force
IGP = Integrated Graphics Processor
IIS = Internet Information Services
IM = Instant Message
IMAP = Internet Message Access Protocol
IMEI = International Mobile Equipment Identity
IOPS = Input/Output Operations Per Second
IP = Internet Protocol
IPS = Intrusion Prevention System
IPSec = Internet Protocol Security
IPX = Internetwork Packet Exchange
IRC = Internet Relay Chat
IRQ = Interrupt Request
IS-IS = Intermediate System to Intermediate System
ISA = Industry Standard Architecture
iSCSI = Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
ISDN = Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP = Internet Service Provider
ISR = Interrupt Service Routine
IT = Information Technology
ITIL = Information Technology Infrastructure Library
IVR = Interactive Voice Response
JCE = Java Cryptography Extension
JDBC = Java Database Connectivity
JDK = Java Development Kit
JFS = Journaled File System
JPEG = Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE = Java Runtime Environment
JS = JavaScript
JSON = JavaScript Object Notation
JSP = Java Server Page
JVM = Java Virtual Machine
Kbps = Kilobits Per Second
KVM = Kernel-based Virtual Machine
LACP = Link Aggregation Control Protocol
LAMP = Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
LAN = Local Area Network
LAPB = Link Access Procedure, Balanced
LB = Load Balancer
LCD = Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LED = Light-Emitting Diode
LFI = Local File Inclusion
LFN = Long Filename
LLC = Logical Link Control
LLT = Low Latency Transport
LPI = Lines Per Inch
LUN = Logical Unit Number
MAC = Media Access Control
MAM = Media Access Management
MAMP = Mac, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
MAN = Metropolitan Area Network
Mbps = Megabits Per Second
MBR = Master Boot Record
MCA = Micro Channel Architecture
MDF = Main Distribution Frame
MDI = Medium Dependent Interface
MFA = Multi-Factor Authentication
MIB = Management Information Base
MIDI = Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIPS = Million Instructions Per Second
MIS = Management Information System
MMS = Multimedia Messaging Service
MOBO = Motherboard
MoCA = Multimedia over Coax Alliance
MP3 = MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
MPEG = Moving Picture Experts Group
MPLS = Multi-Protocol Label Switching
MPP = Massive Parallel Processing
MSTSC = Microsoft Terminal Service Client
MTU = Maximum Transmission Unit
MVC = Model-View-Controller
MX = Mail Exchange
NAC = Network Access Control
NAT = Network Address Translation
NBMA = Non-Broadcast Multiple Access
NDA = Non-Disclosure Agreement
NFC = Near Field Communication
NFS = Network File System
NIC = Network Interface Card
NMS = Network Management System
NNTP = Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC = Network Operations Center
NOS = Network Operating System
NRZ = Non-Return-to-Zero
NRZI = Non-Return-to-Zero Inverted
NS = Name Server
NSP = Network Service Provider
NTFS = New Technology File System
NTP = Network Time Protocol
NUI = Natural User Interface
NVRAM = Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
OASIS = Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OCR = Optical Character Recognition
ODBC = Open Database Connectivity
OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer
OLA = Operational-Level Agreement
OLAP = Online Analytical Processing
OLE = Object Linking and Embedding
OLED = Organic Light Emitting Diode
OLTP = Online Transaction Processing
OOP = Object-Oriented Programming
OS = Operating System
OSCI = Operating System Command Injection
OSD = On Screen Display
OSI = Open System Interconnect
OSPF = Open Shortest Path First
OSS = Open Source Software
OTA = Over-The-Air
OUI = Organization Unique Identifier
OWASP = Open Web Application Security Project
P2P = Peer To Peer
P2V = Physical to Virtual
PaaS = Platform-as-a-Service
PAP = Password Authentication Protocol
PAT = Port Address Translation
PC = Personal Computer
PCB = Printed Circuit Board
PCI = Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI-DSS = Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
PCI-X = Peripheral Component Interconnect - Extended
PCM = Pulse-Code Modulation
PCMCIA = Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA = Personal Digital Assistant
PDF = Portable Document Format
PDU = Protocol Data Unit
PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair
PHP = Hypertext Preprocessor
PIM = Personal Information Manager
PM = Private Message
PMU = Power Management Unit
PNG = Portable Network Graphic
PoE = Power over Ethernet
PON = Passive Optical Network
POP = Post Office Protocol
POST = Power On Self Test
POTS = Plain Old Telephone Service
PPC = Pay Per Click
PPGA = Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPI = Pixels Per Inch
PPL = Pay Per Lead
PPM = Pages Per Minute
PPP = Point to Point Protocol
PPPoE = Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPS = Pay Per Sale
PPTP = Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PRAM = Parameter Random Access Memory
PROM = Programmable Read-Only Memory
PS/2 = Personal System/2
PSU = Power Supply Unit
PT = Path Traversal
PTT = Public Telephone and Telegraph
PUM = Potentially Unwanted Modification
PUP = Potentially Unwanted Program
PVST = Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
QBE = Query By Example
QEMU = Quick Emulator
QoS = Quality of Service
QUIC = Quick UDP Internet Connections
RAD = Rapid Application Development
RADIUS = Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAID = Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM = Random Access Memory
RARP = Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RAT = Remote Administration Tool
RCP = Royal College of Physicians
RDBMS = Relational Database Management System
RDF = Resource Description Framework
RDP = Remote Desktop Protocol
RDRAM = Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RDSMS = Relational Data Stream Management System
RFC = Request for Comments
RFI = Remote File Inclusion
RFID = Radio-Frequency Identification
RGB = Red, Green, Blue
RIP = Routing Information Protocol
RISC = Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RLL = Run-Length Limited
ROM = Read-Only Memory
RPC = Remote Procedure Call
RSS = Really Simple Syndication
RSTP = Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
RTE = Runtime Environment
RTF = Rich Text Format
RTP = Real-time Transport Protocol
RUM = Real-User Measurement
RUP = Rational Unified Process
S-HTTP = Secure HTTP
SaaS = Software as a Service
SAML = Security Assertion Markup Language
SAN = Storage Area Network
SASS = Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets
SAST = Static Application Security Testing
SATA = Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SCD = Source Code Disclosure
SCM = Supply Chain Management
SCSI = Small Computer System Interface
SD = Secure Digital
SDK = Software Development Kit
SDLC = System Development Lifecycle
SDLC = Synchronous Data Link Control
SDN = Software Defined Networking
SDRAM = Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDS = Software-Defined Storage
SDSL = Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SEO = Search Engine Optimization
SERP = Search Engine Results Page
SFD = Start-of-Frame Delimiter
SFP = Small Form-factor Pluggable
SFTP = SSH File Transfer Protocol
SIM = Subscriber Identification Module
SIMM = Single In-Line Memory Module
SIP = Session Initiation Protocol
SKU = Stock Keeping Unit
SLA = Service Level Agreement
SLARP = Serial Line ARP
SLI = Scalable Link Interface
SLIP = Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMART = Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
SMB = Server Message Block
SMS = Short Message Service
SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA = Systems Network Architecture
SNAP = SubNet Access Protocol
SNMP = Simple Network Management Protocol
SO-DIMM = Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module
SOA = Service Oriented Architecture
SOAP = Simple Object Access Protocol
SoC = System On a Chip
SOF = Start Of Frame
SPF = Sender Policy Framework
SPOF = Single Point of Failure
SPX = Sequenced Packet Exchange
SQL = Structured Query Language
SQLi = SQL Injection
SRAM = Static Random Access Memory
SRE = Site Reliability Engineering
sRGB = Standard Red Green Blue
SSD = Solid State Drive
SSE = Server Side Encryption
SSH = Secure Shell
SSID = Service Set Identifier
SSL = Secure Socket Layer
SSO = Single Sign-On
STP = Spanning Tree Protocol
STS = Security Token Service
TCP = Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP = Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDM = Time-Division Multiplexing
TFT = Thin-Film Transistor
TFTP = Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TIA = Telecommunications Industry Alliance
TIFF = Tagged Image File Format
TLD = Top-Level Domain
TLS = Transport Layer Security
TOFU = Trust On First Use
TPS = Transaction Per Second
TPU = Tensor Processing Unit
TTF = TrueType Font
TTL = Time To Live
TWAIN = Toolkit Without An Informative Name
UAT = User Acceptance Testing
UDDI = Universal Description Discovery and Integration
UDP = User Datagram Protocol
UEFI = Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
UGC = User Generated Content
UICC = Universal Integrated Circuit Card
UML = Unified Modeling Language
UNC = Universal Naming Convention
UPnP = Universal Plug and Play
UPS = Uninterruptible Power Supply
URI = Uniform Resource Identifier
URL = Uniform Resource Locator
USB = Universal Serial Bus
UTF = Unicode Transformation Format
UTP = Unshielded Twisted Pair
UWP = Universal Windows Platform
VBS = Visual Basic Script
VC = Virtual Circuit
VCI = Virtual Channel Identifier
VCS = Veritas Cluster Server
VCS = Version Control Systems
VDI = Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
VDSL = Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line
VDU = Visual Display Unit
VFAT = Virtual File Allocation Table
VG = Volume Group
VGA = Video Graphics Array
VIP = Virtual IP
VLAN = Virtual Local Area Network
VLE = Virtual Learning Environment
VLSM = Variable-Length Subnet Masking
VM = Virtual Machine
VoIP = Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPI = Virtual Path Identifier
VPN = Virtual Private Network
VR = Virtual Reality
VRAM = Video Random Access Memory
VRML = Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VSM = Virtual Supervisor Module
VTL = Virtual Tape Library
VXLAN = Virtual Extensible Local Area Network
W3C = World Wide Web Consortium
WAF = Web Application Firewall
WAIS = Wide Area Information Server
WAMP = Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
WAN = Wide Area Network
WAP = Web Application Protection
WDDM = Windows Display Driver Model
WEP = Wired Equivalent Privacy
WIMP = Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer
WINS = Windows Internet Name Service
WLAN = Wireless Local Area Network
WMI = Windows Management Instrumentation
WPA = Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPAN = Wireless Personal Area Network
WWW = World Wide Web
WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get
XAML = Extensible Application Markup Language
XHTML = Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML = Extensible Markup Language
XMP = Extensible Metadata Platform
XSLT = Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation
XSS = Cross-site Scripting
Y2K = Year 2000
ZIF = Zero Insertion Force