List of acronyms and initialisms

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0-9

• 2D - Two dimensions
• 3D - Three dimensions
• 4WD - Four-wheel drive

4WD- For Whales Door

B

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

C

• CCTV - Closed-circuit television, China Central Television, Cork Community TV
• CD - Compact Disk
• CD-ROM - Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
• COBOL - Common Business-Orientated Language
• CIA - Central Intelligence Agency

D

• DVD - Digital Versatile Disc and Digital Video Disc

E

• E3 - Electronic Entertainment Expo
• ESPN - Entertainment and Sports Programming Network

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

I

• Internet - International Network

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

N

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

P

• Perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
• PHP - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
• POP - Post Office Protocol
• POSH - Port Out, Starboard Home

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

• TBS - Turn-Based Strategy
• TV - Television
• TNA - Total Nonstop Action

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