List of acronyms and initialisms
Appearance
0-9
[change | change source]- 2D - Two dimensions
- 3D - Three dimensions
- 4WD - Four-wheel drive
A
[change | change source]B
[change | change source]C
[change | change source]- 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
- CPU - Central Processing Unit
D
[change | change source]- DVD - Digital Versatile Disc and Digital Video Disc
E
[change | change source]- E3 - Electronic Entertainment Expo
- ESPN - Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
F
[change | change source]- FTP - File Transfer Protocol
- FPS - First Person Shooter, Frames Per Second
- FORTRAN - FORmula TRANslator
- FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
H
[change | change source]- HTTP - Hyper Text Transport Protocol
- HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
I
[change | change source]- Internet - Interconnected Networks
L
[change | change source]- LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
M
[change | change source]- Maser - Molecular Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiations
- MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
- MOSFET - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
N
[change | change source]- NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
- NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
P
[change | change source]- Perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
- PHP - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
- POP - Post Office Protocol
- POSH - Port Out, Starboard Home
R
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- TBS - Turn-Based Strategy
- TV - Television
- TNA - Total Nonstop Action
U
[change | change source]- USB - Universal Serial Bus
W
[change | change source]- W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
- WWW - World Wide Web
- WWE - World Wrestling Entertainment
- WWF - World Wildlife Foundation
X
[change | change source]XWD - Cross Wheel Drive