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A List of Technology Abbreviations Commonly Used

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There is a lot of short word/acronyms used in technology, and here I attempt to put them together for a reference.

Cloud Computing

Learning cloud computing and not sure what do abbreviations stand for?

Here are some of the popular ones used in Amazon Cloud, Google Cloud, and general cloud computing terms.

AcronymStands for…
AWSAmazon Web Services
S3Simple Storage System
GCPGoogle Cloud Platform
GCLBGoogle Cloud Load Balancer
Amazon ESAmazon Elasticsearch Service
AMIAmazon Machine Image
ARNAmazon Resource Name
EC2Elastic Compute Cloud
ECSEC2 Container Service
EFSElastic File System
EMRElastic Map Reduce
IaaSInfrastructure-as-a-Service
SWSSimple Workflow Service
SNSSimple Notification Service
GCSGoogle Cloud Storage
VPCVirtual Private Cloud
Amazon EBSAmazon Elastic Block Store
AZAvailability Zone
ASGAuto Scaling Group
EBSElastic Block Store
ELBElastic Load Balancer
EIPElastic IP
ENIElastic Network Interface
FaaSFunction as-a-Service
HPCHigh-Performance Compute
HVMHardware Virtual Machine
S3 IAS3 Infrequent Access
IGInternet Gateway
KMSKey Management Service
Amazon SESAmazon Simple Email System
RRSReduced Redundancy Storage
SQSSimple Queue Service
TPMTrusted Platform Module
VPGVirtual Private Gateway
VPSVirtual Private Server
HP CSAHP Cloud Service Automation

Blogging/SEO

Find out acronyms used in blogging or search engine optimization.

AcronymStands for…
SEOSearch Engine Optimization
SCMSearch Content Marketing
SEMSearch Engine Marketing
WPWordPress
PPCPay Per Click
CPCCost Per Click
SERPSearch Engine Results Page
CTSClick-Through Rate
CRConversion Rate
CPMCost Per Thousand Impressions
SVGScalable Vector Graphics
DMCADigital Millennium Copyright Act
CMSContent Management System
CROConversion Rate Optimization
CTACall to Action
CTRClick Through Rate
PRPageRank
DADomain Authority
ROIReturn on Investment
UI/UXUser Interface/User Experience
SEASearch Engine Advertising
SMOSocial Media Optimization
SMMSocial Media Marketing
SERMSearch Engine Reputation Management
AMAAsk Me Anything
B2BBusiness to Business
B2CBusiness to Consumer
CRMCustomer Relationship Management
CXCustomer Experience
FOMOFear of Missing Out
GAGoogle Analytics
IOInsertion Order
SMSocial Media
SMPSocial Media Platform
ToSTerms of Service
UAUniversal Analytics
CPLCost Per Lead
NPSNet Promoter Score
QDDQuery Deserves Diversity
QDFQuery Deserves Freshness
SCSupplementary Content
ZMOTZero Moment of Truth
HITSHyperlink-Induced Topic Search
LSILatent Semantic Indexing
PBNPrivate Blog Network

AI

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AcronymStands for…
AIArtificial Intelligence
IMSIntelligent Maintenance Systems
MLMachine Learning
NINatural Intelligence
MIMachine Intelligence
NLPNatural Language Processing
CNNConvolutional Neural Network
RNNRecurrent Neural Network
LSTMLong Short-term Memory
CTCConnectionist Temporal Classification
CVComputer Vision
HMDHead Mounted Displays
RLReinforcement Learning
NLNNNon-Learning Neural Networks
SRSpeech Recognition
M2MMachine to Machine
DSBSDual Sensor Brake Support
LNNLearning Neural Networks
NLUNatural Language Understanding
RPARobotic Process Automation
ANNArtificial Neural Network

Database

Explore abbreviations used in a database.

AcronymStands for…
SQLStructured Query Language
DQLData Query Language
DDLData Definition Language
DMLData Manipulation Language
RDSMSRelational Data Stream Management System
OLAPOnline Analytical Processing
OLTPOnline Transaction Processing
DRDADistributed Relational Database Architecture
4D QL4D Query Language
DMSDatabase Migration Service

Development

As a developer, you will come across many short words, and the following are an incomplete list.

AcronymStands for…
FIFOFirst In First Out
PHPHypertext Preprocessor
HTMLHypertext Markup Language
JSJavaScript
CSSCascading Style Sheets
SaaSSoftware-as-a-Service
APIApplication Programming Interface
XMLExtensible Markup Language
SOAPSimple Object Access Protocol
XHTMLExtensible Hypertext Markup Language
JSONJavaScript Object Notation
EOFEnd Of File
SDKSoftware Development Kit
ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
I/0Input & Output
WYSIWYGWhat You See Is What You Get
VCSVersion Control Systems
IDEIntegrated Development Environment
Java EEJava, Enterprise Edition
EOLEnd Of Life
XSDXML Schema Definition
VBSVisual Basic Script
RADRapid Application Development
JCEJava Cryptography Extension
JDKJava Development Kit

IT Security

Check out what are the abbreviations used in IT security for better understanding.

AcronymStands for…
IPSecInternet Protocol Security
SSEServer Side Encryption
SSLSecure Socket Layer
TLSTransport Layer Security
DOSDenial of Services
DDoSDistributed Denial Of Services
XSSCross-site Scripting
CSPContent Security Policy
CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery
SQLiSQL Injection
CBSPCloud-based Security Providers
ACLAccess Control List
AESAdvanced Encryption System
CORSCross-Origin Resource Sharing
IAMIdentity & Access Management
MFAMulti-Factor Authentication
WAFWeb Application Firewall
OWASPOpen Web Application Security Project
MITMMan in the Middle Attack
PCI DSSPayment Card Industry Data Security Standard
SAMLSecurity Assertion Markup Language
STSSecurity Token Service
FUDFully Undetectable
RATRemote Administration Tool
SESocial Engineering
SKidScript Kiddie
DNSSECDomain Name System Security Extensions
DKIMDomain Keys Identified Mail
DMARCDomain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance
SPFSender Policy Framework
CVSSCommon Vulnerability Scoring System
SASTStatic Application Security Testing
DASTDynamic Application Security Testing
WAPWeb Application Protection
RFIRemote File Inclusion
LFILocal File Inclusion
DTDirectory Traversal
PTPath Traversal
SCDSource Code Disclosure
OSCIOS Command Injection
CWECommon Weakness Enumeration
DSADigital Signature Algorithm
DESData Encryption Standard

Server/IT Infrastructure

AcronymStands for…
OSSOpen Source Software
FOSSFree and open-source software
OSOperating System
HAHigh Availability
BYODBring Your Own Device
PaaSPlatform-as-a-Service
DaaSDesktop-as-a-Service
VMVirtual Machine
KVMKernel-based Virtual Machine
ESXElastic Sky X
DRSDistributed Resource Scheduler
VSMVirtual Supervisor Module
QEMUQuick Emulator
SSDSolid-state Drive
IOPSInput/output Operations Per Second
ADFSActive Directory Federation Service
CLICommand Line Interface
CI/CDContinous Integration/Continous Deployment
iSCSIInternet Small Computer Storage Interface
SSHSecure Shell
MSTSCMicrosoft Terminal Service Client
MPPMassive Parallel Processing
NFSNetwork File System
RAIDRedundant Array of Independent Disk
RAMRandom-access Memory
SLAService Level Agreement
OLAOperational-level Agreement
SSOSingle Sign-On
VTLVirtual Tape Library
VDIVirtual Desktop Infrastructure
BIOSBasic Input Output System
DVDDigital Versatile Disc
PSUPower Supply Unit
ROMRead Only Memory
UPSUninterruptible Power Supply
DCData Center
GUIGraphical User Interface
TPUTensor Processing Unit
RISCReduced Instruction Set Computer
AUActivation Unit
ALUArithmetic Logic Units
AVXAdvanced Vector Extensions
P2VPhysical to Virtual
VXLANVirtual Extensible Local Area Network
VCSVeritas Cluster Server
HACHigh-availability Clusters
RUMReal-user Measurement
ERPEnterprise Resource Planning
BPOBusiness Process Outsourcing
BIBusiness Intelligence
ITInformation Technology
DWData Warehouse
WINSWindows Internet Name Service
WMIWindows Management Instrumentation
VGVolume Group
TTYTeletype
SFTPSSH File Transfer Protocol
SANStorage Area Network

Network/Internet

AcronymStands for…
DNSDomain Name System
HTTPHyperText Transport Protocol
HTTPSHyperText Transport Protocol Secure
CDNContent Delivery Network
LANLocal Area Network
WANWide Area Network
DHCPDynamic Host Configuration Protocol
TCPTransmission Control Protocol
IPInternet Protocol
WWWWorld Wide Web
IoTInternet Of Things
D2DDevice to Device
VPNVirtual Private Network
BGPBorder Gateway Protocol
VLANVirtual Local Area Network
DOMDocument Object Model
UDPUser Datagram Protocol
CIDRClassless Inter-Domain Routing
VIPVirtual IP
ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
LBLoad Balancer
SMTPSimple Mail Transfer Protocol
FTPFile Transfer Protocol
RDPRemote Desktop Protocol
MPLSMulti-Protocol Label Switching
NSName Server
NATNetwork Address Translation
SOAStart of Authority
TTLTime To Live
TPSTransaction Per Second
NDANondisclosure Agreement
APAccess Point
MACMedia Access Control
NICNetwork Interface Card
ISPInternet Service Provider
URLUniform Resource Locator
PDFPortable Document Format
TLDTop-level domain
RSSReally Simple Syndication
IFTTTIf This Then That
IEInternet Explorer
AFAIKAs far as I Know
CAN-SPAMControlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act
DMDirect Message
FBFacebook
PMPrivate Message
QoSQuality of Service
MIMEMultipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
POPPost Office Protocol
IMAPInternet Message Access Protocol
CNAMECanonical Name
MXMail Exchange
PPTPPoint-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
LLTLow Latency Transport
POP (CDN)Point Of Presence of CDN
ASNAutonomous System Number
SCM (Commerce)Supply Chain Management
WPANWireless Personal Area Network
WLANWireless Local Area Network
URIUniform Resource Identifier
TTFTrueType Font
NACKNegative ACKnowledgement
HARHTTP Archive
QUICQuick UDP Internet Connections

I hope the above list helps you.

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