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Commonly used programming and IT abbreviations (Part 1).

AAC—Advanced Audio Coding ALGOL—Algorithmic Language AM—Amplitude Modulation ASCII—American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASP—Active Server Pages ASP—Application Service Provider ASR—Asynchronous Signal Routine API—Application Programming Interface ANSI—American National Standards Institute Bash—Bourne-again shell BASIC—Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Byte—By eight (group of 8 bits) BIOS—Basic Input Output System CAPTCHA—Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart CDMA—Code Division Multiple Access CDN—Content Delivery Network CGI—Common Gateway Interface COBOL—Common Business-Oriented Language CMOS—Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor CMS—Content Management System CSRF—Cross-Site Request Forgery CSS—Cascading Style Sheets CSV—Comma-Separated Values CRUD—Create, Read, Update and Delete CPU—Central Processing Unit DAL—Database Abstraction Layer DBMS—Database Management System DHCP—Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHTML—Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language dev—development EFI—Extensible Firmware Interface EDGE— Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution ECMA—European Computer Manufacturers Association EXT—EXTended file system FAT—File Allocation Table FAQ—Frequently Asked Questions FTP—File Transfer Protocol FOSS—Free and Open Source Software GPL—General Public License GUI—Graphical User Interface GPU—Graphics Processing Unit HDD—Hard Disk Drive HDMI—High-Definition Multimedia Interface HTML—Hypertext Markup Language HTTP—Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTPd—Hypertext Transport Protocol Daemon HTTPS—HTTP Secure IBM—International Business Machines ICP—Internet Cache Protocol Continuation here... https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/311939/commonly-used-programming-and-it-abbreviations-part-2

12th Apr 2017, 12:05 PM
Wisdom Abioye
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you forgot FM : Frequency Modulation DNS : Domain Naming System PNG : Portable Network Graphics GIF : Graphics Interchange Format TAF/TAFF: Tagged Image File Format MPEG(MP3) : Motion Picture Expert Group Layer III PCX : Personal Computer Exchange
12th Apr 2017, 2:12 PM
Ajay Agrawal
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very useful info. man 👍
12th Apr 2017, 12:18 PM
Ajay Agrawal
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Nice Collection! I don't know the full form of CAPTCHA till now.
12th Apr 2017, 10:59 AM
Krishna Teja Yeluripati
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@Vikash & Nicolas, added!
12th Apr 2017, 12:06 PM
Wisdom Abioye
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well done this is a good post for a beginner.I am beginner here, expecting more and explanation also.
12th Apr 2017, 4:19 PM
I Am
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just curious what is the connection between cdma and programming?
12th Apr 2017, 4:40 PM
Agus Mei
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Very Nice .👏👏👏👏👏
12th Apr 2017, 12:30 PM
Style Jr.
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GPU: Graphical Processing Unit GUI : Graphical User Interface XML : eXtensible Markup Language
12th Apr 2017, 3:52 PM
JRE
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Wow, It helped me understand what others are talking about :D
12th Apr 2017, 11:00 AM
MrCoder
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Also add ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
12th Apr 2017, 11:08 AM
Vikas Sharma
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LOL TFS (thanks for sharing) Now seriously: B2B - Business to business B2C - Business to consumer P2P - Peer to peer W3 - World wide web IT - Information Technology
12th Apr 2017, 11:53 AM
Álvaro
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Could you add : GPU, GUI please ?
12th Apr 2017, 11:57 AM
Nicolas Bonnet
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A great work!
14th Apr 2017, 6:28 AM
Femyk
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nice
12th Apr 2017, 12:04 PM
Cole Reizenberg
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this is nice!!
12th Apr 2017, 3:14 PM
LegendaryCashlee
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gui -graphical user interface
13th Apr 2017, 7:41 AM
Kunal rameshwar Waghmare
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gpu -graphics processing unit
13th Apr 2017, 7:42 AM
Kunal rameshwar Waghmare
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dear tell me how to learn loop flow of else condition how to learn patter n making in easy way.
20th Jun 2017, 12:40 PM
suraj kumar
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