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This is a list of abbreviations and terms that I use on my site. Some appear often, some make only a single appearance. I try to add new ones to the list as I use them, but I might forget to. Your best bet then is to use the Acronym Finder.

The list

A

ABNF
Augmented Backus-Naur Form
AI
Artificial Intelligence
a.k.a.
Also Known As
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATM
Automated Teller Machine

B

BNF
Backus-Naur Form

C

CD
Compact Disc
CERN
Conseil European pour la Recherché Nucleaire
CG
Computer Graphics
CGI
Computer-Generated Imagery
CO
Company
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRT
Cathode Ray Tube
CSS
Cascading Style Sheet

D

DDR
Double Data Rate
DIMM
Dual In-line Memory Module
DOOP
Democratic Order Of Planets (Futurama)
DTD
Document Type Declaration or Document Type Definition, depending on context.
DX
Deus Ex (computer game)
DX:IW
Deus Ex: Invisible War (computer game)

E

EBNF
Extended Backus-Naur Form
E.G.
Exempli Gratia (Latin: For Example)
EMP
Electromagnetic Pulse
ETC
Et Cetera (Latin: And So Forth)
Even
Pronounced 'Eh-venn' not 'Ee-venn', this is a person, more precisely one of my friends. Always with a capital E.

F

FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FIR
Fahrner Image Replacement
FPS
First Person Shooter or Frames Per Second, depending on context.
FSB
Front-Side Bus

G

GB
Gigabyte
GHz
Gigahertz
GIF
Graphic Interchange Format (image format)

H

HL:BS
Half-Life: Blue Shift (computer game)
HL:OpFor
Half-Life: Opposing Force (computer game)
HL
Half-Life (computer game)
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

I

I.E.
Id Est (Latin: That Is)
IE
Internet Explorer
IRC
Internet Relay Chat
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISP
Internet Service Provider
IT
Information Technology

L

LAN
Local Area Network
LHC
Large Hadron Collider
LIR
Leahy/Langridge Image Replacement
LotR: BfME
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth

M

MathML
Mathematical Markup Language
MP
Max Payne (computer game)
MB
Megabyte
MHz
Megahertz
MiB
Men In Black
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
ML
Markup Language
MNG
Multiple-image Network Graphics
MS
Microsoft
MSIE
Microsoft Internet Explorer
MSN
Microsoft Network

N

N64
Nintendo 64
NaI
New and Improved
NASA
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NOLF
No One Lives Forever (computer game)
NOK
Norwegian Kroner
NPC
Non-Player Character
NSA
National Security Agency (US government)
NSF
National Secessionist Forces (Deus Ex)

P

PC
Personal Computer
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PE
Physical Education
PDF
Portable Document Format
PHP
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PNG
Portable Network Graphics (image format)
PS
Post Scriptum (Latin: Post Script)

R

RAM
Random-Access Memory
RDF
Resource Description Framework
RFC
Request For Comment
rgb
Red-Green-Blue (color model)
ROM
Read-Only Memory
RSS
RDF (Resource Description Framework) Site Summary
RTFM
Read The Fucking Manual

S

SDRAM
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
SNES
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
SP
Service Pack
SSI
Server Side Include

T

TV
Television

U

UA
User Agent
UAAG
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
U.S.
United States
U.S.A.
United States of America
USD
United States Dollar
UTF
Unicode Transformation Format

W

W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WAI
Web Accessibility Initiative
WASP
The Web Standards Project
WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
WWW
World Wide Web
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get

X

XHTML
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XSL
Extensible Stylesheet Language
XSLT
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations