# Acronyms.

ACL          Access Control List
AFAICS       As far as I can see
AFAIK        As far as I know
AFAIR        As far as I remember
AJAX         Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
AIM          AOL (America Online) Instant Messenger
AOL          America Online
API          Application Programming Interface
ASAP         As soon as possible
ASCII        American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP          Active Server Pages
BTW          By the way
CGI          Common Gateway Interface
CMS          Content Management System
CSS          Cascading Style Sheets
CVS          Concurrent Versions System
DBA          Database Administrator
DHCP         Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHTML        Dynamic HyperText Markup Language
DMCA         Digital Millenium Copyright Act
DNS          Domain Name System
DOM          Document Object Model
DTD          Document Type Definition
EOF          End of file
EOL          End of line
EOM          End of message
EOT          End of text
ESMTP        Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
FAQ          Frequently Asked Questions
FDL          GNU Free Documentation License
FTP          File Transfer Protocol
FOSS         Free & Open-Source Software
FLOSS        Free/Libre and Open Source Software
FUD          Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
GB           Gigabyte
GHz          Gigahertz
GIF          Graphics Interchange Format
GPL          GNU General Public License
GUI          Graphical User Interface
HTML         HyperText Markup Language
HTTP         Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
IANAL        I am not a lawyer (but)
ICANN        Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICQ          I seek you (Instant Messenger)
IE5          Internet Explorer 5
IE6          Internet Explorer 6
IE           Internet Explorer
IIRC         If I remember correctly
IIS          Internet Information Services
IMAP         Internet Message Access Protocol
IMHO         In my humble opinion
IMO          In my opinion
IOW          In other words
IRC          Internet Relay Chat
IRL          In real life
ISO          International Organization for Standardization
ISP          Internet Service Provider
JDK          Java Development Kit
JPEG         Joint Photographics Experts Group
JPG          Joint Photographics Experts Group
JS           JavaScript
KISS         Keep it simple stupid
LAN          Local Area Network
LDAP         Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LGPL         GNU Lesser General Public License
LOL          Laughing out loud
MathML       Mathematical Markup Language
MB           Megabyte
MHz          Megahertz
MIME         Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
MIT          Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MML          Mathematical Markup Language
MP3          Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3
MPEG         Moving Picture Experts Group
MSDN         Microsoft Developer Network
MS           Microsoft
MSIE         Microsoft Internet Explorer
NIS          Network Information Service
NS4.7        Netscape 4.7
NS4          Netscape 4
NS6          Netscape 6
NS7          Netscape 7
OMG          Oh my God
OPML         Outline Processor Markup Language
OS           Operating System
OSS          Open Source Software
OTOH         On the other hand
P2P          Peer to Peer
PDA          Personal Digital Assistant
PDF          Portable Document Format
Perl         Practical Extraction and Report Language
PERL         Practical Extraction and Report Language
PHP          Hypertext Preprocessor
PICS         Platform for Internet Content Selection
PIN          Personal Identification Number
PITA         Pain in the Ass
PNG          Portable Network Graphics
POP3         Post Office Protocol 3
POP          Post Office Protocol
QoS          Quality of Service
RAID         Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RDF          Resource Description Framework
RFC          Request for Comments
ROTFL        Rolling on the floor laughing
RPC          Remote Procedure Call
RSS          Rich Site Summary
RTFM         Read The Fine Manual
RTF          Rich Text File
SCSI         Small Computer System Interface
SDK          Software Development Kit
SGML         Standard General Markup Language
SMIL         Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SMTP         Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOAP         Simple Object Access Protocol
spec         specification
SQL          Structured Query Language
SSH          Secure Shell
SSI          Server Side Includes
SSL          Secure Sockets Layer
SVG          Scalable Vector Graphics
TIA          Thanks in advance
TIFF         Tagged Image File Format
TLD          Top Level Domain
TOC          Table of Contents
URI          Uniform Resource Identifier
URL          Uniform Resource Locator
URN          Uniform Resource Name
VBA          Visual Basic for Applications
VB           Visual Basic
W3C          World Wide Web Consortium
WAN          Wide Area Network
WAP          Wireless Access Protocol
WML          Wireless Markup Language
WTF?         What the f***
WWW          World Wide Web
WYSIWYG      What You See Is What You Get
XHTML        Extensible HyperText Markup Language
XML          Extensible Markup Language
XSD          XML (Extensible Markup Language) Schema Definition
XSL          Extensible Stylesheet Language
XSLT         Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
XUL          XML User Interface Language
YMMV         Your mileage may vary
