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