Internet and Web related acronyms with descriptors

  • 3G – 3rd generation of cellular data; 
  • 4G – 4rd generation of cellular data;
  • AI - Adobe Illustrator (file format);
  • AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML;
  • ASP - Active Server Pages or Application Service Provider;
  • AUP - Acceptable Use Policy;
  • BCC - Blind Carbon Copy;
  • CC – Carbon Copy;
  • CDN - Content Delivery Network;
  • CIFS - Common Internet File System;
  • CMS - Content Management System;
  • CPA - Cost Per Action;
  • CPC - Cost Per Click;
  • CPL - Cost Per Lead;
  • CPM - Cost Per 1,000 Impressions;
  • CRM - Customer Relationship Management;
  • CSS - Cascading Style Sheets;
  • CTR - Click-Through Rate;
  • DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol;
  • DHTML (old) - Dynamic HTML;
  • DOM - Document Object Model;
  • DNS - Domain Name System;
  • ECMAScript - European Computer Manufacturers Association;
  • EDI - Electronic Data Interchange;
  • FiOS - Fiber Optic Service;
  • FTP - File Transfer Protocol;
  • HSL - Hue Saturation Lightness;
  • HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language;
  • HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol;
  • HTTPS - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secured;
  • GIF - Graphics Interchange Format (file format);
  • ICANN - Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers;
  • ICF - Internet Connection Firewall;
  • ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol;
  • ICQ – “I Seek You”;
  • ICS - Internet Connection Sharing;
  • ICT - Information and Communication Technologies;
  • IIS - Internet Information Services;
  • IM – Instant Message;
  • InterNIC - Internet Network Information Center;
  • IP - Internet Protocol;
  • IPv4 - Internet Protocol – 32 bit format;
  • IPv6 - Internet Protocol – 128 bit format;
  • IRC - Internet Relay Chat;
  • iSCSI - Internet Small Computer Systems Interface;
  • ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network;
  • ISO - International Organization for Standards;
  • ISP - Internet Service Provider;
  • JPG - Joint Photographic Experts Group (file format);
  • JS – JavaScript;
  • JSF - JavaServer Faces;
  • JSP - JavaServer Page;
  • LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (common server configuration);
  • LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol;
  • NAT - Network Address Translation;
  • NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol;
  • NOC - Network Operations Center;
  • NSP - Network Service Provider;
  • OOP - Object Oriented Programming;
  • OSPF - Open Shortest Path First;
  • P2P – Peer-To-Peer (communication);
  • PIM - Personal Information Manager;
  • PHP - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor;
  • PNG - Portable Networks Graphics (file format);
  • PON - Passive Optical Network;
  • POP3 - Post Office Protocol;
  • PPC - Pay Per Click;
  • PPL - Pay Per Lead;
  • PPP - Point to Point Protocol;
  • PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet;
  • PPS - Pay Per Sale;
  • PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol;
  • PSD - Photoshop Document (file format);
  • RADCAB – Relevancy-Appropriateness-Detail-Currency-Authority-Bias;
  • RDF - Resource Description Framework;
  • RGB - Red Green Blue;
  • RoR - Ruby on Rails;
  • RPM - Revenue Per 1,000 Impressions;
  • RSS - Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary;
  • SaaS - Software as a Service;
  • SDSL - Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line;
  • SEO - Search Engine Optimization;
  • SERP - Search Engine Results Page;
  • SIP - Session Initiation Protocol;
  • SMM - Social Media Marketing;
  • SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol;
  • SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol;
  • SQL - Structured Query Language;
  • SSH - Secure Shell;
  • SSL - Secure Sockets Layer;
  • T1 – digital data transfer at 1.544 megabits per second;
  • T3 – digital data transfer at 44.736 megabits per second;
  • TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol;
  • TTL - Time To Live (in Internet world);
  • UDP - User Datagram Protocol;
  • UGC - User Generated Content;
  • UI - User Interface;
  • UX - User Experience;
  • URI - Uniform Resource Identifier;
  • URL - Uniform Resource Locator (or Universal Resource Locator);
  • URN - Uniform Resource Name;
  • VCI - Virtual Channel Identifier;
  • VDSL - Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line;
  • VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol;
  • VPI - Virtual Path Identifier;
  • VPN - Virtual Private Network;
  • XHTML - eXtensible HyperText Markup Language;
  • XML - eXtensible Markup Language;
  • XSS - Cross Site Scripting;
  • W3C - World Wide Web Consortium;
  • WAIS - Wide Area Information Server;
  • WAMP - Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP;
  • WAN - Wide Area Network;
  • WHOIS - Internet service for domain names or IP addresses info;
  • WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get;
  • WWW - World Wide Web;
  • WINS - Windows Internet Name Service.