# Acronym

Acronym is an abbreviation of a multi-word term formed usually by appending the starting letters of each word to create a new, unique and hopefully funny word.

Here is a list of some acronyms (and similar kinds of abbreviations and/or pseudoacronyms):

- **0D** (zero dimensional)
- **1D** (one dimensional)
- **2D** (two dimensional)
- **2.5D** (two and a half dimensional)
- **3D** (three dimensional)
- **3DS** (three dimensional dual screen)
- **4D** (four dimensional)
- **5G** (fifth generation)
- **A** (ampere)
- **AA** (anti aliasing)
- **AABB** (axis aligned bounding box)
- **AC** (alternating current, air conditioning)
- **ACID** (atomicity consistency isolation durability)
- **ACK** (acknowledgement)
- **AD** (anno domini)
- **ADC** (analog digital converter)
- **ADD** (attention deficit disorder)
- **ADHD** (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
- **ADSL** (asymmetric digital subscriber line)
- **ADT** (abstract data type)
- **AF** (as fuck)
- **AFAIK** (as far as I know)
- **AFK** (away from keyboard)
- **AFPS** (arena FPS)
- **AFK** (away from keyboard)
- **AGPL** (Affero GPL)
- **AI** (artificial intelligence)
- **AIDS** (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
- **AJAX** (asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
- **AK47** (Avtomat Kalashnikova 47)
- **AKA** (also known as)
- **ALAP** (as late as possible)
- **ALGOL** (algorithmic language)
- **ALSA** (advanced Linux sound architecture)
- **ALU** (arithmetic logic unit)
- **AM** (amplitude modulation, ante meridiem)
- **AMA** (ask me anything)
- **AMD** (advanced micro devices)
- **ANAL** (armas nucleares en America Latina)
- **ANCAP** (anarcho capitalist)
- **ANCOM** (anarcho communist)
- **ANPAC** (anarcho pacifist)
- **ANSI** (American national standards institute)
- **AO** (ambient occlusion)
- **API** (application programming interface)
- **APM** (actions per minute)
- **ARM** (advanced RISC machines)
- **ARPANET** (advanced research projects agency network)
- **ASAP** (as soon as possible)
- **ASCII** (American standard code for information interchange)
- **ASIC** (application specific integrated circuit)
- **ASM** (assembly)
- **ASMR** (auto-synchronous meridian response)
- **ASS** (automatic system security, assert)
- **AT&T** (american telephone and telegraph company)
- **ATM** (at the moment, automated teller machine, ass to mouth)
- **ATOI** (ASCII to integer)
- **AVI** (audio video interleave)
- **AVPD** (avoidant personality disorder)
- **AVR** (Alf and Vegard's RISC)
- **AWK** (Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan)
- **B** (byte, bit, bye)
- **B4** (before)
- **BA** (bachelor of arts)
- **BAI** (bienvenido a internet)
- **BASH** (bourne again shell)
- **BASIC** (beginner's all purpose symbolic instruction code)
- **BB** (baby, bye bye, be back)
- **BBC** (big black cock)
- **BBL** (be back later)
- **BBS** (bulletin board system, big black shit)
- **BBW** (big beautiful woman)
- **BC** (bytecode, before Christ, basic calculator)
- **BCD** (binary coded decimal)
- **BCE** (before common era)
- **BDFL** (benevolent dictator for life)
- **BDSM** (bondage domination sadism masochism)
- **BEQ** (branch if equal)
- **BF** (brainfuck, boyfriend)
- **BFF** (best friends forever)
- **BFG** (big fucking gun)
- **BG** (background, bad game)
- **BGR** (blue green red)
- **BIOS** (basic input/output system)
- **BITCH** (babe In total control of herself)
- **BJ** (blow job)
- **BJT** (bipolar junction transistor)
- **BLM** (black lives matter)
- **BM** (bad manners)
- **BNE** (branch if not equal)
- **BNF** (Backus-Naur form)
- **BPM** (beats per minute)
- **BPP** (bits per pixel)
- **BPS** (bits per second)
- **BRB** (be right back)
- **BS** (bullshit)
- **BSC** (bachelor of science)
- **BSD** (Berkeley software distribution)
- **BSOD** (blue screen of death)
- **BTC** (Bitcoin)
- **BTFO** (blown the fuck out)
- **BTS** (behind the scenes)
- **BTW** (by the way)
- **BYOB** (bring your own bottle/booze/beer/...)
- **C** (Celsius)
- **C64** (Commodore 64)
- **CAD** (computer aided design)
- **CAPTCHA** (completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart)
- **CC0** (creative commons zero)
- **CC** (creative commons, C compiler)
- **CC0** (creative commons zero)
- **CCD** (charge coupled device)
- **CC BY** (creative commons attribution)
- **CC BY-NC** (creative commons attribution sharealike non-commercial)
- **CC BY-ND** (creative commons attribution sharealike non-commercial no derivatives)
- **CC BY-SA** (creative commons attribution sharealike)
- **CC BY-NV** (creative commons attribution no value)
- **CCRL** (computer chess rating list)
- **CD** (compact disc, change directory)
- **CDN** (content delivery network)
- **CE** (comon era)
- **CEO** (chief executive officer)
- **CERN** (organisation europeenne pour la recherche nucleaire)
- **CET** (central European time)
- **CG** (computer graphics)
- **CGI** (computer generated imagery)
- **CIA** (central intelligence agency)
- **CIDE** (collaborative international dictionary of English)
- **CEFR** (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
- **CISC** (complex instruction set computer)
- **CLI** (command line interface)
- **CLK** (clock)
- **CM** (centimetre, candidate master)
- **CMOS** (complementary metal oxide semiconductor)
- **CMS** (content management system)
- **CMYK** (cyan magenta yellow key)
- **CNC** (computer numerical control)
- **COBOL** (common business-oriented language)
- **COC** (code of conduct, code of censorship)
- **COLLADA** (collaborative design activity)
- **COMPSCI** (computer science)
- **CP** (child porn, copy, checkpoint)
- **CPI** (cycles per instruction)
- **CPP** (C++)
- **CPU** (central processing unit)
- **CR** (carriage return)
- **CRAP** (can't realize a profit)
- **CRC** (cyclic redundancy check, critical race theory)
- **CRT** (cathode ray tube)
- **CS** (computer science, counter strike)
- **CSAM** (child sexual abusive material)
- **CSFML** (C SFML)
- **CT** (computed tomography)
- **CSG** (constructive solid geometry)
- **CSH** (C shell)
- **CSS** (cascading style sheet)
- **CST** (central standard time)
- **CSV** (comma separated values)
- **CTF** (capture the flag)
- **CTO** (chief technology officer)
- **CTWM** (Claude's tab window manager)
- **CUM** (cubic meter)
- **CURL** (curl URL request library)
- **CU** (see you)
- **CV** (curriculum vitae)
- **CWM** (calm window manager)
- **CZ** (Citizendium)
- **D** (day, dick)
- **D3D** (Direct3D)
- **DAC** (digital analog converter)
- **DARCS** (darcs advanced revision control system)
- **DAW**(digital audio workstation)
- **DB** (database)
- **DC** (direct current)
- **DCT** (discrete cosine transform)
- **DD** (data definition)
- **DDA** (digital differential analyzer)
- **DDOS** (distributed denial of service)
- **DDR** (double data rate)
- **DE** (desktop environment)
- **DFT** (discrete Fourier transform)
- **DHCP** (dynamic host configuration protocol)
- **DIY** (do it yourself, don't injure yourself)
- **DK** (Donkey Kong)
- **DL** (download)
- **DLC** (downloadable content)
- **DLL** (dynamic link library)
- **DM** (deathmatch, decimetre, direct message)
- **DMA** (direct memory access)
- **DMCA** (digital millennium copyright act)
- **DNA** (deoxyribonucleic acid)
- **DND** (dungeons & dragons, do not disturb)
- **DNS** (domain name system)
- **DOA** (dead on arrival)
- **DOF** (degrees of freedom)
- **DOM** (document object model)
- **DOS** (disk operating system, denial of service)
- **DOTA** (defense of the ancients)
- **DOTADIW** (do one thing and do it well)
- **DPI** (dots per inch)
- **DPRK** (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
- **DRAM** (dynamic RAM)
- **DR** (doctor)
- **DRM** (digital restrictions management)
- **DRY** (don't repeat yourself)
- **DSL** (digital subscriber line)
- **DSP** (digital signal processor)
- **DTFT** (discrete time Fourier transform)
- **DUI** (driving under influence)
- **DVD** (digital versatile disc)
- **DVI** (device independent file format)
- **DW** (don't worry)
- **DWM** (dynamic window manager)
- **DWT** (discrete wavelet transform)
- **E** (electronic, electric)
- **EA** (Electronic "Arts")
- **ED** (Enyclopedia Dramatica, erectile dysfunction)
- **EEE** (embrace, extend, extinguish/exterminate)
- **EEPROM** (electronically erasable programmable ROM)
- **EG** (exempli gratia)
- **ELI5** (explain like I'm 5)
- **ELF** (executable and linkable format, extensible linking format)
- **EMACS** (editing macros, eight megabytes and constantly swapping)
- **ENIAC** (electronic numerical integrator and computer)
- **EOF** (end of file)
- **EOL** (end of line, end of life)
- **EPS** (encapsulated postscript)
- **EPUB** (electronic publication)
- **EQ** (emotional quotient, equals)
- **ERP** (erotic role play)
- **ESP** (Espressif systems)
- **ESR** (Erik Steven Raymond)
- **ESS** (evolutionarily stable strategy)
- **EST** (eastern standard time)
- **ET** (extra terrestrial)
- **ETA** (estimated time of arrival)
- **ETC** (et cetera)
- **ETLETM** (easy to learn, easy to master)
- **ETLHTM** (easy to learn, hard to master)
- **EU** (European union)
- **EULA** (end user license agreement)
- **EZ** (easy)
- **F2P** (free to play)
- **FAG** (fuerza aerea Guatemalteca)
- **FAP** (fuerza aerea del Peru, fair access policy, free address pool)
- **FAT** (file allocation table)
- **FAQ** (frequently asked questions)
- **FB** (Facebook)
- **FBI** (federal bureau of investigation)
- **FE** (frontend)
- **FEMCEL** (female celibate)
- **FEN** (Forsyth–Edwards notation)
- **FET** (field effect transistor)
- **FFA** (free for all)
- **FFMPEG** (fast forward MPEG)
- **FFS** (for fuck's sake)
- **FFT** (fast Fourier transform)
- **FGTS** (alternative spelling of LGBT)
- **FIDE** (Federation Internationale des Echecs)
- **FIFA** (Federation Internationale de Football Association)
- **FIFO** (first in first out)
- **FILO** (first in last out)
- **[FIR](fir.mf)** (finite impulse response)
- **FLAC** (free lossless audio codec)
- **FLOPS** (floating point operations per second)
- **FLOSS** (free libre open source software)
- **FM** (frequency modulation)
- **FML** (fuck my life)
- **FOMO** (fear of missing out)
- **FORTRAN** (formula translation)
- **FOSH** (free and open source hardware)
- **FOSS** (free and open source software)
- **[FOV](fov.mf)** (field of view)
- **FP** (floating point)
- **FPGA** (field programmable gate array)
- **FPS** (frames per second, first "person" shooter)
- **FPU** (floating point unit)
- **FQA** (frequently questioned answers)
- **FS** (file system, free software)
- **FR** (for real)
- **FS** (Fourier series)
- **FSF** (free software foundation)
- **FSFE** (FSF Europe)
- **FSFLA** (FSF Latin America)
- **FSM** (finite state automaton)
- **FT** (Fourier transform)
- **FTFY** (fixed that for you)
- **FTL** (faster than light)
- **FTM** (female to male)
- **FTP** (file transfer protocol)
- **FU** (fuck you)
- **FW** (firewall)
- **FXAA** (full screen anti aliasing)
- **FYI** (for your information)
- **G** (gram)
- **GB** (gigabyte/gigabit, GameBoy, Gamebuino, Great Britain)
- **GBA** (GameBoy Advance)
- **GBC** (GameBoy Color)
- **GBPS** (GB per second)
- **GCC** (GNU compiler collection)
- **GDB** (GNU debugger)
- **GDP** (gross domestic product)
- **GDPR** (general data protection regulation)
- **GEGE** (good enough game engine)
- **GEQ** (greater than or equal to)
- **GF** (girlfriend)
- **GFDL** (GNU free documentation license)
- **GG** (good game)
- **GH** (GitHub)
- **GI** (global illumination)
- **GIB** (gibibyte)
- **GID** (group ID)
- **GIF** (graphics interchange format)
- **GIGO** (garbage in garbage out)
- **GIMP** (GNU image manipulation program)
- **GIT** (global information tracker, goddamn idiotic truckload of shit)
- **GL** (good luck)
- **GLM** (OpenGL math)
- **GLSL** (OpenGL shading language)
- **GLUT** (OpenGL utility toolkit)
- **GM** (game master, grandmaster)
- **GMO** (genetically modified organism)
- **GN** (good night)
- **GNAA** (Gay Nigger Association of America)
- **GNE** (GNE's not encyclopedia)
- **GNOME** (GNU network object model environment)
- **GNG** (GNG's Not GNU)
- **GNU** (GNU's Not Unix)
- **GOAT** (greatest of all time)
- **GOG** (good old games)
- **GPG** (GNU privacy guard)
- **GPGPU** (general purpose GPU)
- **GPIO** (general purpose I/O)
- **GPL** (GNU General Public License)
- **GPLv2** (GPL version 2)
- **GPLv3** (GPL version 3)
- **GPS** (global positioning system)
- **GPT** (generative pretrained transformer)
- **GPU** (graphics processing unit)
- **GR8** (great)
- **GREP** (global regular expression print)
- **GRUB** (grand unified boot loader)
- **GSM** (global system for mobile communication)
- **GTA** (Grand Theft Auto)
- **GTFO** (get the fuck out)
- **GTK+** (GIMP toolking)
- **GTG** (gotta go)
- **GUI** (graphical user interface)
- **GW** (gigawatt)
- **H** (hour, Henry)
- **H8** (hate)
- **HAL** (heuristically programmed algorithmic computer)
- **HC** (hardcore)
- **HCF** (halt and catch fire)
- **HD** (high definition)
- **HDD** (hard disc drive)
- **HDMI** (HD multimedia interface)
- **HF** (have fun)
- **HIRD** (HURD of interfaces representing depth)
- **HIV** (human immunodeficiency virus)
- **HL** (Half Life)
- **HLSL** (high level shading language)
- **HP** (Hewlett Packard, Harry Potter, hit points)
- **HR** (human resources)
- **HSL** (hue saturation lightness)
- **HSV** (hue saturation value)
- **HTLETM** (hard to learn, easy to master)
- **HTLHTM** (hard to learn, hard to master)
- **HTML** (hypertext markup language)
- **HTTP** (hypertext transfer protocol)
- **HTTPS** (HTTP secure, HTTP shit)
- **HUD** (head up display)
- **HURD** (HIRD of Unix replacing demons)
- **HW** (hardware)
- **HQ** (high quality, headquarters)
- **HYS** (hang yourself)
- **HZ** (hertz)
- **I** (input)
- **IANA** (internet assigned number authority)
- **IANAL** (I am not a lawyer)
- **IB** (imageboard)
- **IBM** (international business machines)
- **ICAAN** (Internet corporation for assigned names and numbers)
- **ICMP** (internet control message protocol)
- **ICQ** (I seek you)
- **ICT** (information and communication technology)
- **ICU** (intensive care unit)
- **IDC** (I don't care)
- **IDE** (integrated development environment)
- **IDK** (I don't know)
- **IE** (Internet Explorer, id est)
- **IED** (improvised explosive device)
- **IEEE** (institute for electrical and electronic
- **IFT** (inverse Fourier transform)
- **IIR** (infinite impulse response)
- **IIRC** (if I recall correctly)
- **IKR** (I know, right?)
- **IM** (instant messaging, international master)
- **IMAP** (internet message access protocol)
- **IMHO** (in my honest opinion)
- **IMO** (in my opinion)
- **INB4** (in before)
- **INCEL** (involuntary celibate, internet celebrity)
- **INRI** (Iesus nazarenus rex iudaeorum)
- **IO** (input/output)
- **IOCCC** (international obfuscated C code contest)
- **IOT** (internet of things)
- **IP** (internet protocol, intellectual property)
- **IPS** (instructions per second)
- **IPV4** (IP version 4)
- **IPV6** (IP version 6)
- **IQ** (intelligence quotient)
- **IR** (infrared)
- **IRC** (internet relay chat)
- **IRL** (in real life)
- **ISA** (instruction set architecture)
- **ISIS** (Islamic state of Iraq and Syria)
- **ISO** (international organization for standardization)
- **ISP** (internet service provider)
- **ISS** (international space station)
- **IS** (information system)
- **IT** (information technology)
- **ITT** (in this thread)
- **J** (Joule)
- **J2ME** (Java 2 micro edition)
- **J2SE** (Java 2 standard edition)
- **JACK** (JACK audio connection kit)
- **JB** (jailbait)
- **JDK** (Java development kit)
- **JE** (jump if equal)
- **JIT** (just in time)
- **JK** (just kidding)
- **JNE** (jump if not equal)
- **JNZ** (jump if not zero)
- **JPEG/JPG** (joint photographic expert group)
- **JRE** (Java runtime environment)
- **JS** (JavaScript)
- **JSON** (JavaScript object notation)
- **K** (Kelvin, OK)
- **K&R** (Kernighan and Ritchie)
- **KB** (kilobyte/kilobit)
- **KBPS** (KB per second)
- **KCAL** (kilocalorie)
- **KDE** (K/Kool desktop environment)
- **KEK** (a meme version of LOL coming from World Of Warcraft)
- **KFC** (Kentucky fried chicken)
- **KG** (kilogram)
- **KHZ** (kilohertz)
- **KIB** (kibibyte)
- **KILL** (keep it Linux loser)
- **KISS** (keep it simple stupid)
- **KISP** (keep it simple perfect)
- **KISR** (keep it simple retard)
- **KJ** (kilojoule)
- **KKK** (ku klux klan)
- **KLOC** (kilo LOC)
- **KM** (kilometre)
- **KMPH** (kilometres per hour)
- **KMS** (kill myself)
- **KW** (kilowatt)
- **KYS** (kill yourself)
- **L0** (layer zero)
- **L1** (layer one)
- ...
- **L2P** (learn to play)
- **L8** (late)
- **LA** (Los Angeles)
- **LAMP** (linux apache mysql php)
- **LARP** (live action role play)
- **LASER** (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation)
- **LAME** (LAME ain't MP3 encoder)
- **LAN** (local area network)
- **LCD** (liquid crystal display)
- **LD** (low definition)
- **LED** (light emitting diode)
- **LEQ** (less than or equal to)
- **LER** (light emitting resistor)
- **LERP** (linear interpolation)
- **LGBT** (lesbian gay bisexual trans)
- **LGBTQ** (lesbian gay bisexual trans queer)
- **LGPL** (lesser GPL)
- **LGW** (libre game wiki)
- **LIDAR** (light detection and ranging)
- **LIFO** (last in first out)
- **LILO** (last in last out)
- **LISP** (list processing)
- **LLM** (large language model)
- **LLVM** (low level virtual machine)
- **LMAO** (laughing my ass off)
- **LMB** (left mouse button)
- **LMFAO** (laughing my fucking ass off)
- **LOC** (lines of code)
- **LOG** (Legend of Grimrock)
- **LOL** (laughing out loud, "League of Legends")
- **LOTR** (Lord of the Rings)
- **[LP](lp.lp)** (Linkin Park, linear prediction)
- **LQ** (low quality)
- **LRS** (less retarded software/society)
- **LRW** (less retarded wiki)
- **LSB** (least significant bit)
- **LSD** (lysergic acid diethylamide, Lucy in the sky with diamonds)
- **LUT** (lookup table)
- **LXDE** (lightweight X11 desktop environment)
- **LY** (light year)
- **LZMA** (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain algorithm)
- **M** (metre, minute, month)
- **M8** (mate)
- **MA** (master of arts)
- **MB** (megabit, megabyte)
- **MAC** (medium access control)
- **MATE** (MATE advanced traditional environment)
- **MBA** (master of business administration)
- **MBPS** (MB per second)
- **MBR** (master boot record)
- **MC** (Minecraft)
- **MCU** (microcontroller unit)
- **MD** (markdown, medical doctor)
- **MD5** (message digest 5)
- **ME** (management engine)
- **MFW** (my face when)
- **MGTOW** (men going their own way)
- **MHZ** (megahertz)
- **MIB** (mebibyte, men in black)
- **MIDI** (musical instrument digital interface)
- **MILF** (mom I'd like to fuck)
- **MIME** (multipurpose internet mail extension)
- **MIP** (multum in parvo)
- **MIPS** (millions of instructions per second)
- **MIT** (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- **MM** (millimetre)
- **MMC** (multimedia card)
- **MMF** (male, male, female)
- **MMO** (massively multiplayer online)
- **MMORPG** (MMO RPG)
- **MMR** (matchmaking ranking)
- **MMS** (multimedia messaging service)
- **MMU** (memory management unit)
- **MMX** (multimedia extension)
- **MOBA** (multiplayer online battle arena)
- **MOSFET** (metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor)
- **MOTD** (message of the day)
- **MP** (multiplayer, mana points)
- **MP3** (MPEG audio layer 3)
- **MPEG** (motion pictures experts group)
- **MPH** (miles per hour)
- **MPS** (meters per second)
- **MR** (merge request, mister)
- **MS/M$** (Micro$oft, millisecond)
- **MSB** (most significant bit)
- **MSC** (master of science)
- **MSG** (message)
- **MTF** (male to female)
- **MUD** (multi user dungeon)
- **MW** (megawatt)
- **N** (no, Newton, nigger)
- **N1** (nice one)
- **N64** (Nintendo 64)
- **NAN** (not a number)
- **NASA** (national aeronautic and space administration)
- **NAT** (network address translation)
- **NATO** (north Atlantic treaty organization)
- **NC** (non commercial)
- **NDA** (non-disclosure agreement)
- **NDS** (Nintendo Dual Screen)
- **NEET** (not in education, employment or training)
- **NEQ** (not equal to)
- **NES** (Nintendo Entertainment System)
- **NFT** (non-fungible token)
- **NGL** (not gonna lie)
- **NHL** (national hockey league)
- **NIGGER** (nature is great, go enjoy reality)
- **NN** (neural network)
- **NOP** (no operation)
- **NP** (nondeterministic polynomial, no problem)
- **NPC** (non-player character)
- **NPM** (NPM is not an acronym)
- **NPOV** (neutral point of view)
- **NSA** (national security agency)
- **NSDAP** (nationalsozialistische Deutsche arbeiterpartei)
- **NSFW** (not safe for work)
- **NSFL** (not safe for life)
- **NTFS** (NT file system)
- **NVM** (never mind)
- **NY** (New York)
- **O** (outputs)
- **OA** (Open Arena)
- **OBSD** (OpenBSD)
- **OC** (original creation)
- **OCD** (obsessive compulsive disorder)
- **OCR** (optical character recognition)
- **ODT** (open document text)
- **OEIS** (online encyclopedia of integer sequences)
- **OEM** (original equipment manufacturers)
- **OF** (overflow)
- **OG** (original gangster)
- **OGA** (opengameart)
- **OGL** (OpenGL)
- **OISC** (one instruction set computer)
- **OLED** (organic light emitting diode)
- **OMG** (oh my god)
- **OMW** (on my way, OpenMW)
- **OO** (object oriented, object obsessed, object obfuscated)
- **OOB** (out of boundaries)
- **OOP** (object oriented/obsessed programming)
- **OP** (original poster, original post, overpowered)
- **OS** (operating system, open source)
- **OSG** (open scene graph)
- **OSI** (open source initiative)
- **OSS** (open source software, open sound system)
- **OSINT** (open source intelligence)
- **OTB** (over the board)
- **OTF** (opentype font)
- **P2P** (peer to peer)
- **PB** (petabyte, petabit, personal best)
- **PBR** (physically based rendering)
- **PC** (personal computer, political correctness, player character, program counter)
- **PCB** (printed circuit board)
- **PCI** (peripheral component interconnect)
- **PCM** (pulse code modulation)
- **PD** (public domain, personality disorder)
- **PDA** (personal digital assistant)
- **PDF** (portable document format)
- **PDP** (programmed data processor)
- **PENIS** (project ENIS, proton-enhanced nuclear induction spectroscopy)
- **PET** (positron emission tomography)
- **PETA** (people for the ethical treatment of animals, people eating tasty animals)
- **PGM** (portable graymap)
- **PGN** (portable game notation)
- **PGP** (pretty good privacy)
- **PHD** (doctor of philosophy)
- **PHP** (personal home page, PHP: hypertext preprocessor)
- **PID** (process ID)
- **PIN** (personal identification number)
- **PIP** (PIP installs packages)
- **PITA** (pain in the ass)
- **PM** (private message, post meridiem, Perl module)
- **PMS** (premenstrual syndrome)
- **PNG** (portable network graphics, PNG's not GIF)
- **POKEMON** (pocket monsters)
- **POO** (programacion orientada a objetos)
- **POOP** (post/pseudo object oriented programming)
- **POP3** (post office protocol version 3)
- **POSIX** (portable operating system interface)
- **POV** (point of view)
- **PPC** (power PC)
- **PPM** (portable pixmap)
- **PPU** (picture processing unit)
- **PR** (pull request, public relations)
- **PS** (Photoshop, Postscript, PlayStation)
- **PS2** (personal system 2)
- **PSD** (Photoshop document)
- **PSP** (PlayStation portable)
- **PSYOP** (psychological operations)
- **PTHC** (preteen hardcore)
- **PTSD** (post traumatic stress disorder)
- **PVP** (player vs player)
- **PWAD** (patch WAD)
- **Q3** (Quake III)
- **QED** (quod erat demonstrandum)
- **QEMU** (quick emulator)
- **QOL** (quality of life)
- **QOS** (quality of service)
- **QR** (quick response)
- **RADAR** (radio detection and ranging)
- **RAID** (redundant array of inexpensive discs)
- **RAM** (random access memory)
- **RAPE** (retire aged people early)
- **RAR** (Roshal archive)
- **RAS** (redundant acronym syndrome)
- **RC** (release candidate)
- **RCL** (raycastlib)
- **REGEX(P)** (regular expression)
- **REST** (representational state transfer)
- **RFC** (request for comments)
- **RGB** (red green blue)
- **RGBA** (red green blue alpha)
- **RISC** (reduced instruction set computer)
- **RIP** (rest in peace)
- **RLE** (run length encoding)
- **RMB** (right mouse button)
- **RMS** (Richard Matthew Stallman)
- **RN** (right now)
- **RNA** (ribonucleic acid)
- **RNG** (random number generator)
- **ROFL** (rolling on floor laughing)
- **ROM** (read-only memory)
- **RONJA** (reasonable optical near joint access)
- **RPG** (role playing game, rocket propelled grenade)
- **RPI** (Raspberry Pi)
- **RPM** (revolutions per minute)
- **RPN** (reverse Polish notation)
- **RQ** (ragequit)
- **RS** (reset set)
- **RSA** (Rivest Shamir Adleman, Republic of South Africa)
- **RSI** (repetitive strain injury)
- **RSS** (RDF site summary, really simple syndication)
- **RT** (real time)
- **RTA** (real time attempt)
- **RTF** (rich text format)
- **RTFM** (read the fucking manual)
- **RTL** (register transfer level)
- **RTOS** (real time operating system)
- **RTS** (real time strategy)
- **RUR** (Rossum's Universal Robots)
- **RWM** (read write memory)
- **S** (second)
- **S3L** (small3dlib)
- **SAAS** (software as a service)
- **SAASS** (service as a software substitute)
- **SAF** (smallabstractfish)
- **SAM** (serial access memory)
- **SAT** (scholastic aptitude test, also used for boolean satisfiability problem)
- **SBC** (single board computer)
- **SCAT** (subcategory)
- **SCC** (simple C compiler)
- **SCL** (smallchesslib)
- **SCP** (secure, contain, protect)
- **SCSI** (small computer system interface)
- **SD** (standard definition, secure digital)
- **SDF** (signed distance function)
- **SDK** (software development kit)
- **SDL** (simple directmedia layer)
- **SED** (smoke emitting diode, stream editor)
- **SEO** (search engine optimization)
- **SETI** (search for extraterrestrial intelligence)
- **SEX** (sign extension unit)
- **SF** (Stockfish)
- **SFML** (simple and fast multimedia library)
- **SFTP** (secure file transfer protocol)
- **SFW** (safe for work)
- **SFX** (sound effects)
- **SGML** (standard generalized markup language)
- **SHA** (secure hash algorithm)
- **SIG** (special interest group)
- **SIM** (subscriber identity module)
- **SIMD** (single instruction multiple data)
- **SJW** (social justice warrior)
- **SLOC** (source lines of code)
- **SM** (Super Mario)
- **SMH** (shaking my head)
- **SMS** (short message service)
- **SMTP** (simple mail transfer protocol)
- **SNCA** (shit no one cares about)
- **SNES** (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)
- **SNR** (signal to noise ratio)
- **SNTP** (simple network time protocol)
- **SO** (shared object)
- **SOC** (system on a chip)
- **SONAR** (sound navigation and ranging)
- **SOS** (si opus sit, save our souls)
- **SPARC** (scalable processor architecture)
- **SPARQL** (SPARQL protocol and RDF query language)
- **SPI** (serial peripheral interface)
- **SPQR** (senatus populusque romanus)
- **SPS** (shitwords per second)
- **SQL** (structured query language)
- **SRAM** (static RAM)
- **SS** (schutzstaffel, screenshot)
- **SSAO** (screen space ambient occlusion)
- **SSD** (solid state drive)
- **SSH** (secure shell)
- **SSL** (secure socket layer)
- **SSRE** (shitty software rendering engine)
- **ST** (simple terminal)
- **STD** (sexually transmitted disease)
- **STDIN** (standard input)
- **STDIO** (standard input/output)
- **STDOUT** (standard output)
- **STFU** (shut the fuck up)
- **STK** (super tux kart)
- **STL** (stereolithography, standard triangle/tessellation language)
- **SVG** (scalable vector graphics)
- **SW** (software, Star Wars)
- **SWAT** (special weapons and tactics)
- **SWF** (small web format)
- **SWM** (Solbourne window manager)
- **T** (ton)
- **TAOCP** (The Art of Computer Programming)
- **TAR** (tape archive)
- **TARGA** (truevision advanced raster graphics adapter)
- **TAS** (tool assisted speedrun, tool assisted superplay)
- **TB** (terabyte, terabit)
- **TBA** (to be announced)
- **TBPS** (terabits per second)
- **TCC** (tiny C compiler)
- **TCEC** (top chess engine championship)
- **TCL** (tool command language)
- **TCP** (transmission control protocol)
- **TD** (tower defense)
- **TES** (The Elder Scrolls)
- **TF** (Team Fortress)
- **TFT** (thin film transistor)
- **TFW** (that face when)
- **TGA** (truevision graphics adapter)
- **THC** (tetrahydrocannabinol)
- **TI** (Texas Instruments)
- **TIL** (today I learned)
- **TIFF** (tagged image file format)
- **TIFU** (today I fucked up)
- **TITS** (there is this saying, that is to say)
- **TKD** (total kike death)
- **TL;DR** (too long, didn't read)
- **TLA** (three letter acronym)
- **TLS** (transport layer security)
- **TM** (trademark, Turing machine)
- **TMTOWTDI** (there is more than one way to do it)
- **TND** (total nigger death, totally nice day)
- **TNT** (trinitrotoluene)
- **TOR** (claimed to not be an actual acronym but can mean "Tor onion routing" or "THE onion routing".)
- **TOS** (terms of service)
- **TPS** (third "person" shooter)
- **TROM** (the reality of me)
- **TTD** (total tranny death)
- **TTF** (truetype font)
- **TTL** (time to live)
- **TTTT** (transsexual, transsexual, transsexual, transsexual)
- **TTY** (teletype)
- **TUI** (text user interface)
- **TV** (television)
- **TWM** (tab window manager)
- **TY** (thank you)
- **UAOFS** (ultimate act of free speech)
- **UD** (undead)
- **UBI** (universal basic income)
- **UCI** (universal chess interface)
- **UDP** (user datagram protocol)
- **UFO** (unidentified flying object)
- **UI** (user interface)
- **[UID](uid.mf)** (user ID)
- **UINT** (unsigned integer)
- **UK** (United Kingdom)
- **UML** (unified modeling language)
- **UN** (united nations)
- **URI** (uniform resource identifier)
- **URL** (uniform resource locator)
- **USA** (United States of America)
- **USB** (universal serial bus)
- **USD** (USA dollar)
- **USO** (unidentified submerged object)
- **USSR** (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
- **UT** (Unreal Tournament)
- **UTC** (coordinated universal time)
- **UTF** (unicode transformation format)
- **UUID** (universally unique identifier)
- **UV** (ultraviolet)
- **UX** (user experience)
- **V** (volt)
- **VB** (Visual Basic)
- **VCS** (version control system)
- **VG** (video game)
- **VHDL** (VHSIC hardware description language)
- **VHS** (video home system)
- **VIM** (vi improved)
- **VIP** (very important person)
- **VFX** (visual effects)
- **VLAN** (virtual LAN)
- **VLC** (video LAN client)
- **VLIW** (very long instruction word)
- **VM** (virtual machine)
- **VOD** (video on demand)
- **VOLCEL** (voluntary celibate)
- **VPN** (virtual private network)
- **VPS** (virtual private server)
- **VR** (virtual reality)
- **VRAM** (video RAM)
- **VRML** (virtual reality modeling language)
- **VS** (versus)
- **VST** (virtual studio technology)
- **W** (watt)
- **[W3](w3.nd)** (Warcraft 3)
- **W3C** (world wide web consortium)
- **WAD** (where's all the data)
- **WAN** (wide area network)
- **WAP** (wireless application protocol)
- **WC** (word count, water closet)
- **WDYM** (what do you mean)
- **WGM** (woman grandmaster)
- **WIFI** (wireless fidelity)
- **WINE** (WINE is not an emulator)
- **WIP** (work in progress)
- **WM** (window manager, wikimedia)
- **WOW** (World Of Warcraft)
- **WCGW** (what could go wrong)
- **WP** (Wordpress, well played, Wikipedia)
- **WPA** (WIFI protected access)
- **WPD** (watch people die)
- **WR** (world record)
- **WTF** (what the fuck)
- **WTFPL** (do what the fuck you want to public license)
- **WTH** (what the heck/hell)
- **WYSIAYG** (what you see is all you get)
- **WYSIWYG** (what you see is what you get)
- **WM** (window manager)
- **WMV** (Windows media video)
- **WR** (world record)
- **WWI** (world war one)
- **WWII** (world war two)
- **WWJD** (what would Jesus do?)
- **WWW** (world wide web)
- **WWYD** (what would you do?)
- **XAML** (extensible application markup language)
- **XCF** (experimental computing facility)
- **XDWC** (Xonotic defrag world championship)
- **XFCE** (XForms common environment)
- **XHTML** (extensible HTML)
- **XML** (extensible markup language)
- **XMPP** (extensible messaging and presence protocol)
- **XOR** (exclusive OR)
- **XP** (extreme programming)
- **Y** (year, yes)
- **Y2K** (year 2000)
- **YACC** (yet another compiler compiler)
- **YACY** (yet another cyberspace)
- **YAHOO** (yet another hierarchical officious oracle) { cringe. ~drummyfish }
- **YAML** (YAML ain't markup language)
- **YLYL** (you laugh you lose)
- **YOLO** (you only live once)
- **YT** (YouTube)
- **YWNBAW** (you will never be a woman)
- **ZIP** (zone improvement plan code)
- **ZNK** (zivot neni krasny)
- **ZOMG** (when you want to write OMG but accidentally also hit Z)

## See Also

- anagram
- palindrome
- LRS dictionary