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Software Acronyms

AD - Active Directory

AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

API - Application Programming Interface

BASH - Bourne-Again Shell

BIOS - Basic Input/Output System

CMS - Content Management System

COM - Component Object Model

CRL - Certificate Revocation List

CRM - Customer Relationship Management

CRUD - Create, Read, Update, and Delete

CSS - Cascading Style Sheets

CSV - Comma Separated Values

CVS - Concurrent Versioning System

DB - Database

DOM - Document Object Model

EOF - End of File

EOL - End of Line

FIFO - First In First Out

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

IDE - Integrated Development Environment

GNU - GNU's Not Unix

GPL - General Public License

GUI - Graphic User Interface

HTML - HyperText Markup Language

JDK - Java Development Kit

JRE - Java Runtime Environment

JS - JavaScript

JSON - JavaScript Object Notation

JVM - Java Virtual Machine

LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LIFO - Last in First Out

LOC - Lines of Code

MSDN - Microsoft Developer Network

MVC - Model, View, and Controller

OOD - Object Oriented Design

OOP - Object Oriented Programming

ORM - Object Relational Mapping

REGEX - Regular Expression

REST - Representational State Transfer

SAAS - Software as a Service

SDK - Software Development Kit

SEO - Search Engine Optimization

SLOC - Source Lines of Code

SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol

SSH - Secure Shell

SSO - Single Sign on

SQL - Structured Query Language

SVN - Subversion

TCSH - TENEX C Shell

TDD - Test-Driven Development

UI - User Interface

UTC - Universal Time Coordinated

UUID - Universally Unique Identifier

UX - User Experience

VS - Visual Studio

XML - eXtensible Markup Language

ZSH - Z Shell


Cryptography Acronyms

3DES - Triple Data Encryption Standard

AES - Advanced Encryption Standard

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

DES - Data Encryption Standard

DPK - Data Protection Key

ECC - Elliptic-Curve Cryptography

ECDSA - Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standard

GPG - GNU Privacy Guard

HMAC - Hash-based Message Authentication Code

KEK - Key Encryption Key

MAC - Message Authentication Code

MD5 - Message Digest 5

MSB - Most Significant Bit

NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology

PBKDF - Password-Based Key Derivation Function

PBKDF2 - Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2

PGP - Pretty Good Privacy

PKCS - Public Key Cryptography Standards

PKI - Public Key Infrastructure

PKIX - Public Key Infrastructure X.509

PRG - Pseudo-Random Generator

PRGA - Pseudo-Random Generator Algorithm

RSA - Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (asymmetric cryptography algorithm, named after its creators)

SHA - Secure Hash Algorithm

SSL - Secure Socket Layer

TLS - Transport Layer Security

WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

WPA - WiFi Protected Access

WPA2 - WiFi Protected Access 2

WPS - WiFi Protected Setup


Networking Acronyms

DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS - Domain Name Service

IP - Internet Protocol

LAN - Local Area Network

NAS - Network-Attached Storage

NAT - Network Address Translation

VoIP - Voice Over IP

VPN - Virtual Private Network

WAN - Wide Area Network