Technical Slang
The tech world is filled with acronyms and abbreviations. Whether you are discussing hardware, software, the Internet, or some other technology, there's a good chance technical acronyms will enter the conversation. The list below will help you understand more of what the nerds around you are saying and may even help you build your own geek lexicon.
| Slang Term | Meaning | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| dl | Download | 570 |
| sfx | Special effects | 576 |
| TOS | Terms of service | 578 |
| FPS | Frames per second | 583 |
| CC | Carbon copy | 584 |
| CG | Computer Graphics | 587 |
| ul | Upload | 589 |
| HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol | 589 |
| IT | Information Technology | 591 |
| tb | Terabyte | 592 |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | 593 |
| FT | FaceTime | 593 |
| BCC | Blind carbon copy | 594 |
| HTTPS | HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure | 594 |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheet | 594 |
| Crapple | Apple | 594 |
| 404 | Page not found | 595 |
| HDD | Hard Disk Drive | 595 |
| Techlexia | Inability to use technology | 595 |
| LOC | Lines of code | 595 |
| Cruft | Redundant software or hardware | 595 |
| RTFM | Read the flippin' manual | 596 |
| ROM | Emulator game | 596 |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator | 596 |
| HDTV | High Definition TV | 596 |
| URN | Uniform Resource Name | 596 |
| OTP | One-time password | 596 |
| Kill screen | A screen that prevents progress by a user | 596 |
| SSD | Solid State Drive | 597 |
| WWW | World Wide Web | 597 |
| CSOM | Client side object model | 597 |
| 2FA | Two-factor authentication | 597 |
| CTA | Call-to-action | 597 |
| Social engineering | Tricking people into sharing information | 597 |
| FLEDGE | First Locally Executed Decisions over Groups Experiment | 597 |
| HTML | Hyper-Text Markup Language | 598 |
| UI | User Interface | 598 |
| Techlexic | Unable to comprehend technology | 598 |
| ANR | Application Not Responding | 598 |
| 5G | Fifth-generation cellular data technologies | 598 |
| BIM | Building Information Modeling | 598 |
| Hackintosh | A computer running an unauthorized version of macOS | 598 |
| Link rot | When web links go dead | 598 |
| FTP | File transfer protocol | 599 |
| MS | Microsoft | 599 |
| vfx | Visual effects | 599 |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer | 599 |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface | 599 |
| 4G | Fourth generation cellular data technologies | 599 |
| 3G | Third generation cellular data technologies | 599 |
| mbps | Megabits per second | 599 |
| gb | Gigabyte | 599 |
| URI | Uniform Resource Identifier | 599 |
| MDM | Mobile device management | 599 |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions | 599 |
| Grok | Intuitively understand | 599 |
| CLS | Cumulative Layout Shift | 599 |
| ICS | Ice Cream Sandwich | 599 |
| MBA | MacBook Air | 599 |
| SoD | Sleep of death | 599 |
| RRoD | Red ring of death | 599 |
| JB | Jailbreak | 599 |
| IPTV | Internet protocol television | 599 |
| YLoD | Yellow Light of Death | 599 |
| Spear phishing | Targeted phishing attack | 599 |
| ADB | Android Debug Bridge | 599 |
| BBR | Broken beyond repair | 599 |
| JASE | Just another system error | 600 |
| OO | OpenOffice | 600 |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider | 600 |
| comp | Computer | 600 |
| MBP | MacBook Pro | 600 |
| sysadmin | System administrator | 600 |
| Netiquette | Internet ettiquette | 600 |
| LED | Light-Emitting Diode | 600 |
| DBA | Doing business as | 600 |
| Voice sniffing | Eavesdropping by a voice assistant | 600 |
| VM | Virtual machine | 600 |
| ARF | Abuse Reporting Format | 600 |
| FBL | Feedback loop | 600 |
| Core Web Vitals | Metrics that measure the user experience of a website | 600 |
| FID | First Input Delay | 600 |
| Centaur | A human aided by artificial intelligence | 600 |
| d/l | Download | 601 |
| u/l | Upload | 601 |
| PnP | Plug and Play | 601 |
| s/w | Software | 601 |
| DRM | Digital Rights Management | 601 |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display | 601 |
| mb | Megabyte | 601 |
| kb | Kilobyte | 601 |
| Winblows | Windows | 601 |
| DNS | Domain Name System | 601 |
| SAP | Systems, Applications, and Products | 601 |
| Freemium | Free with optional purchases | 601 |
| DKIM | DomainKeys Identified Mail | 601 |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube | 602 |
| LCP | Largest Contentful Paint | 602 |
| MAU | Monthly active users | 603 |
| Linsux | Linux | 604 |
| msft | Microsoft | 605 |
| Hackbook | A laptop running an unauthorized version of macOS | 600 |
| KS | Kill screen | 600 |
| tx | Transmit | 600 |
| rx | Receive | 600 |
| js | JavaScript | 600 |