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 | 568 |
| sfx | Special effects | 572 |
| TOS | Terms of service | 577 |
| FPS | Frames per second | 583 |
| CC | Carbon copy | 585 |
| CG | Computer Graphics | 587 |
| ul | Upload | 588 |
| HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol | 590 |
| IT | Information Technology | 590 |
| tb | Terabyte | 592 |
| FT | FaceTime | 592 |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | 593 |
| BCC | Blind carbon copy | 594 |
| HTTPS | HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure | 594 |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheet | 594 |
| Crapple | Apple | 594 |
| RTFM | Read the flippin' manual | 595 |
| 404 | Page not found | 595 |
| ROM | Emulator game | 595 |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator | 595 |
| HDD | Hard Disk Drive | 595 |
| Techlexia | Inability to use technology | 595 |
| LOC | Lines of code | 595 |
| Cruft | Redundant software or hardware | 595 |
| Kill screen | A screen that prevents progress by a user | 595 |
| BYOD | Bring your own device | 596 |
| HDTV | High Definition TV | 596 |
| URN | Uniform Resource Name | 596 |
| OTP | One-time password | 596 |
| SSD | Solid State Drive | 597 |
| CSOM | Client side object model | 597 |
| CTA | Call-to-action | 597 |
| Hackintosh | A computer running an unauthorized version of macOS | 597 |
| Social engineering | Tricking people into sharing information | 597 |
| FLEDGE | First Locally Executed Decisions over Groups Experiment | 597 |
| pw | Password | 598 |
| MOTU | Mark of the Unicorn | 598 |
| vfx | Visual effects | 598 |
| UI | User Interface | 598 |
| WWW | World Wide Web | 598 |
| Techlexic | Unable to comprehend technology | 598 |
| ANR | Application Not Responding | 598 |
| 2FA | Two-factor authentication | 598 |
| 5G | Fifth-generation cellular data technologies | 598 |
| BIM | Building Information Modeling | 598 |
| Hackbook | A laptop running an unauthorized version of macOS | 598 |
| Link rot | When web links go dead | 598 |
| KS | Kill screen | 598 |
| RRoD | Red ring of death | 598 |
| YLoD | Yellow Light of Death | 598 |
| Apple sheep | Blindly loyal Apple fans | 598 |
| FTP | File transfer protocol | 599 |
| MS | Microsoft | 599 |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer | 599 |
| HTML | Hyper-Text Markup Language | 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 |
| Core Web Vitals | Metrics that measure the user experience of a website | 599 |
| Grok | Intuitively understand | 599 |
| CLS | Cumulative Layout Shift | 599 |
| ICS | Ice Cream Sandwich | 599 |
| MBA | MacBook Air | 599 |
| SoD | Sleep of death | 599 |
| JB | Jailbreak | 599 |
| IPTV | Internet protocol television | 599 |
| js | JavaScript | 599 |
| Spear phishing | Targeted phishing attack | 599 |
| ADB | Android Debug Bridge | 599 |
| BBR | Broken beyond repair | 599 |
| PR | Pull request | 599 |
| MTK | MediaTek | 599 |
| QCOM | Qualcomm | 599 |
| JASE | Just another system error | 600 |
| OO | OpenOffice | 600 |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider | 600 |
| PnP | Plug and Play | 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 |
| Freemium | Free with optional purchases | 600 |
| ARF | Abuse Reporting Format | 600 |
| FID | First Input Delay | 600 |
| Centaur | A human aided by artificial intelligence | 600 |
| u/l | Upload | 601 |
| fw | Freeware | 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 |
| FBL | Feedback loop | 601 |
| DKIM | DomainKeys Identified Mail | 601 |
| d/l | Download | 602 |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube | 602 |
| LCP | Largest Contentful Paint | 602 |
| TBR | To be released | 603 |
| MAU | Monthly active users | 603 |
| Linsux | Linux | 604 |
| msft | Microsoft | 605 |
| tx | Transmit | 600 |
| rx | Receive | 600 |