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 | 563 |
| sfx | Special effects | 567 |
| TOS | Terms of service | 576 |
| CC | Carbon copy | 583 |
| FPS | Frames per second | 584 |
| ul | Upload | 585 |
| CG | Computer Graphics | 585 |
| HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol | 589 |
| IT | Information Technology | 589 |
| FT | FaceTime | 589 |
| C.AI | Character.AI | 589 |
| RTFM | Read the flippin' manual | 591 |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheet | 592 |
| tb | Terabyte | 592 |
| 404 | Page not found | 594 |
| ROM | Emulator game | 594 |
| HTTPS | HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure | 594 |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | 594 |
| Crapple | Apple | 594 |
| Techlexia | An inability to use technology | 594 |
| pw | Password | 595 |
| BSoD | Blue screen of death | 595 |
| SERP | Search engine results page | 595 |
| HDD | Hard Disk Drive | 595 |
| WWW | World Wide Web | 595 |
| LOC | Lines of code | 595 |
| Cruft | Redundant software or hardware | 595 |
| CGPT | ChatGPT | 595 |
| SEO | Search engine optimization | 596 |
| BYOD | Bring your own device | 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 |
| Apple sheep | Blindly loyal Apple fans | 596 |
| EOL | End of life | 597 |
| vfx | Visual effects | 597 |
| SSD | Solid State Drive | 597 |
| Techlexic | Unable to comprehend technology | 597 |
| CSOM | Client side object model | 597 |
| CTA | Call-to-action | 597 |
| BIM | Building Information Modeling | 597 |
| Hackintosh | A computer running an unauthorized version of macOS | 597 |
| Link rot | When web links go dead | 597 |
| MBA | MacBook Air | 597 |
| Social engineering | Tricking people into sharing information | 597 |
| RRoD | Red ring of death | 597 |
| FLEDGE | First Locally Executed Decisions over Groups Experiment | 597 |
| BBR | Broken beyond repair | 597 |
| AV | Audio/Video | 597 |
| FTP | File transfer protocol | 598 |
| MOTU | Mark of the Unicorn | 598 |
| MS | Microsoft | 598 |
| Webpany | Web company | 598 |
| MBP | MacBook Pro | 598 |
| HTML | Hyper-Text Markup Language | 598 |
| UI | User Interface | 598 |
| gb | Gigabyte | 598 |
| ANR | Application Not Responding | 598 |
| 2FA | Two-factor authentication | 598 |
| 5G | Fifth-generation cellular data technologies | 598 |
| Core Web Vitals | Metrics that measure the user experience of a website | 598 |
| CLS | Cumulative Layout Shift | 598 |
| Hackbook | A laptop running an unauthorized version of macOS | 598 |
| KS | Kill screen | 598 |
| JB | Jailbreak | 598 |
| YLoD | Yellow Light of Death | 598 |
| ADB | Android Debug Bridge | 598 |
| PR | Pull request | 598 |
| MTK | MediaTek | 598 |
| JASE | Just another system error | 599 |
| OO | OpenOffice | 599 |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider | 599 |
| MRU | Most recently used | 599 |
| LRU | Least Recently Used | 599 |
| Pwn2Own | A hacking contest | 599 |
| SOTA | State of the art | 599 |
| sysadmin | System administrator | 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 |
| URI | Uniform Resource Identifier | 599 |
| MDM | Mobile device management | 599 |
| Grok | Intuitively understand | 599 |
| ICS | Ice Cream Sandwich | 599 |
| tx | Transmit | 599 |
| rx | Receive | 599 |
| SoD | Sleep of death | 599 |
| IPTV | Internet protocol television | 599 |
| Spear phishing | Targeted phishing attack | 599 |
| QCOM | Qualcomm | 599 |
| av | Antivirus | 599 |
| Bricked | Rendered unusable | 599 |
| TKL | Tenkeyless | 599 |
| fn | Function | 599 |
| PA | Page authority | 599 |
| Slideware | Software that is announced but never released | 599 |
| emu | Emulator | 599 |
| Splinternet | A splintered internet | 599 |
| Spicy pillow | Swollen lithium-ion battery | 599 |
| MIPS | Millions of Instructions Per Second | 600 |
| OOTB | Out of the box | 600 |
| JIT | Just in time | 600 |
| u/l | Upload | 600 |
| PnP | Plug and Play | 600 |
| br | Blu-ray | 600 |
| BD | Blu-ray | 600 |
| fw | Freeware | 600 |
| comp | Computer | 600 |
| Netiquette | Internet ettiquette | 600 |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display | 600 |
| LED | Light-Emitting Diode | 600 |
| kb | Kilobyte | 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 |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions | 600 |
| FID | First Input Delay | 600 |
| Centaur | A human aided by artificial intelligence | 600 |
| js | JavaScript | 600 |
| Adrod | Android | 600 |
| gpw | Global Password | 601 |
| s/w | Software | 601 |
| DRM | Digital Rights Management | 601 |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube | 601 |
| mb | Megabyte | 601 |
| Winblows | Windows | 601 |
| DNS | Domain Name System | 601 |
| SAP | Systems, Applications, and Products | 601 |
| FBL | Feedback loop | 601 |
| DKIM | DomainKeys Identified Mail | 601 |
| DA | Domain authority | 601 |
| d/l | Download | 602 |
| LCP | Largest Contentful Paint | 602 |
| Lib | Library | 602 |
| TBR | To be released | 603 |
| MAU | Monthly active users | 603 |
| msft | Microsoft | 604 |
| Linsux | Linux | 605 |
| EOL | End of line | 600 |