Tag: abbreviation
Terms with the tag abbreviation
BDSM
a complex acronym derived from the terms bondage and discipline (B&D), dominance and submission (D&S, D/S, or Ds), sadism and masochism (S&M or SM)
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
JPEG
commonly used method of compression for photographic images
MB
unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity
PNG
computer image format that employs lossless data compression
Facts with the tag abbreviation
American and British English spelling differences
Proper names formed as proper acronyms are often rendered in title case by Commonwealth writers, but usually as upper case by Americans: for example, Nasa / NASA or Unicef / UNICEF
Bit
No uniform agreement has been reached yet about what the official unit symbols for bit and byte should be
cm
centimeter
CPU
Central processing unit
em
One em is often incorrectly said to be equal to the width of a capital "M" in a particular typeface.
EVDO
Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data only
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Hard disk drive
commonly referred to as a hard drive, hard disk or fixed disk drive
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IKEA
is an acronym comprising the initials of the founder's name (Ingvar Kamprad), farm where he grew up (Elmtaryd) and home village (Agunnaryd)
Initial Public Offering
IPO for short
International Organization for Standardization
The organization's logos in its two official languages, English and French, include the word ISO, and it is usually referred to by this short-form name
MB
Megabyte
NTFS
New Technology File System
OEM
Original equipment manufacturer
RAM
Random Access Memory
SEO
- Search Engine Optimisation
- Search Engine Optimization
WoW
- World of Warcraft
- massively multiplayer online role-playing game