Web content acronyms & abbreviations
Here are some the more common acronyms and abbreviations associate with the web
.A Single A (web accessibility rating)
AA
Double A (web accessibility rating)
AAA Triple A (web accessibility rating)
AI
Artificial Intelligence
ALT Alternative
AM Asset Management
API
Application Programming Interface
ASCII American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
ASP
Active Server
AVI Audio Video Interleaved
BPM Business Process Management
BPR
Business Process Redesign
Bps Bits-Per-Second
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CM
Content Management
CMS Content Management System
CRM Customer Relationship
Management
CSS Cascading Style Sheet
DDA Disability Discrimination Act
DHTML Dynamic HTML
DM Document Management
DMS Document Management System
DNS
Domain Name Server
DTD Document Type Definition
EUT End User Training
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
Gb Gigabyte
Gbps Gigabits per second
GIF
Graphic Interchange Format
GUI Graphical User Interface HCI Human Computer Interface
HDML
Handheld Devices
Markup Language
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer
Protocol
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer
Protocol Secure
I/O Input/Output
ICT Information and Communication Technology
ID
Information Design
IDA Information Dissemination and
Access
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IIS Internet
Information Server
IM Information Management
IM Instant Messenging
IMAP
Internet Mail-Access Protocol
IMS Information Management Systems
IP Internet
Protocol
IP-VPN Internet
Protocol Virtual Private Network
IS Information Systems
ISDN
Integrated Service Digital Network
ISM Integrated System Management
SO International Organization for Standardization
ISP Internet Service
Provider
ISS Independent Software
Supplier
IT Information Technology
J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSP Java Server Pages
KB Kilobyte Kbps
Kilobits per second
KM Knowledge Management
LAN Local Area Network LCM
Learning Content Management
MAPI Mailbox Application Programming Interface
MB
Megabyte
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MP3 MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
MPEG Moving Picture Expert GroupM
PAP Password Authentication Protocol
PDA
Personal Digitial
Assistant
PDF Portable Document Format
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
RAM
Random Access Memory
RSS Really Simply Syndication
SE Search Engine
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
SLA Service Level Agreement
SME
Subject Matter Experts
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SQL Standard
Query Language
SSL Secure Socket Layer
TCP Transmission Control
Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TIFF Tagged
Image File Format
TTW Through-The-Web
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
URL Uniform Resource Locator
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
VPN Virtual Private Network
W3C World Wide
Web Consortium
WAI Web
Accessability Initiative
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Application
Protocol
WCM Web Content Management
WCAG Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
WFMC
Work Flow Management Coalition
WML Wireless Markup Language
WSDL Web
services description language
WWW
World Wide Web
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
XHTML
Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language
XML Extended Mark-up Language
XSLT
Extensible Stylesheet Language (Transformations)