acronym
Technically, a word that is formed by combining some parts (usually the first letters) of some other terms. For example, modem is the acronym derived from modulator/demodulator. In everyday speech, the term is also used to refer to initialisms, which are combinations of letters representing a longer phrase. For example, CRT is an initialism for cathode ray tube. The difference is that an acronym is pronounced as if it were a word rather than just a series of individual letters.
Newsgroups, chat rooms, and e-mail have spawned a rich set of acronyms and initialisms for common phrases. A few of the more common ones are listed below.
| Acronym/Initialism | Meaning |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| BTW | By The Way |
| FWIW | For What It's Worth |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
| IMO | In My Opinion |
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud |
| ROTFL | Rolling On The Floor Laughing |
| RTFM | Read The #&!@ing Manual |
| TIA | Thanks In Advance |
Also see the page of text messaging abbreviations in the Quick Reference section of Webopedia.
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Consumerization of IT
Consumerization of IT is a phrase used to describe the cycle of information technology (IT) emerging in the consumer market then spreading to...
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ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
Short for enterprise resource planning, ERP is business management software that allows an organization to use a system of integrated applications...
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ecommerce remarketing
In email and online marketing, remarketing or ecommerce remarketing refers to the techniques, strategies and often the automated email...
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Mobile Device Management - MDM
Mobile device management (MDM) is a type of security software used by an IT department to monitor, manage and secure employee's mobile devices...
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search engines
Search engines are programs that search documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found.
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Wi-Fi
A popular wireless networking technology that provides high-speed Internet and network connections.
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mobile operating system
The mobile operating system is the software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run on mobile devices.
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enterprise application
An enterprise application is the term used to describe applications -- or software -- that a business would use to assist the organization in...
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open source
Generically, open source refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its...
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URL
Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator, the global ...
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RSA Secure ID
RSA SecurID ( “SecurID”) is a two-factor authentication technology that is used to protect network resources.
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