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Internet Acronyms
You've used them, but do you know what they mean?

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You've probably used some of these acronyms and never even knew what they stood for. So here is a list of the most common ones:

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Acronyms for Protocols

ACAP
CGI
DNS
FAQ
FTP
GIF
HTML
HTTP
InterNIC
IP
IRC
ISP
JPEG
LDAP
MAPI
MIME
NNTP
PING
POP3
PPP
SLIP
SMTP
SSL
TAPI
TCP/IP
URL
VRML
WWW
WYSIWYG
Application Configuration Access Protocol
Common Gateway Interface
Domain Name Service
Frequently Asked Questions
File Transfer Protocol
Graphical Interchange Format
HyperText Markup Language
HyperText Transfer Protocol
Internet Network Information Center
Internet Protocol
Internet Relay Chat
Internet Service Provider
Joint Photographic Experts Group
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Messaging Application Programming Interface
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
Network News Transfer Protocol
Packet Internet Groper
Post Office Protocol (version 3)
Point-to-Point Protocol
Serial Line Internet Protocol
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Secure Sockets Layer
Telephony Application Programming Interface
Transmission (Transport) Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Uniform Resource Locator
Virtual Reality Modeling Language
World-Wide Web
What You See Is What You Get

Acronyms for e-mail/Newsgroups/Chat

AFAIK
AWHFY
BTW
FWIW
GOK
HHOK
HHOS
IANAL
IMHO
LOL
OIC
OTOH
PITA
ROFL
RTFM
TANSTAAFL
TIA
As far as I know
Are We Having Fun Yet
By The Way
For What It's Worth
God Only Knows
Ha Ha Only Kidding
Ha Ha Only Serious
I Am Not A Lawyer
In My Humble Opinion
Laughing Out Loud
Oh, I See
On The Other Hand
Pain In The (Rear)
Rolling On Floor, Laughing
Read The F___ing Manual
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
Thanks In Advance

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