;BLU : Boston Linux & Unix = a Linux User Group in Boston, MA, USA with roots that go back into the days of Unix before Linux was a thing
;BMW : Bavarian Motor Works = German car company
;CIDR : [[wp:Classless Inter-Domain Routing|Classless Inter-Domain Routing]]
;coax: coaxial cable
;CNCF:Cloud Native Computing Foundation https://www.cncf.io/ - a sub-foundation of the Linux Foundation.
;DRM: Digital Restrictions Management = Electronic methods to control what you can and can't do.
;EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation https://eff.org
;FHIR: [[wp:Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources|Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources]] is a standard for exchanging Healthcare data.
;FOSS: Free Open Source Software. An attempt to communicate the 'freedom' aspect of free software de-emphasizing the price connotation of 'free'.
;FLOSS: Free / Libre Open Source Software = Another attempt to de-emphasize the price connotation of 'free' and instead recognize that free means liberty.
;FUBAR: F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition
;FUSE: Filesystem in User Space
;GAFYD: Google Apps For Your Domain(now called Google Workspace);GDPR: The [[wp:General Data Protection Regulation|General Data Protection Regulation]] (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, abbreviated GDPR) is a European Union regulation on Information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). The GDPR is an important component of EU privacy law and human rights law, in particular Article 8(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. It also governs the transfer of personal data outside the EU and EEA. The GDPR's goals are to enhance individuals' control and rights over their personal information and to simplify the regulations for international business. It supersedes the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and, among other things, simplifies the terminology.;GitOps: GitOps is a DevOps practice that uses Git repositories to manage infrastructure and application code deployments. It's an evolution of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) that uses Git pull requests to verify and automatically deploy system infrastructure modifications. GitOps can help organizations: Improve efficiency and security, Improve the developer experience, Reduce costs, Speed up deployments, and Maintain consistency across all infrastructure.
;GNHLUG: Greater New Hampshire Linux User Groups = an association of User Groups in and around the state of New Hampshire, USA of people interested in Linux technology and/or those who created it in the first place; and continue to this day.
;GNU: Gnu's Not Unix, because Unix is proprietary software while Gnu is software that respects your freedom.
;GPL: General Public License = A sane copyright license
;HHVM: HipHop Virtual Machine = a PHP interpreter created at Facebook as an alternative to the Zend Engine interpreter. http://hhvm.com/
;HIPAA: The [[wp:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act|Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act]] is a 1996 federal statute that created standards for protecting patient health information. All healthcare organizations must follow cybersecurity practices and run risk assessments to comply with HIPAA.
;HTML: HyperText Markup Language = structured text that uses logical links (hyperlinks) between nodes containing text.
;HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol = the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. See HTML
;IRL: In Real Life = A TLA used when 'virtual' was a thing. Now the virtual has permeated 'meat space' and so the two are not so distinct.
;ISBN: International Standard Book Number = 10-digit or 13-digit codes used by the publishing industry to uniquely identify individual book titles and editions. Some 10-digit ISBNs may end with an "X" instead of a digit.
;ISO 27000127001: [[wp:ISO/IEC 27001|ISO/IEC 27001]] is an international standard to manage information security. The standard was originally published jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 2005, revised in 2013, and again most recently in 2022. There are also numerous recognized national variants of the standard. It details requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system (ISMS) – the aim of which is to help organizations make the information assets they hold more secure. Organizations that meet the standard's requirements can choose to be certified by an accredited certification body following successful completion of an audit. The effectiveness of the ISO/IEC 27001 certification process and the overall standard has been addressed in a large-scale study conducted in 2020.
;JS: JavaScript = A computer language.
;JSON: JavaScript Object Notation = A data representation format in JavaScript
;KIO: KDE Input/Output slaves
;Kompose: [https://kompose.io/ kompose] is a tool to help users who are familiar with [[docker-compose]] move to [[Kubernetes]]. kompose takes a Compose Specification file and translates it into Kubernetes resources.
;Kubectl: (Kyoob' cuddle) a command line tool for communicating with a [[Kubernetes]] cluster's control plane, using the Kubernetes API.
;Kustomize: Kubernetes native configuration management built into [[kubectl]] as <code>apply -k</code>.
;LUG: Linux User Group = a general term whereas a specific LUG will often have a geographic focus
;LXC: is a userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features. Through a powerful API and simple tools, it lets Linux users easily create and manage system or application containers.
;MOTD: Message Of The Day = [[MOTD]]
;NIST: (the US) National Institute of Standards and Technology
;NIST Cybersecurity Framework: [[wp:NIST Cybersecurity Framework|NIST Cybersecurity Framework]] is a set of guidelines for mitigating organizational cybersecurity risks, published by NIST based on existing standards, guidelines, and practices. The framework "provides a high level taxonomy of cybersecurity outcomes and a methodology to assess and manage those outcomes", in addition to guidance on the protection of privacy and civil liberties in a cybersecurity context. It has been translated to many languages, and is used by several governments and a wide range of businesses and organizations.
;node:
;nodes:A worker machine in a [[Kubernetes]] cluster.
;OOUI: Object Oriented User Interface [[mw:OOUI]]
;ORM: Object Relational Mapping = a database approach
;PCI DSS: The [[wp:Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard|Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard]] was created in 2006 to ensure that all companies that accept, process, store, or transmit credit card information operate securely. The framework is primarily intended to keep cardholder information safe. All companies handling this information must comply with PCI DSS, regardless of size. The framework is administered and enforced by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.
;PDCA: Plan Do Check Act - [[wp:PDCA|PDCA]] is called the Deming Cycle or Deming Wheel [[File:PDCA-Multi-Loop.png|right|thumb]] https://deming.org/explore/pdsa/ https://www.lean.org/lexicon-terms/pdca/
;PDF: Portable Document Format = a widely used standard for representing documents electronically and print. [[PDF]]
;PEAR: PHP Extension and Application Repository = a collection of code started in 1999 to enhance the utility of PHP.
;Pod
;Pods: A Pod (as in a pod of whales or pea pod) is a group of one or more containers , with shared storage/network resources, and a specification for how to run the containers. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/
;POTS: [[wp:Plain old telephone service|Plain Old Telephone Service]] is an acronym to describe the traditional telephone network served by copper wires strung on poles. (nb. There is a lot more infrastructure to POTS than just the poles and wires.)
;POTD: Picture Of The Day
;POTY: Picture Of The Year
;SCM: Software Configuration Management
;SEO: Search Engine Optimization
;SIP: Session Initiation Protocol is a protocol used in VoIP communications allowing users to make voice and video calls, mostly for free. A SIP client is a program that you install on your computer or mobile device.
;SOC 2: Systems and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 is a set of compliance criteria developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
;SPAM: unsolicited bulk email
;VCS : Version Control System
;VE: Visual Editor
;VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol, or commonly "Voice over IP", is the Internet alternative to POTS.
;WMF: WikiMedia Foundation = the organization which runs various projects including [[w:Main Page|Wikipedia.org]]
;WOFF: Web Open Font Format