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ABBR
Abbreviation
AJAX 
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML = A means to exchange data with a server without loading a whole new page.
API 
Application Programming Interface
APT 
Advanced Package Tool. Created by the Debian project.
ASP 
Application Service Provider
Application Server Pages - an old technology by Microsoft
ATM 
Automated Teller Machine (please don't call it an 'ATM Machine', that's redundant)
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
coax
coaxial cable
CSS 
Cascading Style Sheets = A technology that deals with the presentation of content on the web
DNS 
Domain Name System. An Named Host to IP Address lookup system
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
FSF 
Free Software Foundation. fsf.org
FUBAR 
F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition
FUSE 
Filesystem in User Space
GAFYD 
Google Apps For Your Domain
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
GPL 
General Public License. A sane copyright license
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
HTTPS 
HTTP Secure = HTTP using SSL or the newer TLS
IANAL 
I Am Not A Lawyer
IP 
Internet Protocol. An IP Address is a host or device name in numeric form.
IPv4 
Internet Protocol version 4
IPv6 
Internet Protocal version 6
IPR 
Intellectual Property Rights
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. ISBNs are 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.
JS 
JavaScript. A computer language.
JSON 
JavaScript Object Notation. A data representation format in JavaScript
KIO 
KDE Input/Output slaves
LUG 
Linux User Group = a general term whereas a specific LUG will often have a geographic focus
NPM 
Node Packaged Modules. npm is a package manager for the Nodejs system
OOP 
Object Oriented Programming hard to define. See OOP.
ORM 
Object Relational Mapping
PDF 
Portable Document Format
PEAR 
PHP Extension and Application Repository
PHAR 
PHP Archive
PHP 
PHP is the HyperText Preprocessor
POTD 
Picture Of The Day
POTY 
Picture Of The Year
PRURL
PRURLs
Protocol Relative URL. Starts with '//' instead of 'HTTP(S)://'
PSR-1 
PHP Standard Recommendation 1
PSR-2 
PHP Standard Recommendation 2
Regex 
Regular Expression, a search and replace syntax that allows for powerful pattern matching
RSS 
Really Simple Syndication = a syntax for sharing data across the web.
SCM 
Software Configuration Management
SPF 
Sender Policy Framework
SMW
Semantic MediaWiki
SSL 
Secure Sockets Layer = secure (encrypted) underpinning for HTTP
TLA 
Three-Letter Acronym
TLS 
Transport Layer Security
URL
URLs
Uniform Resource Locator. An address of a web page or other component, including the protocol.
VCS 
Version Control System
VE 
Visual Editor
WWW 
World Wide Web = The part of the Internet where websites and documents can be found via HTTP or HTTPS.
XML
Extensible Markup Language = a system for markup such that you can create your own 'schema' of terms rather than a specific markup language.