List of acronyms

Acronyms and abbreviations :

A/D - Analog/Digital
ADatP - Automated Data Processing
AKA - Also Known As
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
API - Application Programming Interfaces
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BTW - By The Way
BYOB - Bring Your Own Beer
CAPTCHA - Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart ... an example would be the questions at the end of online forums that says "type the word you see in this image to continue." They're supposed to filter out robots and automated systems and only allow real sentient beings to continue.
CCT - Code Capture Tool
DA - Dumb @$$
DAQ / DAQmx - Data Acquisition
DB - Database
DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A F#ck?
DIY - Do It Yourself
DMA - Direct Memory Access
FIFO - First In, First Out
FKA - Formerly Known As
FYI - For Your Information
GL - Graphics Language
GNU - GNU's Not Unix
GOOP - Graphical Object-Oriented Programming; see also LVOOP and LabVOOP
GPL - GNU General Public License
GPS - Global Positioning System
GUI - Graphical User Interface
GUID - Globally Unique IDentifier
HF - High Frequency
HH - Homework Hustlers
HTML - HyperText Markup Language
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IP - Internet Protocol
IR - Infrared
IT - Information Technology
JDK - Java Development Kit
JK - Just Kidding
JVM - Java Virtual Machine
LabVOOP - LabVIEW Object Oriented Programming; this version is not preferred by NI (as of July 2007) but is easier to pronounce and may gain currency given time. LED - Light-Emitting Diode
LF - Low Frequency
LIFO - Last In, First Out
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LVOOP - LabVIEW Object Oriented Programming; see also GOOP and LabVOOP
LQTM - Laughing Quietly To Myself
MAX - Measurement & Automation Explorer
MXI - Measurement eXtensions for Instrumentation
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
NaN - Not A Number
N00b - Newbie
ODBC - Open DataBase Connectivity
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OMG - Oh, My God!
OO - Object Oriented
P2P - Peer-to-Peer
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PS - Post Scriptum (Latin, "written after")
PS - Power Supply
PXI - PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation
RT - Real Time
RTFM - Read The F#cking/Fine Manual
RTSI - Real-Time System Integration
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
TMI - Too Much Information
VBA - Visual Basic for Applications
VI - Virtual Instrument
VISTA : Virus Inside Switch To Apple
VIT - Virtual Instrument Template
VOIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
WTF - What The F#ck? ... sometimes voiced using the US military names for the letters, "Whisky Tango Foxtrot?!"
XML - eXtensible Markup Language