List of acronyms

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A/D
Analog/Digital
ADatP
Automated Data Processing
AKA
Also Known As
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AOD
Actor-Oriented Design
AOP
Actor-Oriented Programming
API
Application Programming Interface
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
EIP
Ethernet/IP
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
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).
LED
Light-Emitting Diode
LF
Low Frequency
LIFO
Last In, First Out
LOL
Laughing Out Loud
LV
LabVIEW
LVOOP
LabVIEW object-oriented programming (pronounced "el-voop")
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
OOP
Object-oriented programming
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