Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms
You will find that some of the abbreviations are completely obvious, but I consider making this list as complete as possible fun! If you find something that I have overlooked, please let me know.
3D | Three-dimensional |
ACID | Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability |
AD | Analog to Digital |
AJAX | Asynchronous JavaScript and XML |
ANSI | American National Standard Institute |
API | Application Programming Interface |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
AT&T | American Telephone & Telegraph |
BCD | Binary Coded Decimal |
BCE | Before Common Era |
BCDIC | BCD Interchange Code |
BIOS | Basic Input/Output System |
BLOB | Binary Large Object |
C11 | ISO/IEC 9899:2011, the latest ratified version of the C standard |
C89 | The original ANSI C standard ANSI X3.159-1989 ... |
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