Glossary

2 3 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

2

2D – Two Dimensions 2FA – Two-Factor Authentication

3

3D – Three Dimensions

A

Ad – Advertisement AFK – Away From Keyboard AI – Apple Intelligence AI – Artificial Intelligence AO – Adult Only AOT – Ahead-of-Time APAC – Asia-Pacific API – Application Programming Interface App – Application AppSec – Application Security AUD – Australian Dollar

B

b – Bit B – Byte B2B – Business-to-Business B2C – Business-to-Consumer BI – Business Intelligence BRB – Be Right Back

C

CAD – Canadian Dollar CapEx – Capital Expenditure CD – Continuous Delivery CDN – Content Delivery Network CDP – Customer Data Platform CEO – Chief Executive Officer CFO – Chief Financial Officer CFP – Call For Papers CHF – Swiss Franc CHRO – Chief Human Resources Officer CIO – Chief Information Officer CLI – Command-Line Interface CMO – Chief Marketing Officer CNY – Chinese Yuan CoC – Code of Conduct COO – Chief Operating Officer CPU – Central Processing Unit CRM – Customer Relationship Management CSS – Cascading Style Sheets CTA – Call to Action CTO – Chief Technology Officer CTR – Click-Through Rate CTR – Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company

D

D23 – Disney 1923 Dev – Developer DevSecOps – Development, Security, and Operations DM – Direct Message DRAX – Disney Real-Time Ad Exchange DSU – Daily Stand-Up DTC – Direct-to-Consumer DX – Developer Experience

E

E – Everyone E10+ – Everyone 10+ EAC – East Australian Current EB – Exabyte EEO – Equal Employment Opportunity EMEA – Europe, the Middle East, and Africa EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning eSIM – embedded SIM ESRB – Entertainment Software Rating Board EU – European Union EUR – Euro EV – Electric Vehicle

F

FPS – Frames Per Second

G

GB – Gigabyte GBP – British Pound Sterling GMR – Genetic Matching Room GPU – Graphics Processing Unit GTM – Go-To-Market GUI – Graphical User Interface

H

HDR – High Dynamic Range HKD – Hong Kong Dollar HTML – HyperText Markup Language HTTP – HyperText Transfer Protocol

I

I/O – Input/Output i18n – Internationalization IAM – Identity and Access Management IBM – International Business Machines Corporation IC – Individual Contributor IC – Integrated Circuit ICYMI – In Case You Missed It IdP – Identity Provider IIRC – If I Remember Correctly IMDb – Internet Movie Database IMSI – International Mobile Subscriber Identity INR – Indian Rupee iOS – iPhone Operating System IP – Ingress Protection iPadOS – iPad Operating System IRL – In Real Life IT – Information Technology

J

JIT – Just-in-Time JPY – Japanese Yen JS – JavaScript JSON – JavaScript Object Notation

K

K8s – Kubernetes KB – Kilobyte KRW – Korean Won

L

LAN – Local Area Network LATAM – Latin America LCD – Liquid Crystal Display LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LED – Light Emitting Diode LGTM – Looks Good to Me LLM – Large Language Model

M

M – Mature macOS – Macintosh Operating System MB – Megabyte MCU – Marvel Cinematic Universe MDN – Mozilla Developer Network MFA – Multi-Factor Authentication ML – Machine Learning MLLM – Multimodal Large Language Model MMS – Multimedia Messaging Service MQ – Messaging Queue

N

NA – North America NLP – Natural Language Processing npm – Node Package Manager NZD – New Zealand Dollar

O

OKR – Objectives and Key Results OLED – Organic Light Emitting Diode OOO – Out of Office OpEx – Operating Expenses OS – Operating System

P

PB – Petabyte PDF – Portable Document Format PDLC – Product Development Life Cycle PDP – Product Description Page PEBKAC – Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair PHP – PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor PI – Personal Information PII – Personally Identifiable Information PLP – Product Listing Page Podcast – iPod Broadcast PTO – Paid Time Off

Q

QA – Quality Assurance

R

R&D – Research and Development RCA – Root Cause Analysis RCS – Rich Communication Services ReALM – Reference Resolution as Language Modeling ROI – Return on Investment RP – Rate Pending RSS – Really Simple Syndication RSU – Restricted Stock Units RTF – Rich Text Format

S

SABER – Strategic Aerospace Biophysics and Exolinguistic Response SAS – Statistical Analysis System SCM – Source Control Management SDET – Software Development Engineer in Test SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle SemVer – Semantic Versioning SEO – Search Engine Optimization SERP – Search Engine Results Page SIM – Subscriber Identification Module SiP – System-in-Package SMS – Short Message Service SQL – Structured Query Language SSL – Secure Sockets Layer SSO – Single Sign-On

T

T – Teen TB – Terabyte TimBL – Tim Berners-Lee TLS – Transport Layer Security tvOS – Apple TV Operating System

U

UAT – User Acceptance Testing UI – User Interface URI – Uniform Resource Identifier URL – Uniform Resource Locator USB – Universal Serial Bus USD – United States Dollar UX – User Experience

V

visionOS – Vision Operating System VK – Villians' Kid VPN – Virtual Private Network VTuber – Virtual YouTuber

W

WAN – Wide Area Network WASM – WebAssembly watchOS – Apple Watch Operating System Web – World Wide Web WWDC – Worldwide Developers Conference WWW – World Wide Web WX – Workplace Experience

X

XAG – Silver XAU – Gold XDR – Extreme Dynamic Range

Y

YAML – YAML Ain't Markup Language YODA – Yield Optimized Delivery Allocation

Z

ZSO – Zero Sign-On