91 Abbreviations Every Hacker Should Know

1. AP = Access Point

2. API = Application Programming Interfaces

3. APK = Android Package Kit

4. ATA = Advanced Technology Attachment

5. ATM= Automatic Teller Machine

6. BASIC = Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

7. BIOS = Basic Input Output System

8. CAPTCHA = Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computer and Humans Apart

9. CCS = Courtesy Copies

10. CDMA = Code Division Multiple Access

11. CLI = Command Line Interface

12. CLS =Clear Screen

13. DBMS = Data Base Management System

14. DDOS = Distributed Denial Of Service

15. DEL = Delete

16. DIMM= Double In-line Memory Module

17. DIR= Directory

18. DNS = Domain Name System

19. DOS = Disk Operating System

20. DOS ATTACK = Denial Of Service Attack

21. DSP = Digital Signal Processor

22. DTP = Desktop Publishing

23. E.C = Electronics Commerce (E-Commerce)

24. EDI = Electronic Data In charge

25. EDP= Electronic Data Processing

26. EDSAC = Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator

27. EDVAC = Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer

28. ENIAC = Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

29. EXE = Executable Format

30. FTP = File Transfer Protocol

31. FUD = Fully Undetectable

32. GUI = Graphical User Interface

33. GW BASIC = Gee Whiz OR Graphic & Windows BASIC

34. HIDS = Host intrusion detection systems

35. HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language

36. HTTPS = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

37. IDM = Internet Download Manager

38. IDM-ADM = Internet Download Manager-Android Download Manager

39. IDS = Intrusion Detection System

40. IM= Instant Messaging

41. IP Address = Internet Protocol Address

42. IRC = Internet Relay Chat

43. ISN = Initial Sequence Number

44. ISP= Internet Service Provider

45. IVRS = Interactive Voice Response System

46. JMP= Jump

47. PEG= Joint Photographic Expert Group

48. LAN = Local Area Network

49. Linux = Linus Torvalds UNIX

50. MAC Address = Media Access Control Address (physical address)

51. MAN = Metropolitan Area Network

52. MANIAC = Mathematical Analyzer Numerical Integrator and Computer

53. MIS = Management Information Services

54. MODEM = Modulator Demodulator

55. MS DOS = Microsoft Disk Operating System

56. NIDS = Network intrusion detection systems)

57. NOP = No Operation

58. OCR = Optical Character Recognition

59. ORACLE = Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine

60. OS = Operating System

61. PC = Personal Computer

62. PDF = Portable Document Format

63. PHP = Hyper Text Preprocessor

64. PID = Product Identification

65. POP = Post Office Protocol

66. RATS= Remote Access Trojans or Remote Administration tools

67. REM= Remarks

68. SE = Social Engineering

69. SATA = Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

70. SIM = Subscriber Identity Module / Simulator

71. SIM= Subscriber Identity Module

72. SIMM= Single In-line Memory Module

73. SQL = Structured Query Language

74. SSH = Secure Shell

75. UNIX = Uniplexed Information and Computing Service/Universal Network Information Exchange

76. URL = Uniform Resource Locator

77. USB = Universal Serial Bus

78. VBA = Visual Basic Of Application

79. VIRUS = Vital Information Resource Under Seized

80. VPN = Virtual Private Network

81. VPS = Virtual Private Server

82. WAN = Wide Area Network

83. WEP = Wired Equivalent Privacy

84. WiFi = Wireless Fidelity

85. WINDOWS = Wide Interactive Network Development for Office Work Solution

86. WLAN = Wireless Local Area Network

87. WML = Wireless Markup Language

88. WPA = Wireless Protected Access

89. WPS = Wi-Fi Protected Setup

90. WWW = World Wide Web

91. XSS(CSS) = Cross Site Scripting