Web Related Abbreviations

Here is a list of common web related abbreviations, this list will continue to grow so bookmark it or sign up the RSS feed to be updated!

 

ASP – Active Server Pages
CGI – Common Gateway Interface
CMS – Content Management Systems
CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
DNS – Domain Name System
FTP – File Transfer Protocol
HTML – HyperText Markup Language
HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Overview
ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
IP – Internet Protocol
ISP – Internet service provider
PR – PageRank
PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
RSS – Really Simple Syndication
SEO – Search Engine Optimisation
URL – Uniform Resource Locator
W3C – World Wide Web Consortium
WAP – Wireless Apllication Protocol
WML – Wireless Markup Language
WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get
WWW – World Wide Web
XHTML – Extensible Hypertext Markup Language,
XML – Extensible Markup Language

If anyone has any they would like to add or has spotted a mistake please leave a comment.

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5 Comments to “Web Related Abbreviations”

#1 Posted by Meshach (28.09.08 at 04:14 )

Nifty article! :)

#2 Posted by admin (28.09.08 at 12:25 )

Thanks a lot Meshach look out for your interview next week!

#3 Posted by Meshach (28.09.08 at 17:51 )

Sounds good! ;)

#4 Posted by Scott S (23.10.08 at 03:31 )

Nice idea.

You forgot ROR, SERP, CFM, JS.

Can’t think of any more at the moment, due to the fact that it’s 3.30am!

Nice informative site Thomas. Well done!

#5 Posted by Thomas Hardy (23.10.08 at 09:05 )

Thanks Scott, I will definitely stick them up when i get a spare minute.