Internet & Texting Abbreviations & Symbols
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About this ebook
This ebook is a collection of the most popular abbreviations and symbols used in the Internet and text messages. You can find here almost 5000 abbreviations / symbols. The expressions have been divided into the following sections: computer / internet, contractions, emoticons, expressions, initialisms, letters, numbers, shortenings. Here are the explanations of the above-mentioned sections:
Computer / Internet. This section contains the abbreviations and slang expressions connected with different parts of a computer as well as its functioning. There are also some slang expressions which are very popular among the Internet users. You can find here such abbreviations as: ADSL, AGP, API, ASCII, BBO, BIOS, CMOS, CMYK.
Contractions. They are abbreviations in which some letters are missing and sometimes are replaced with punctuation marks. Typical examples of contractions are: I’m, isn’t, aren’t. In this section you can find e.g. APT, ATTN, AWSM, BRGDS, BTR, CMD, CMNT, DMG.
Emoticons. They consist of punctuation marks and are used to express emotions. The marks used in emoticons create specific symbols which can be treated as kind of icons and thus the name emot+icons. They are also very popular in text messages. You can find here e.g. *_*.
Expressions. These are words or phrases which are used to show certain emotions and which can sometimes imitate the sounds made in specific situations e.g. AHEM, BAM, EEE, MAUH.
Initialisms. These are abbreviations consisting of the first letter or letters of word in a phrase e.g. ACTA, ADHD, ADL, AKA, AMOF, AOK, ADT, BFA.
Letters. This section includes the abbreviations which consist of separate letters e.g. ;D, A&F, B&M, B).
Numbers. The abbreviations presented in this part include numbers e.g. 111, 143, 212, 220.
Shortenings. These are abbreviations which start or finish with a few letters of the full word or expression e.g. AGGY, AWKY, BARBIE, BIZ, BRILL, CAMO, CIGGIE, CHEVY.
Slawomir Zdunek
He’s been teaching English for over 20 years. He completed the program of post-diploma studies in Business Administration at University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn in Poland. He also got certificates of IT technician and Fundamentals of Digital Analytics from Google Analytics Academy. He is really into the Internet especially website designing, search engine optimization, analytics and marketing. He also completed a number of courses about running Adwords campaigns.He is also interested in preparing e-learning materials for teaching English online. He’s built a website containing all sorts of e-learning materials. The website is visited by lots of English learners all over the world. Ebook publishing has become his next real passion. The ebooks are dedicated to learners of English as a second language.
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Internet & Texting Abbreviations & Symbols - Slawomir Zdunek
Internet & Texting
Abbreviations & Symbols
By Sławomir Zdunek
Published by Focus English School s.c. at Smashwords
Copyright 2014 Focus English School s.c.
Smashwords Edition
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ISBN: 978-83-64731-17-4
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About this ebook
This ebook is a collection of the most popular abbreviations and symbols used in the Internet and text messages. You can find here almost 5000 abbreviations / symbols. The expressions have been divided into the following sections: computer / internet, contractions, emoticons, expressions, initialisms, letters, numbers, shortenings. Here are the explanations of the above-mentioned sections:
Computer / Internet. This section contains the abbreviations and slang expressions connected with different parts of a computer as well as its functioning. There are also some slang expressions which are very popular among the Internet users. You can find here such abbreviations as: ADSL, AGP, API, ASCII, BBO, BIOS, CMOS, CMYK.
Contractions. They are abbreviations in which some letters are missing and sometimes are replaced with punctuation marks. Typical examples of contractions are: I’m, isn’t, aren’t. In this section you can find e.g. APT, ATTN, AWSM, BRGDS, BTR, CMD, CMNT, DMG.
Emoticons. They consist of punctuation marks and are used to express emotions. The marks used in emoticons create specific symbols which can be treated as kind of icons and thus the name emot+icons. They are also very popular in text messages. You can find here e.g. *_*.
Expressions. These are words or phrases which are used to show certain emotions and which can sometimes imitate the sounds made in specific situations e.g. AHEM, BAM, EEE, MAUH.
Initialisms. These are abbreviations consisting of the first letter or letters of word in a phrase e.g. ACTA, ADHD, ADL, AKA, AMOF, AOK, ADT, BFA.
Letters. This section includes the abbreviations which consist of separate letters e.g. ;D, A&F, B&M, B).
Numbers. The abbreviations presented in this part include numbers e.g. 111, 143, 212, 220.
Shortenings. These are abbreviations which start or finish with a few letters of the full word or expression e.g. AGGY, AWKY, BARBIE, BIZ, BRILL, CAMO, CIGGIE, CHEVY.
Table of Contents
Computer / Internet
Contractions
Emoticons
Expressions
Initialisms
Letters
Numbers
Shortenings
About the author
Other ebooks by the author
Connect with me
Computers / Internet
.BIZ Top level domain for business
.CO Alternative to .COM
.COM Top level domain for commerce
.EDU Top level domain for education
.GOV Top level domain for governments
.MIL Top level domain for the military
.NET Top level domain originally for network providers
.ORG Top level domain for non-profit organizations
/THREAD End of a thread on a forum
A2DP Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
AAC Apple Audio Compression
ADMIN Administrator on forum, network etc
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port
AMD Advanced Micro Devices
AMP Amplifier, Ampere
API Application Programming Interface
APM Actions Per Minute
APP Application (computer program)
APPS Applications (software)
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASD Sequence of letters on many keyboards
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASM Assembly computer language
ATI Array Technology Inc. (graphics card maker)
AUP Another Useless Post, Acceptable Use Policy
AV Anti-Virus, Audio/Video, Adult Video
AVI Audio Video Interleaved (media format)
BAC Back At Computer
BAC Back At Computer, Blood Alcohol Content, By Any Chance
BAK Back At Keyboard
BAK Back At Keyboard
BANDWIDTH Amount of data through an interface over time
BBO Being Bored Online
BEF Best Enemies Forever, Best Email Friend
BETA Pre-release version
BIFFL Best Internet Friend For Life
BING But It's Not Google
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BIT Binary digit - 1 or 0
BLOG Weblog, online diary
BMP Image file format (bitmap)
BNI Batteries Not Included
BOTN Back Of The Net
BOTS Robots, automated processes
BPM Beats Per Minute
BPS Bits/Bytes Per Second
BSOD Blue Screen Of Death (Windows)
BT BitTorrent, British Telecom
BTK Back To Keyboard
BTT Bump To Top (forum posts)
BU Backup
BUMP Bring Up My Post
C# Microsoft programming language
C&P Copy & Paste
C++ Programming language
CACHE Store for temporary computer files
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAM Computer-Aided Manufacturing
CAPTCHA Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CATFISH Individual Who Creates a False Online Identity
CD Compact Disc, Cross Dresser
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access (voice/data transmission)
CDR Compact Disc Recordable
CDROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory
CD-RW Compact Disk Rewritable
CG Computer Graphics
CGA Color Graphics Adapter
CGI Computer-Generated Imagery
CIR Committed Information Rate (minimum bandwidth)
CKI Chair-Keyboard Interface
CLI Command Line Interface
CLOUD The Internet (non-local storage, software etc)
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMS Content Management System
CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key/blacK
CODE Computer program, Write a computer program
CODEC Coder-Decoder (usually for audio/video data)
COOKIE Small file relating to a website
CPC Cost Per Click
CPM Cost Per Thousand
CPP C Plus Plus, C++ (programming language)
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRC Cyclic Redundency Check, Chat Room Chuckle
CREEPER Someone who views your profile but doesn't make contact
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CSS Counter Strike: Source, Cascading Style Sheet
CTD Crash To Desktop
CTR Click Through Rate
CTRL Control (key)
CUOL See You On Line
CW Clockwise, Continuous Wave
CYDM Check Your Direct Messages
CYE Check Your Email
CYM Check Your Mail
CYO See You Online
D/C Disconnected
DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DAW Digital Audio Workstation
DBMS Database Management System
DCED Dissconected
DDOS Distributed Denial of Service (network attack)
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHTML Dynamic HTML
DIGG Social bookmarking website
DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module
DIVX Video format
DL Down Low, Download
DLC Downloadable Content
DLL Dynamic Link Library (computer file)
DMCA Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DNP Do Not Post
DNS Domain Name Service, Did Not Start
DNS Domain Name Service, Did Not Start
DOS Disk