ANSI  - American National Standards
        Institute

AOL   - America On Line

API   - Application Program
        Interface

ARPA  - Advanced Research Projects
        Agency

ASCII - American Standard Code for 
        Information Interchange

AT    - ATtention

AT&T  - American Telephone &
        Telegraph company

ATM   - Asynchronous Transfer Mode

aup   - acceptable use policy

AVI   - Audio Video Interleaving

BBS   - Bulletin Board System

BFT   - Binary File Transfer

bps   - bits per second

CGI   - Common Gateway Interface

codec - coder/decoder

cps   - characters per second

CPU   - Central Processing Unit

CRC   - Cyclic Redundancy Check

CSS   - Cascading Style Sheets

DES   - Data Encryption Standard

DNS   - Domain Name System 

DOS   - Disk Operating System

DTD   - Document Type Definition

EMF   - ElectroMagnetic Field

FAQ   - Frequently Asked Questions

FTP   - File Transfer Protocol

GIF   - Graphics Interchange Format

GPS   - Global Positioning System

GPT   - Generative Pre-trained
        Transformer

HDMI  - High-Definition Multimedia
        Interface

HTML  - HyperText Markup Language

HTTP  - HyperText Transfer Protocol

HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
        Secure

imho  - in my humble opinion

IP    - Internet Protocol

IRC   - Internet Relay Chat

IRQ   - Interrupt Request Signal

ISDN  - Integrated Services Digital
        Network

ISO   - International Standardization
        Organization

ISP   - Internet Service Provider

JPEG  - Joint Photographic Experts
        Group

kB    - kilobyte

LAN   - Local Area Network

LINUX - UNIX-like operating system

MIME  - Multipurpose Internet Mail
        Extensions

modem - modulator/demodulator

MPEG  - Moving Pictures Expert
        Group

mud   - multi-user dungeon

NTP   - Network Time Protocol

PBX   - Private Branch Exchange

PC    - Personal Computer

PDA   - Personal Digital Assistant

PDF   - Portable Document Format

PDP   - Plasma Display Panel; 
        Programmed Data Processor
        (minicomputer 1959-'70)

PHP   - Personal Home Page

POP   - Point of Presence

PPP   - Point to Point Protocol

RFC   - Request For Comments

RSI   - Repetitive Strain Injury

RTF   - Rich Text Format

SMS   - Short Message Service

SSD   - Solid-state drive

T123  - Transmissie

TCP   - Transmission Control Protocol

UCS   - Universal Character Set

UNIX  - Uniplexed Information 
        and Computing Service

URL   - Uniform Resource Locator

USB   - Universal Serial Bus

VPN   - Virtual Private Network

VRML  - Virtual Reality Modeling
        Language

WAN   - Wide Area Network

WAP   - Wireless Application
        Protocol

WWW   - World Wide Web

W3C   - World Wide Web Consortium

XML   - Extensible Markup Language